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Independent Watchmakers · 2026-06-12

ochs und junior’s Anno Sandblasted reduces the annual calendar to dots and gears

A rhodium-plated dial and a gold-leaf seconds hand give the minimal calendar a new texture.

By Chronolume digest · Original English summary · Based on ochs und junior; MONOCHROME

ochs und junior Anno Sandblasted
ochs und junior Anno Sandblasted. Photograph: MONOCHROME. MONOCHROME ↗

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What to know

The Anno Sandblasted uses perforations and moving dots to show the date, weekday and month without printed words. A sandblasted, rhodium-plated dial creates a restrained silvery surface, interrupted by a small piece of yellow gold leaf on the seconds hand. Grade 5 titanium cases come in 39mm and 42mm sizes.

The automatic ETA 2824-2 supplies a 38-hour reserve beneath Ludwig Oechslin’s annual-calendar mechanism. It accounts for thirty- and thirty-one-day months and needs its annual correction on 1 March. The maker announced this execution on 12 June 2026, followed by specialist coverage a week later. Both images show the sandblasted edition rather than an earlier coloured variant.

ochs und junior Anno Sandblasted — additional view
ochs und junior Anno Sandblasted. Photograph: MONOCHROME. MONOCHROME ↗

At a glance

Specifications reported by ochs und junior; MONOCHROME
modelAnno Sandblasted
case39mm or 42mm × 11mm grade 5 titanium
movementETA 2824-2 automatic with Oechslin annual-calendar mechanism
powerReserve38 hours
waterResistance100 metres

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ochs und junior; MONOCHROME · Published 2026-06-12 ↗