Could cocktail watches in exotic dial colours be making a comeback?
French watchmaker Baltic believes they will, and has introduced 36mm Prismic watches to capitalise.
The watches come in titanium sandwich-style cases that are finished with a combination of brushed and polished faces.
Intricate dials have a Guilloché finish that fans out from the centre towards a circular brushed hour tracker with polished applied stud hour markers.
A small seconds sub dial has a grainy finish and even the dagger-shaped hands have been given extra impact with a combination of polished edges and brushed surfaces.
There is a bit of an art deco meets 1970s aesthetic to the watches, and Baltic has also taken a bit of a retro route with its movement, which is a hand wound Peseux 7001 developed by Swatch Group-owned ETA, which has 42 hour power reserve.
Doing away with the winding rotor exposes more of the Côtes de Genève-finishing of its plates via an exhibition case back. It also takes away depth from the movement, which makes it possible to slim down the Prismic watches to just 9.2mm in height.
That sleekness is carried through into a wrist-hugging Milanese steel mesh bracelet that can be swapped out for a leather strap.
The watches go on sale this week priced at €990 on a leather strap or €1,050 on the steel mesh bracelet. The first orders will be delivered in July.
