Price: 48,000 Swiss francs + applicable tax You may also enjoy: Limitation: 18 pieces in three colors each (54 total pieces) Movement: automatic Sellita caliber with jump hour and training minutes module developed in-houseįunctions: bi-directional jumping hours and “trailing” minutes Remark: comes with aluminum LED flashlight for charging the Black Badger ring of luminous material around the flangeĬase: 46.8 x 44.3 x 20.7 mm, titanium and stainless steel dual reflective sapphire crystal prisms with integrated magnifying lens Limitation: 101 pieces customized with personal lighthouse details or custom text Movement: manual winding Caliber Unitas 6498-1 with seconds modified to hack Price: €10,000 excluding tax for each model Limitation: 20 pieces each in four colors (luminous teal, green, violet, blue), only made to order Movement: automatic Dubois Dépraz Caliber 14580/ETA 2842-2, modified, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency, power reserve 44 hoursĬase: stainless steel (Autumn boasts a TiN-coated case band), 46 x 12 mmĭial: Black Badger proprietary luminous advanced composite covered by a DLC or TiN-coated stainless steel grille Quick Facts Linde Werdelin Oktopus Blue SeaĬase: 44 x 46 x 15 mm, ALW (Alloy Linde Werdelin, a mix of aluminum, titanium and zirconium) titanium case back and crown with octopus engravings, water resistant to 300 mĭial: three proprietary colors of Badgerite lume developed in cooperation with Super-LumiNova upper dial laser-cut in stencil technique Movement: manual winding Caliber DB2080 with silicon escape wheel and titanium-and-white-gold balance wheel, triple pare-chute shock absorption, self-regulating twin spring barrels, 5-day power reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz frequencyįunctions: hours, minutes, seconds elapsed dive time, power reserve, manual dial illumination with dynamo That’s my job.”įor more information, please visit Quick Facts De Bethune DB28GS Grand BleuĬase: 44 x 12.8 mm, black zirconium case band, titanium case back and bezel, floating lugs It is all about visual joy, putting a smile on things. What they do add is a lot to the experience. “Lume and other materials don’t necessarily add a massive amount of cost to a piece. MBF HMX Black Badger (photo courtesy James Thompson) There are two more Super-LumiNova-based projects planned for release in 2021 from MW&Co and GoS. What I love about this watch is that while it is watchmaking on the highest level, the light is the main protagonist, the center player, the Zlatan of the watch.” This was a week of hanging out in their chemistry lab with guys with clipboards and lab coats, me nodding politely pretending I knew what everybody was talking about. Augmenting the glow color of something is infinitely more difficult. “By mixing violet and blue we were able to come up with a substance that not only matches the iconic De Bethune blue oxidized titanium during the day, by mixing blue and violet we were also able to match the glow color. Especially when the miniature dynamo-operated LED light at 6 o’clock was activated. This was also the first timepiece in which the collaboration was really aiming for the watch to look as good during the day as during the night. In essence, the component is replicated and molded in the lume material, which provides far greater luminous output than just a topical coating.īlack Badger’s first watch featuring Badgerite was the De Bethune DB28GS Grand Bleu (2019). Lumicast is a new method of microcasting components in solid Super-LumiNova instead of coating an existing component. In the end I try to use light as an artistic tool.” We also manufacture solid pieces of lume using the Lumicast method, which adds a lot of extra flair. Another example of purpose-designed componentry is an extra line in a rotor that can be filled in with Super-LumiNova. When working together with high-end brands, I can for instance suggest some chamfering with which you can lead the light, reflect it, and bounce it around the watch. “This is where haute horlogerie treatments enter the stage. Linde Werdelin Octopus Blue Sea (photo courtesy James Thompson/Black Badger)īut before taking closer looks at those watches and more, let’s find out how Thompson approaches adding another dimension to both haute horlogerie and entry-level watches.
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