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Scaling up in both size and colour, if this particular standing clock from French maker Utinam looks familiar, you’ve likely been paying attention to Louis Erard or Yema recently. Those triangles, arrows and circles? The combination of cartoonish blue, yellow and red? That’s the signature of Alain Silberstein and indeed, the KB2 was built in collaboration with the famed Bauhaus designer. As close to a watchmaking sculpture as you’ll find outside of MB&F’s MAD Gallery, and just as big on personality. There’s no putting this thing on a desk; at over 2m tall, it’s as monolithic as it is majestic.
Available at Utinam.
Now we’re talking. Erwin Sattler’s Troja 20 a revamp of their previous Troja 16 model goes well beyond just a pendulum clock, though it’s a stately one at that. The longcase clock section is flanked either side by walls of watch winders, enough to keep 20 pieces in perfect time. There’s no putting this thing on a desk; at over 2m tall, it’s as monolithic as it is majestic. Why bother with a separate watch winder, safe and clock when you can pull them all together into one stunning, room-defining feature like this?
Available at Erwin Sattler.
Who said clocks need to be classical? After years of collaborating with MB&F some of that madness must have rubbed off on L’Epee 1839. This timekeeping explosive displays hours and minutes on black, engraved aluminium discs, with the gears powering them making up the body of the grenade. Available in a variety of colours, it’s definitely a statement for your desk. It’s also protected by an Incabloc shock protection system; just don’t be tempted to throw it. Who knows what might happen? Missing a few seconds an hour may be the least of your problems.
Available at L’Epee.
Sure, clocks are a testament to the craftspeople that made them, but what about if you were that craftsperson? That’s the concept behind self-assembly clockmaker Maison Alcée, whose 233-piece kits come with all the tools and instructions you need to build a beautiful desk clock of your own. It’s all very beginner friendly, but the end result is a modern, minimalist clock that, in the case of the Nuit edition, is sleek, dark and cool. It might sound trite and Hallmark-y to say, but this isn’t just a clock, it’s an experience.
Available at Maison Alcée.
Let’s start with something relatively lightweight in the world of clocks but something that all of us kind of need in our lives: a rather handsome alarm clock. A collaboration between Swedish clockmaker Båge & Söner and lifestyle brand Monocle, the Crispy Pillow belies its slightly disturbing name with a clean, contemporary twist on a classic California dial. That means Roman numerals across the top, Arabic numerals across the bottom and the overall look of a vintage watch. At 75mm x 75mm, it’s a travel-sized bedside companion and, yes, there is a snooze button.
Available at Båge & Söner.
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Fun, colourful watch brands have defined our homegrown take on horological design as to be somewhat of an eclectic uniform. Classical shapes updated with bright colours and idiosyncratic aesthetic tweaks, it’s something we can be proud of, especially at the uber-accessible end of the spectrum. Case in point, the Duckworth Prestex Broadgate GMT.
While they’ve yet to hit the heights of Studio Underdog, Farer, or Fears, Duckworth Prestex are firmly in that new aesthetic tradition of British watches. In fact, like Fears, they’re a heritage name (at least, the Prestex part is) revived by a member of the original family and best known for their cushion cases.
Lovely as the Verimatic is however and it is lovely, 1 happen to own the fume orange version one case shape does not a watch brand make. Duckworth Prestex began to break out of that cushion-shaped cage with the Art Deco rectangle of the Centenary and now are entering the rarefied realms of, erm, circles, with the Broadgate GMT.
Named after Broadgate in London and shaped like its well-heeled shopping area, Broadgate Circle, the new watch is essentially a different format of the Rivington GMT. It shares the same accessible workhorse movement in the Miyota 9075, the same 200m water resistance, and in one variation has the same fume orange dial. But the orange isn’t the one we have here and while the two watches may share a specs sheet, they’re visually worlds apart.
First off, the dial. The colour here is a gorgeous mint green. It’s a relatively flat, matte colour and with its white Arabic numerals is a lovely, calming twist on that spring-ready look. It’s elevated slightly with a bit of sunshine from the bright yellow GMT hand and together the mix of colours offers something inoffensively charming. Basically, it’s nice and as soon as you unpack your summer linens, you’ll want something like this on your wrist.
