It began, as all good things do, with an idea older than the watch itself — that the wrist, at its most quiet, could carry an entire world.
01 — The Dial
A continent, sculpted in resin and steel.
The Blue Planet's dial is not printed — it is moulded in low relief, each continent rising in fine silver from a deep oceanic blue, as if seen from low orbit on a cloudless morning. Beneath the sapphire crystal, a slow 24-hour disc rotates a pale compass rose past Greenwich, turning the face into a perpetual day-and-night observation of the Earth itself.
There are no hour or minute hands in the conventional sense. The world is the watch; the watch, the world.
02 — The Movement
Mechanics, plainly stated.
- Movement
- Automatic, self-winding mechanical
- Power reserve
- 40 hours
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case diameter
- 46 mm
- Crystal
- Sapphire, anti-reflective coating
- Water resistance
- 30 m / 3 ATM
- Strap
- Blue fluororubber, quick-release
- Distinction
- GPHG Challenge Watch Prize, Geneva 2021
03 — In Hand
Forty-six millimetres of contemplation.
On the wrist, the case is substantial but not overbearing — the steel is brushed on its flanks and polished on its bezel, so the light moves across it the way light moves across the dial. The fluororubber strap is soft and quiet against the skin; the buckle is unfussy, the way good design should be.
It is, finally, a watch that asks to be looked at, and then looked into.
04 — Acquire
Available on Amazon India.
Approx. ₹83,000 · 2-year manufacturer warranty
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