HIGHLY COMMENDED
UK distributor Veritime introduced Reservoir to the UK this year. The French watch brand, created by a former investment banker, launched its first collection at Baselworld this year with watches that demonstrate the founder’s passion for motoring and addiction for vintage watches.
The first four watches from Reservoir are designed to look like the rev counter on a car’s dashboard, although one model also resembles a pressure gauge on a submarine, another takes inspiration from a plane’s cockpit dials.
They use Swiss-made automatic movements to power a retrograde seconds hand and a jumping hour in four styles of watch priced at £3500.
A “rev counter” is also known as a tachometer. The Reservoir is simple, readable, and well-designed.