That yellow second time zone can be read off the fixed 24-hour bezel, which is the part of the Broadgate I like the most. It’s always tempting to add a rotating version so that you can, technically, keep track of three timezones. But there’s something retro about the Explorer II-style fixed number, particularly when like that legendary watch, it’s in simple engraved steel. It just feels more solid, and I always love a case-matched bezel. It would be a bit easier to read if the numerals were black instead of white, but it’s a lot easier in the metal than it appears in images. This is yet another instance where you really need to try the watch on to see what I mean.
It’s not just the bezel though; solid is a good word for the Broadgate GMT as a whole. At 40mm across and 13mm high, it’s a little taller than it feels like it should be, but no issue to slip under most sleeves. That size however does help it sit with just the right amount of heft, especially on the rubber strap, a level of heft in fact that belies just how accessible this watch is, which we’ll get on to. The fact that it has that 200m water resistance, making it a typical GADA (go anywhere, do anything) watch, is the pastel icing on the cake.
The other colours in the Duckworth Prestex Broadgate GMT collection are equally seasonal, with a pale blue and white rounding out the summer shades and that aforementioned orange gradient, a Duckworth Prestex signature. The one I really want to see in the metal is the black and red, which swaps calming pastels for an eye-catching, high-contrast palette. They’re all lookers though.
That said, they tread the line between classical and modern a little too lightly for my taste. The Verimatic nailed it, taking a dress watch case and making it fun and modern. I don’t feel like the Broadgate goes quite far enough in that modernising aspect. The mix of railway minute track and classical numerals feel a touch too old fashioned for me. It’s a shame because in the world of uber-accessible British watches which has grown into a respectable sub-genre of the watch industry there’s a lot of competition.
The thing is, some of that competition is coming from Duckworth Prestex; their limited-edition California absolutely nails the entire aesthetic, with a similar palette of colourways. The difference is that it’s not a GMT, but that just makes me realise that a California GMT is something I never knew I needed in my life before now. With a California 24-hour bezel, perhaps?
If the negatives here sound nitpicky, that’s because they are. When it comes down to brass tacks, the Duckworth Prestex Broadgate GMT is a great looking, solidly built watch that feels like it’s worth more than its price tag. To put that in numbers, this is a handsome automatic GMT for £795. If you find yourself approaching spring in need of a wristwear refresh, you could do a damn sight worse than this.
More details at Duckworth Prestex.
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Watches & Wonders, the biggest watch show in the industry, is due to take place in just over two weeks’ time during the first week of April. With it, the vast majority of brands both big and small will be revealing their new 2025 collections. Today, Raymond Weil become the first of the attending brands to unveil the watches that they will be debuting at the event. They’re two very different releases for the Freelancer collection, the Raymond Weil Freelancer Complete Calendar and Freelancer Skeleton Cushion Limited Edition.
Following the success of the Millisimé in 2023 with its Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève award winning design, it’s perhaps not surprising that there has been a renewed focus and interest in Raymond Weil’s vintage-style offerings. The Freelancer Complete Calendar is a natural development of that, inspired by some of the great calendar watches throughout history. It’s also Raymond Weil’s first complete calendar, making it something of a landmark moment for the brand.
Structurally, the new watch has a 40mm diameter and is available in two references – one in plain steel and the other also in steel but with a rose gold PVD coating. It has a very classy and traditional design with a circular, polished bezel and long lugs that have a gently facetted edge. On the steel model those lugs lead into a 5-link bracelet while the gold is presented on a brown leather strap, which again feels very traditional for a dress watch.
As I mentioned briefly, it’s apparent that the Freelancer Complete Calendar is inspired by famous calendar watches and nowhere is that more apparent than the dial. The rose gold model has a warm, cream dial with gold plated hour markers and the steel is blue. With its day and month windows below 12 o’clock balanced at 6 o’clock by the moonphase and date subdial, the display has a strong visual similarity to icons like Patek Philippe’s Grand Complications and the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle.
Of course, the Raymond Weil is available at a much more accessible price point than those haute horological giants at £3,195. Thanks largely to the RW3281 automatic movement being a complete calendar rather than annual or perpetual. What that means is it will simply need regular adjustment at the end of months with less than 31 days, like the vast majority of date complications we come across in day-to-day life. Plus, with a 56-hour power reserve and a variety of functions including moonphase, it offers solid value at that price. Also with Carl F. Bucherer bowing out of the game, Raymond Weil are perfectly positioned to take over the mid-range luxury space.
