Swiss indie Zeitwinkel is fast establishing a reputation for using its exclusive self-winding manufacture movements in some seriously good-looking timepieces, which is why collectors will be so delighted to see the brand at this year’s WatchPro Salon in November.
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The boutique brand, founded in 2006, assembles and finishes all of its movements and watches by hand and its latest collection, named MAKS 188°, is its boldest ever move into eye catching and collectible styles with dials and straps in “Bleu Glacier”, “Vert de Limón”, “Rouge Lobélie” and “Orange d’Édouard”; or blue, mauve, red and orange.
The 39mm watches use Zeitwinkel’s W logo in a tapestry of lacquer that radiates outwards from a small seconds sub dial at 6 o’clock, a design that took over two years to perfect.
“After numerous attempts we finally succeeded in engraving our logo as small as we had originally imagined using state-of-the-art laser technology,” explains Zeitwinkel co-founder Peter Nikolaus.
Fellow co-founder Ivica “Maks” Maksimovic, describes the painstaking process of creating the dials. “After engraving, each dial receives almost twenty layers of lacquer applied by hand, through which we achieve a fascinating brilliance of color. In combination with the three-dimensional structure, this constantly creates new plays of light in the dial,” he explains.
“They combine three-dimensionality with a previously unheard-of attention to detail as well as bold colors, thus further developing the Zeitwinkel design language in a new direction,” he adds.
The collection is powered by Zeitwinkel’s ZW0102 automatic caliber, which is on display through an exhibition case back.
Holding 72 hours of power reserve, the hand-made movement has finely-decorated plates and bridges made of untreated German silver.
The watches are made to order and priced at CHF 14,500, including tax.
WatchPro Salon 2023
Zeitwinkel is appearing among a line up of 50 prestigious watch brands and a carefully curated lounge of pre-owned businesses exhibiting at this year’s WatchPro Salon, which takes place at The Londoner Hotel on Leicester Square from November 10 to 11.
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The ever-expanding exhibitor list of watch brands and prestigious certified pre-owned traders includes:
ARCANAUT | AWAKE | BALL WATCH | BIANCHET | BLOOMBAR | BROOKLANDS WATCH COMPANY | CYRUS | CZAPEK & CIE. | DUCKWORTH PRESTEX | EBAY | ELLIOT BROWN | GERALD CHARLES | HERBELIN | IKEPOD | ISOTOPE | LUMINOX | MERAUD WATCHES | ORIENT | OUT OF ORDER | PERRELET | QLOCKTWO | ROBOT WATCH | SEIKO | SHERPA | SINN | SQUALE | TEMPUS LORD | THE WATCH REGISTER | THE DEVOY GROUP | THE DIAMOND BOX | VAN BRAUGE | VICTORINOX | WOLF | YEMA WATCHES | ZEITWINKEL | ZODIAC
