Furlan Marri Red Hunter Anniversary Celebrates 4 Years of Neo-Vintage Microbrand Design

Furlan Marri have become a household name in modern microbrand watch design – if your household is full of watch nerds. Which is what makes the fact that in 2025 they are celebrating only their 4^th anniversary all the more amazing. They are the definition of ‘exploding onto the scene’ and if you want to know more about the men behind the brand, we have an interview with co-founder Andrea Furlan in Oracle Time Issue 111. For now though, they’re celebrating their latest birthday with a new model, the Red Hunter.

The watch word here is neo-vintage, which you could argue is actually the watch word for the entire Furlan Marri brand. It means taking classic or traditional elements from vintage watches and presenting them in fresh, new ways for a modern watch market. Take the case for example, which measures just 36mm in diameter. That’s very small by modern standards but in the mid-20^th century it wouldn’t have been unusual. In fact, across the past two years or so, there has been a major trend in the industry returning to smaller dimensions after the behemoths of the 2000s.

However, the Red Hunter’s case actually pays tribute to an even older style of case, the hunter pocket watch. A style of pocket watch that dates back to the very earliest days of horology centuries ago and that uses a folding metal lid to protect the face of the watch. The name refers to it being a protective cover used while hunting – similar in concept to the original JLC Reverso being a way to protect your watch while playing polo.

For Furlan Marri’s watch, that translates itself into having a pocket watch-style hunter hinged caseback, which you can lift up to reveal an exhibition window beneath. On the inside of the hunter cap there’s an engraving celebrating the 4^th anniversary of the brand. The movement that’s revealed when you lift the back is the La Joux-Perret G100 movement, a far cry from the mecaquartz movements the brand was using in their debut year. It has a 68-hour power reserve and a new Furlan Marri branded rotor in gold.

The movement powers the hour, minute and seconds hands you can see on the dial. It’s a really nice Alpha handset with a bright red seconds hand that informs the ‘red’ part of Furlan Marri Red Hunter. The dial itself is black lacquer with pronounced contours across the minute track, hour scale and central disk. There are a lot of details to delve into as it uses a combination of a railway minute scale, Arabic numerals, curved Roman numerals and spherical dot indices. While there’s technically a lot going on, the overall result doesn’t feel over designed and it’s actually a very clean display. It hits that neo-vintage buzzword with its retro influences but modern feel.

The Fulan Marri Red Hunter is available for a limited pre-order starting on 23^rd April 2pm BST and closing on 4^th May 9pm BST. It’s priced at CHF 1,650 (approx. £1,525), so it sits as a mid-range option between the Sector and Disco Volante. I can easily picture the Red Hunter becoming one of the most popular Furlan Marri models to date. It’s a superb blend of elegance and wearability with a hint of proactive sportiness from that flash of red in the seconds hand and strap stitching.

More details at Furlan Marri.

​Oracle Time 

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