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Independent Watchmakers · 01 Jan 2025
The independent Chinese watchmaker creates a tiny mechanical city with a bi-axis tourbillon, jumping hours and double-retrograde displays.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: FAM AL HUT official website; GPHG
Independent Watchmakers · 13 Dec 2024
The Belgian aviation specialist combines an automatic GMT movement, internal timing ring and 200-metre capability.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Gavox
Independent Watchmakers · 12 Sept 2024
The Stratos UTC combines a true-GMT jumping local hour with a rotatable 24-hour bezel, date subdial and day/night display.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Formex
Independent Watchmakers · 06 Sept 2024
A classical precious-metal watch gives its reverse an unusually expressive architecture.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: MONOCHROME
Independent Watchmakers · 03 Jul 2024
Created for Isetan’s 50th anniversary, the AdC37 combines a blue Grand Feu enamel dial with the in-house M284 calibre.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Atelier de Chronométrie
Independent Watchmakers · 27 Jun 2024
The Type 5 L takes Ressence's pressure-tolerant oil-filled dive-watch concept and adds a fully luminous dial rather than merely luminous hands and markers.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Ressence official TYPE 5 L specifications; Hodinkee (27 June 2024); SJX Watches (3 July 2024)
Independent Watchmakers · 11 Jun 2024
A seven-layer lacquer dial and matching ceramic bezel brighten the compact, COSC-certified 300-metre Reef.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Formex
Independent Watchmakers · 01 Jan 2024
The current No. 6 combines coaxial retrograde hours and minutes, a seconds disc and date inside a fan-shaped instrument display.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Otsuka Lotec
Independent Watchmakers · 12 Dec 2023
A glossy green dial, luminous acrylic bezel and 68-hour Swiss automatic movement distinguish this 40 mm Bonaire.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Méraud
Independent Watchmakers · 12 Dec 2023
The Belgian brand’s second-generation Bonaire pairs a compact steel case with a long-running Swiss automatic calibre.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Méraud
Independent Watchmakers · 28 Nov 2023
An off-centre time display leaves room for an unusually prominent regulating organ.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: MONOCHROME
Independent Watchmakers · 03 Nov 2023
Concentric rings and polished markers bring depth to a compact independent automatic.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: MONOCHROME
Independent Watchmakers · 12 Oct 2023
Inspired by multi-lens film cameras, the No. 7.5 separates jumping hours, minutes and seconds into three sculptural windows.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Otsuka Lotec
Independent Watchmakers · 11 Jul 2023
Platinum frames a hand-guilloché pink-gold dial made for Japan’s collectors.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: MONOCHROME
Independent Watchmakers · 13 Feb 2023
The hardened-steel travel watch pairs an independently adjustable local hour hand with an integrated bracelet and 200-metre rating.
Chronolume digest · 1 min readSource: Gavox; Worn & Wound launch coverage
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