design
Stories in which proportion, typography, material, display and case construction carry the main argument rather than decorate it.
UNIMATIC Turns a Military Tool Watch Toward the Swimming Pool
A crystal-blue dial and a 99-piece run soften the Modello Uno visually, while 300-metre water resistance and MIL-STD-810H testing keep its tool-watch premise intact.
BA111OD Makes Skeletonisation a Daily-Wear Proposition
The Chapter 7 Skeleton combines an exposed Soprod movement, an integrated bracelet and 100-metre water resistance below CHF 1,000.
Beaucroft Refines the Seeker Into a More Capable Arc
A one-millimetre increase supports 100-metre water resistance, stronger lume and tougher polished surfaces without abandoning the Cambridge brand’s curved-case identity.
Atelier Pieters Turns Teaching Careers Into an Eight-Piece Debut
Maarten and Jessica Pieters bring complication development, WOSTEP training and hand finishing into a platinum tourbillon made largely on conventional machines.
Dominique Renaud Slows the Regulator to Make Every Beat Visible
The Pulse 60 uses a 20mm balance at one hertz and extreme amplitude to revisit the old chronometer argument for slow, high-inertia regulation.
Nectere’s Eclipse Makes Affordable Thinness Part of the Design
A 3.2 mm hand-wound movement lets the asymmetric gold-PVD case stay 8.5 mm thick, while an independent review exposes the bracelet compromise behind the visual drama.