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Massena Lab Absinthe by Massena LAB and Raúl Pagès

Limited to 99 pieces

BHD 4,114.000
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Why we chose it

A note from the PRJKT8 team

We chose it for the green, which moves from off-black to emerald as the light changes, and for what sits behind it: a hand-wound calibre designed with Raúl Pagès and finished by hand, on show through the caseback. At 38.5 mm in steel, it wears like a dress watch from the 1940s and 50s.
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The watch

Absinthe is named for its colour. The dial runs from off-black to emerald, and the vertical brushing keeps the green moving as the wrist turns.

The M690 is the calibre Massena LAB designed with Raúl Pagès, reworked to put the small seconds at 9 o'clock. Pagès oversees its production by a small group of Swiss watchmakers; his signature, a tiny tortoise ringed with perlage, sits under the balance.

It is wound by hand and holds 60 hours. Côtes de Genève and hand-chamfered bridges show through the sapphire caseback. The 316L steel case, 38.5 mm by 10 mm, follows watches of the 1940s and 50s.

Limited to 99 pieces, on a midnight blue Saffiano leather strap. Of the two absinthes, this one is safe to have every day.

Specifications

Functions: Hours, minutes and small seconds
Limited edition: 99 pieces, individually numbered

MOVEMENT
Calibre: Massena LAB proprietary M690, designed with Raúl Pagès
Winding: Manual
Power reserve: 60 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 half oscillations per hour
Jewels: 17
Mechanism: Adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions
Finishing: Hand-finished anglage (hand-chamfered edges) on bridges and plates; broad plate design with Côtes de Genève and perlage
Made in: Switzerland

CASE
Material: 316L stainless steel
Diameter: 38.5 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Caseback: Exhibition, sapphire with anti-reflective coating
Water resistance: 5 ATM
Design: Inspired by watches of the 1940s and 50s
Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating

DIAL
Colour: Green ombré, from off-black to emerald
Finishing: Vertically brushed; radially-grooved subsidiary dial for small seconds at 9 o'clock
Indexes: Rhodium plated

HANDS
Material: Rhodium plated

STRAP
Material: Italian-made Saffiano leather
Colour: Midnight blue
Buckle: Stainless steel

Colours can look slightly different on screen.

Massena LAB Old Soul by Vianney Halter
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Massena Lab

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Description

Absinthe is named for its colour. The dial runs from off-black to emerald, and the vertical brushing keeps the green moving as the wrist turns.

The M690 is the calibre Massena LAB designed with Raúl Pagès, reworked to put the small seconds at 9 o'clock. Pagès oversees its production by a small group of Swiss watchmakers; his signature, a tiny tortoise ringed with perlage, sits under the balance.

It is wound by hand and holds 60 hours. Côtes de Genève and hand-chamfered bridges show through the sapphire caseback. The 316L steel case, 38.5 mm by 10 mm, follows watches of the 1940s and 50s.

Limited to 99 pieces, on a midnight blue Saffiano leather strap. Of the two absinthes, this one is safe to have every day.

Specifications

Functions: Hours, minutes and small seconds
Limited edition: 99 pieces, individually numbered

MOVEMENT
Calibre: Massena LAB proprietary M690, designed with Raúl Pagès
Winding: Manual
Power reserve: 60 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 half oscillations per hour
Jewels: 17
Mechanism: Adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions
Finishing: Hand-finished anglage (hand-chamfered edges) on bridges and plates; broad plate design with Côtes de Genève and perlage
Made in: Switzerland

CASE
Material: 316L stainless steel
Diameter: 38.5 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Caseback: Exhibition, sapphire with anti-reflective coating
Water resistance: 5 ATM
Design: Inspired by watches of the 1940s and 50s
Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating

DIAL
Colour: Green ombré, from off-black to emerald
Finishing: Vertically brushed; radially-grooved subsidiary dial for small seconds at 9 o'clock
Indexes: Rhodium plated

HANDS
Material: Rhodium plated

STRAP
Material: Italian-made Saffiano leather
Colour: Midnight blue
Buckle: Stainless steel

Colours can look slightly different on screen.

About Massena Lab
Massena LAB Old Soul by Vianney Halter
About the maker

Massena Lab

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Delivery & payment
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Absinthe by Massena LAB and Raúl PagèsBHD 4,114.000