Alongside the refined dress watch vibes of the Freelancer Complete Calendar comes a complete change of pace with the Freelancer Skeleton Cushion Limited Edition. Rather than elegant it feels sporty and urban with its black PVD coated steel case in a much more daring cushion shape with rounded corners. Measuring 40mm x 40mm it’s well-proportioned with a 10.5mm thickness and relatively short lugs leading into a black calfskin leather strap.
Naturally, as a skeleton edition, the dial has been openworked to show as much of the movement as possible. It feels like the first true skeleton watch I’ve seen in a little while, as recently other brands have been somewhat erroneously applying the terms to watches with sapphire dials (such as the BR-05 Arctic Blue) which is not really what skeletonization is. Skeletonization means removing material from the dial and movement to leave only a framework holding the vital components in place, hence the term skeleton. A fast and loose rule you can apply is if you can see your wrist through the dial when you wear it, that’s a skeleton. If not, it’s openworked.
The movement on display here is the RW1212, an automatic movement with a 41-hour power reserve. It looks pretty impressive with the exposed balance wheel at 6 o’clock and power barrel at 12. It’s actually a little uncommon to see the mainspring of the barrel be exposed even in a skeleton display, giving a glimpse of where the power is stored as potential energy when you wind the watch. On a style front, skeleton displays don’t appeal to everyone, often because they can be difficult to read, but I think the Freelancer Skeleton Cushion Limited Edition is actually one of the more legible ones with fairly broad, lumed hands and a peripheral hour and minute track.
As for pricing and availability, it’s priced at £2,995 in a limited edition of 500 pieces. In parallel with the Complete Calendar the two new watches offer very different interpretations of the Freelancer. It showcases the collection’s versatility without even touching on the fact that there are also dive watch and chronograph variants.
More details at Raymond Weil.
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After recent outings featuring meteorite and hand-crafted, aged bronze Venezianico are continuing their exploration of exotic and unusual dials. Specifically, the Venice-based brand have launched the Venezianico Nereide Damasco, featuring a Damascus steel dial. It uses traditional metalworking techniques to offer a funky interpretation of their classic steel dive watch.
Damascus steel, if you’re unfamiliar, is a type of hardened steel from the Middle East made using ancient techniques that involve repeated layering and hammering processes. The layering results in a distinctive wavy pattern across its surface that makes for a stunning pattern when presented on a watch’s dial. Other examples in the industry include Oceaneva’s Deep Marine II Damascus and virtually anything by GoS Watches from Sweden.
Naturally, as this is Venezianico we’re talking about, the reasoning behind creating the Nereide Damasco ties in to the history of Venice. In ancient times the Mediterranean was the gateway between Europe and the Middle East for trade and as Venice was the greatest hub of trade in the entire sea, a high proportion of Damascus steel that entered Europe did so through Venice. Additionally, the ripple effect can be interpreted as a representation of the lapping waves through Venice’s myriad waterways.
The metal works well for a dive watch because the dark grey tone provides a strong contrast to the bright, lumed elements of the hands and hour markers. The Nereide’s dial is also naturally layered with the peripheral minute track and baton indexes sitting above the main dial, so it thematically emulates the layered Damascus steel too. In order to match the grey tone of the dial, the unidirectional diving bezel is also in steel grey with a lovely circular brushed finish.
Powering the Venezianico Nereide Damasco is the Sellita SW200-1 with a custom, openworked rotor. It features Côtes de Genève finishing and a red gold galvanic coating adding a rich lustre visible through the exhibition caseback. It’s a widely used calibre with a 38-hour power reserve – it would be nice to have a longer reserve but it’s probably boring to hear me say that at this point.
The Venezianico Nereide Damasco is a limited edition of 500 pieces with a pre-order price of €1,000 and a retail of €1,250 (approx. £840/£1,050). It goes up for pre-order on March 27th meaning you have just under two weeks to decide if you need some Damascus steel in your life.
More details at Venezianico.
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Johnson’s of Lichfield are a luxury safe retailer specialising in designing robust custom watch and jewellery safes for your home. This elegant, modern safe from their Luxe range includes custom chrome bolt pockets and hardware, as well as reliable Rapport Watch Winders. These beautiful pieces of furniture are all made to order letting the client choose their exact specification. A practical and great addition to any watch collector’s home. Additionally, they are insurance approved.
Available at Johnson’s of Lichfield.
