Technik 4X Globe: an automatic and solar watch with a world beneath its dials

Technik 4X's Globe Edition takes the Skeletor's practical two-movement formula and gives it a travel-inspired visual centre. A blue-and-white globe is printed on an internal plate, visible through large openings around the left solar and right mechanical subdials. The combination of curved hour tracks, rhodium-toned steel and electric-blue hands makes it read less like a standard pilot's GMT and more like a miniature navigation instrument.

Two separately driven displays are the crucial technical detail. The right-hand Seiko/SII NH05B automatic is wound by wrist motion and provides more than 40 hours of reserve. The left-hand Epson VS17A quartz movement converts light into electrical energy and offers around six months' operation in darkness after a full charge. Unlike a conventional GMT hand, these are two whole timekeeping systems, and the photovoltaic cells never rewind the mechanical mainspring.

The steel case is 44.5 mm wide, 11.45 mm thick and 5 ATM water-resistant, with sapphire crystals front and back. The specific White + Blue edition ships with a blue leather strap and a steel Milanese bracelet. The globe plate uses Super-LumiNova to make its continents visible in low light, extending the graphic motif beyond daylight.

The Globe makes the hybrid concept intuitive: two time zones and two energy sources are separated spatially into their own dials, while the underlying earth motif suggests travel. As with the Skeletor, Technik 4X currently lists this edition in its catalogue but does not provide a reliable launch date; it should be approached as an existing specialist product, not a newly introduced 2026 watch.