Stories

At Armin Strom, a classic colour goes where the brand has never taken it before: deep blue runs from the movement’s mainplate to the hands, the indexes and the strap.

At its Atelier Lucerne, Chronoswiss has sandblasted a hand-guilloché dial so that it diffuses light rather than reflecting it, which the brand calls a Chronoswiss first.

For Ressence founder Benoît Mintiens, a tool watch lives by functionality and legibility, and two new colourways of the TYPE 7 are built on that idea.

Armin Strom’s Dual Time GMT Resonance gives travellers two time zones, each with its own hours, minutes and day/night indicator, and a new edition sets them on aventurine.

Laurent Ferrier built the Sport Traveller for people who cross time zones: two pushers move the local hour forward or back without stopping the watch.

At the Chronoswiss Atelier in Lucerne, tiny stars of gold are cut and set by hand under magnification, then sealed beneath layers of fired blue enamel for the watch’s dial.

Chronoswiss designed its new GMT for people who live between time zones, taking the idea from an earlier watch of its own, the Tora.

SEVENFRIDAY built the PG1/01 to be a travel partner: its first watch with a GMT function, reading a second time zone from a 24-hour disc.

In Biel/Bienne, Armin Strom built its 18th movement around two balance wheels that beat as one, and gave it a second time zone for travel.

Designed by Ressence for modern explorers, the TYPE 7 brings the brand its first GMT function and its first integrated titanium bracelet.