More of a horological accessory for your home, Nixie Fab produce a wide range of Nixie tube clocks. Nixie tubes use light to display numerals making for a soft glowing time display with a cool retro vibe harking back to the 1970s. This edition features a stand made of ebonised oak and raw lime wood, creating a dynamic contrast between the light and dark wood. It also features wi-fi connectivity to automatically correct itself to local time.
Available at Nixie Fab.
Brown Safe Manufacturing has been producing high quality jewellery safes for almost half a century. From fortresses built to withstand severe attack to luxury safes finished in style with exotic metal and wood interiors, their safes are diverse and practical. Their premier Chronos Series collection can have its interiors completely customised and features multiple watch winder options to keep your collection ticking even when stored for multiple days. It’s available at multiple sizes as well to fit your home perfectly.
Available at Brown Safe.
Bringing some Chicago style to your wrist, Veblenist are a strap manufacturer based in the Windy City. They believe in combining traditional techniques with modern machinery to create stylish and individual straps. Between classic shell cordovan, NATO style suede and perforated racing Rallye style numbers, there’s plenty of choice suitable for an equally diverse range of watches. The handmade designs particularly suit vintage timepieces with a retro flair. They also produce a range of canvas and rubber pieces.
Available from Veblenist.
While a watch roll can keep a couple of watches safe on your travels, protecting a larger collection takes something more substantial. The Daily Watch Suitcase for 15 Watches uses secure fastenings to keep your watches safe. It also works perfectly for home storage and display with its refined finishing and luxury leather exterior. The removable velvet cushions mean it can store watches of all size in safety and security.
Available from Daily Watch.
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I know when it comes to British microbrands everyone is talking about Studio Underd0g at the moment as well as brands like Fears and Christopher Ward, but the rich depth of British watch design goes so much further. Case in point the new Paulin Watches Zapata Modul, a watch made in collaboration with a respected American artist, Crystal Zapata. It has one of the most distinctive and unusual dials I have ever seen and it rocks.
While you might not know the name Crystal Zapata, it’s possible that you’re aware of some of her work. Based in Chicago and a member of Type Directors Club, Society of Typographic Arts, and AIGA, she’s worked with Nike, Apple, Levi’s, and Calvin Klein to name but a few. She has a loud, graphic style that really captures the attention, which is arguably why top brands commission her for posters and features. It’s kind of inspired of Paulin to see that dynamic and extensive body of work and apply it to a watch.
Jumping to the dial, it features a stylised 12/3/6/9 display. Which is a classic dial layout where you only have Arabic numerals in the cardinal positions with the intervening hours typically denoted by shaped indexes. Here though, Zapata has stretched and blurred the Arabic numerals so that they occupy the entire span of the watch’s display. It’s inspired by the big picture of horology, timekeeping on an astronomical scale as the Earth rotates around the sun.
Think of it like one of those long exposure pictures of the night sky where the stars get blurred out as they appear to spin overhead. Stars are extra relevant because the minute track features small five-pointed stars every five minutes and the seconds hand counterweight is also a star. The idea of constellations is also important in how the blurred design was actually implemented on the dial, as Crystal’s design had to be translated into an actual actionable manufacturing process. They achieved this by using lots of small dots, like a constellation, that allow a bit of the dial colour from below to bleed through, creating the impression of a blur.
Speaking of dial colour, there are two to choose from. The first is an off-white with sky blue numerals and the second is a dark blue with white numerals – each inspired by a different time of day. Both versions are nice but for me it has to be that day version with the pale dial and blue markings, it fits the retro, 70s/80s aesthetic that Paulin has cultivated so well.
Structurally and mechanically, the Paulin Watches Zapata Modul is identical to the Modul Quartz. Meaning it measures a svelte 35mm x 8.2mm with a turtle-like shape and brushed lugs. The movement inside is the ETA 955.112. It would be nice if there were a mechanical edition of the watch as well but that’s sadly not the case.
Priced at £450, it’s a fun, funky watch that matches the current tone of British watch design perfectly. Quirky and unafraid of unusual concepts and vibrant colours.
More details at Paulin.
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The old adage goes that ‘quality is in the details’. Honestly, it’s a phrase we hear enough that it’s hard to take seriously, like ‘limited edition’ or ‘made in Switzerland’. But every now and then comes a watch that not only embodies the concept, but rams it so far down your throat you’ll be passing bevelling tools for weeks. That watch is the Biver Automatique.
