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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01MR01
The Baltic MR01 is an elegant vintage-style dress watch featuring a micro-rotor movement, a textured dial with Breguet numerals, and a slim case.
The Valour is RZE's titanium racing chronograph, offering a lightweight case with UltraHex coating and a meca-quartz movement.
Max Bill Automatic
The Max Bill Automatic is a legendary Bauhaus dress watch, representing the perfect expression of modernist design in a 38mm case.
Olmsted
A refined 38mm field watch featuring a clean sandwich dial, custom typography, and a premium Swiss automatic movement.
Cortina 1956 3-Hand
The Cortina 1956 is Echo/Neutra's heritage sports watch, paying homage to the 1956 winter olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo with clean lines and Swiss mechanics.
Flieger Classic 36
The Stowa Flieger Classic 36 is a compact pilot watch featuring a sterile dial layout and a manual-wind Swiss movement.
Aquascaphe Classic
The Aquascaphe Classic is Baltic's flagship vintage-style dive watch, combining 1960s skin diver aesthetics with modern construction and a high-beat Japanese movement.
Workhorse
A colorful, cerakoted tool chronograph featuring a protective rubber shroud and bullbar steel protectors.
Mako V3 Titanium
The Mako V3 is Zelos's flagship titanium dive watch, featuring high-lume details, a lightweight case with scratch-resistant coating, and 300m water resistance.
Hydrium
The Isotope Hydrium features a micro-blasted steel case, a sapphire dive bezel, and a clean dial showcasing the signature central Lacrima shape.
Chronomètre Contemporain
The Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain is a chronometer-rated time-only watch featuring a symmetrical movement layout and a grand feu enamel dial.
Vingt-8
The Vingt-8 is Kari Voutilainen's signature timepiece, representing the absolute peak of traditional hand-finishing and custom dial work.
Sport Auto
A titanium luxury sports watch inspired by classic motor racing, featuring a hand-finished micro-rotor movement and pebble-shaped case.
Logical One
The Romain Gauthier Logical One features a patented constant-force mechanism with a ruby-chain and fusee, wound via a case-band pusher.
DS30 Black
The DS30 is Damasko's highly wearable tool watch, constructed from ice-hardened submarine steel and featuring high scratch resistance.
Hudson 38 MK4
The Hudson 38 MK4 is MAEN's flagship professional diver, offering a compact 38mm steel case, 300m of water resistance, and a Swiss automatic caliber.
556 I
The Sinn 556 I is a highly robust 38.5mm German everyday tool watch, celebrated for its minimal dial layout and high technical specifications.
AdC #8
A bespoke, completely handmade dress watch in 18k rose gold with teardrop lugs, hand-painted dials, and a fully hand-bevelled caliber.
Marine
An ultra-limited, vintage-style Swiss dive watch featuring a sandwich dial, mirror-polished bevels, and a super-domed sapphire crystal.
417 ES
The Hanhart 417 ES is a faithful reproduction of the legendary German military pilot chronograph, famously worn by Steve McQueen, featuring a manual-wind movement and continuous fluted bezel.
Perception Piao
An elegant integrated-bracelet sports watch celebrating high-end Chinese craftsmanship, featuring a hand-turned guilloché dial made by Master Cheng Yucai and a customized ultra-thin Dandong movement.
Streamliner Centre Seconds
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a fluid cushion case, organic bracelet design, and Moser's signature Matrix Green fume dial.
S.A.R. Rescue-Timer
The S.A.R. Rescue-Timer is a professional search-and-rescue watch featuring a steel case with a rubber bezel and 1,000 meters of water resistance.
Série-R Cruiser
The Série-R Cruiser is Depancel's rectangular racing watch, drawing inspiration from classical car radiator grilles with a multi-functional automatic movement.
Journal & Analysis
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