If you’ve never heard the name Jean-Claude Biver you’re either new to the watch industry or never really branched out past Rolex. He’s the man many credit for revitalising the watch industry in its post-Quartz Crisis slump in the 1990s. You have him to thank for Blancpain, Hublot, and a large part of modern Omega (including their obsession with ambassadors). He has historically been a tour de force and, when he retired a few years back, savvy gamblers didn’t bet on him staying away for long.
Last year, the triumphant return of Jean-Claude happened with the advent of Biver and, honestly, it was more of a surprise than you might think. Not that JCB was back of course, but just what he was back with: beautiful, classically built watches drenched in all the trappings of haute horology. He also had his son in tow, who is ostensibly the driving force behind the new brand.
They certainly hit the ground running, with Carillon minute repeaters with tourbillons and jewels aplenty. They were gorgeous and demonstrated a certain mission statement: that every part of the watch, inside and out was finished to perfection. The problem is that nice an idea as that is, it was too easy to get distracted by everything else. When you have a tourbillon, repeater and a gem-set bezel, knowing the barrels inside have been flawlessly finished just doesn’t have the pull it should. And so we have the Automatique, a watch that pulls back on the over-the-top stuff to show off that mission statement all the more clearly.
Let’s not beat around the bush, the Biver Automatique is a beauty. It might just be the finest dress watch I’ve tried on in years. The 39mm rose gold case has some pretty prominent lugs, but at 10mm thick it wears phenomenally well and the slim bezel leaves plenty of room for the dial to breathe. That dial, in matching rose gold has an air of Laurent Ferrier in its streamlined minimalism, albeit with much more ornate, faceted black indexes.
The detail here comes, of course, from the finishing, with alternating circles of radial and circular brushing. On paper it doesn’t sound like it would be a dramatic difference but, well, look at the thing. Finished with a stunningly sharp handset and a solid rose gold chapter ring, it’s the most nuanced bit of monochrome I’ve ever worn. The thing is, that’s not even the main event.
We’re used to seeing a well-finished movement these days, especially at this level. You flip a Vacheron or Patek over, you know it’s going to be something special. The Biver Automatique though laughs at your Poincon de Geneve.
Thanks to the microrotor construction, the full movement is on display and what a display it puts on. The rose gold rotor has a fan-like guilloche pattern, while the main bridges opt for a more classical clous de Paris style motif, all painfully precise and light-catching. But it doesn’t stop there. The remaining metalwork is all brushed, every edge is bevelled. The metal underneath offers plenty of brushing and perlage, even when you’re barely ever going to see it. The JCB logo is hidden 90% of the time, nestled as it is in the microrotor track. It’s the level of obsessive detail that makes me wonder if, at the same time we appreciate its details, we shouldn’t stage an intervention. Engrave a message on the balance cock if you’re being held against your will.
The movement is a Dubois Depraz-made number dubbed the JCB-003, with a not insubstantial 65-hour power reserve. I can’t attest to how quickly it winds with the micro-rotor, but it has manual-wind anyway so that’s not really a problem. Interestingly, it’s a movement that’s been designed from the ground up to be versatile, ready and willing to take on a host of complications. What those complications will be only time will tell. So far JCB have built minute repeaters and automatics; to say it’ll be something between those includes 99% of complications in the world.
It’s worth noting that none of the finishing actually adds to the chronometric performance of course. Hell, the chance of damaging parts during finishing makes it more likely there could be a timekeeping problem and the movement needs to be re-done. So why, why do this?
Well, we’re talking about it, that’s one reason. It’s also incredibly beautiful, so there’s another. Perhaps the biggest reason though takes me back full circle to the beginning. We’ve seen plenty of minute repeaters over the past few years and more tourbillons than 1 can count. We’ve seen metiers d’art engravings, marquetry and enamelling of every stripe and colour. But in the Biver Automatique is a watch that can quietly take its place with the best of them. It’s not flashy (at least, no more so than any other solid gold dress watch), it’s not loud and most of its qualities are hidden on its handsome backside. If there’s a watch that defines the saying that ‘quality is in the details’, it’s this. Which for the price, feels about right.
More details at Biver.
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Featuring a hand patinated dial and a CuSn8 Bronze case that will uniquely age, the Selten Salvage Bronze Scorched lives up to the brand’s meaning of rare in German. The Miyota 9039 Automatic movement, ceramic bezel insert and 39mm sizing on the other hand are all common for a reason thanks to their excellent style and utility.
More details at Selten Watch.
Crafted from superior grade 5 titanium and ergonomically designed to be soft on the wrist, WRK watches ACF-02 improves on their already very cool first launch with an upgraded movement and lower price point. It features a tonneau case shape with rounded corners that give it a strong barrel appearance, which is what tonneaus are named after.
More details at WRK.
Anoma go back to black and introduce a vertically brushed slate dial with contrasting lacquer triangles for their latest A1 Slate. The well-proportioned, signature rounded triangle case (inspired by a mid-century modern table) goes untouched, thank God. Inside is the well trusted Sellita SW100.
More details at Anoma.
The Papar Anillo GMT (Rose Gold PVD) features an angular 36mm case that borders on brutalist but somehow manages to keep dress watch sensibilities. With a day/night indicator a 12 o’clock and a rotating 24-hour disc it’s a great travel companion. It’s also convenient to service thanks to its trusted Miyota 9075 movement.
More details at Papar.
Monceau’s debut watch, the Model 01, is due to launch on Kickstarter in May. Though the Monceau name itself isn’t new to watchmaking as the original brand that existed more than 50 years ago was sadly one of those to fall victim of the quartz crisis. The new watch features a 39mm steel case with a cool contoured dial and bar indexes.
More details at Monceau Watches.
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The idea for M.A.D Editions first emerged in 2014 as a concept for MB&F to create an accessible sister brand, but that fell through due to projected operating costs. Then, in 2020 when the pandemic meant that running even one brand was incredibly difficult, they decided to give that original accessible concept a try though not as a brand, as a standalone one-off edition. It was an instant hit. After several editions and variations of the original M.A.D.1 they realised that, wait a minute, we have created a brand after all, just without all the extra hassle of actually being a separate brand. And if M.A.D is a brand then the M.A.D.1 needs to be followed by the M.A.D.2, which is what they have released today.
One of the defining features of the original M.A.D.1 is that it was the brainchild and passion project of Maximillian Büsser. As such, in order to create a satisfying follow up with the same level of passion involved, Max decided to give (more or less) free rein over the M.A.D.2 to long time MB&F collaborator and designer Eric Giroud, which is why you’ll sometimes see the watch called the M.A.D.2 by Eric Giroud. Giroud has then used this opportunity to finally bring some of his earliest design concepts to life that have never made it into production before.
The first of those Giroud concepts, which defines the case, is called almond. It refers to the extremely smooth finish of the 42mm diameter steel case and the gently curving arc of the round bezel, like an almond. It also finds itself expressed through the almond shaped indicators on the twin subdials in the centre of the display, which mark the bidirectional jumping hours on the left and minutes on the right. Though those subdials are also connected to Giroud’s second concept.
When you think about watch designers you probably picture fairly reserved individuals who spend most of their time alone in labs pouring over mechanisms. However, that is not Giroud’s story. In the 1990s he was at the forefront of the Lausanne rave scene, regularly found at the club Moulin à Danses, aka MAD. That translates to the M.A.D.2 via the fact that those central subdials represent a DJ’s deck. Below them, the main disk of the dial (available in orange or green) is snailed with additional circular brushing to give it the impression of a vinyl record. Lastly, around the perimeter of the display is a lower track with bright dots on it that move creating a strobe light effect.
The movement of that stroboscopic platter, as MB&F describe it, is actually the automatic rotor that’s visible from both the front and rear of the watch. The movement that it’s attached to is the La Joux-Perret G101, the same movement that powers the M.A.D.1, with the exception that MB&F have developed a special module for it in order to add jumping hours. It has a 64-hour power reserve.
Now, as for availability, the M.A.D Editions have always been available via one of two methods. Either you get a direct invitation to buy the watch by being a member of the MB&F ‘Tribe and Friends’ or get your chance through an allocation raffle open to the public. For the M.A.D.2, the orange edition is exclusive to the Tribe and Friends and the green version is being raffled. Both versions have a price of CHF 2,900 excl. VAT (approx. £2,540). At time of writing exact numbers are unknown, but it’ll be approximately 2,000 pieces. That’s a solid number, but between the story of Giroud’s raving past and the fact that the watch is simply very cool, I imagine the number of people entering the raffle will still exceed production by a wide, wide margin.
More details at MB&F.
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