Krayon Anywhere Aurora

[Ichiran]

https://watchilove.com/krayon-presen...atch-by-krayon

Anywhere now released in green and titanium. Same complication, same 39 by 9.5mm case. I understand Rémi Maillat designs and assembles the watch. Pricing here is S$227,000 (not sure what's the CHF pricing before tax), a slight increase over the blue. Last pic is from Monochrome Watches. Thoughts?

[cal14]

brilliant! looks incredible

[kunlun]

Beautiful and a very romantic complication. Maybe a useful one for some customers, depending on faith.

[WatchEater666]

Very cool but for me, in that price range, there are too many other independents like Gruebel or Kari that I'd be interested in.

[GB-man]

Beautifully done. Not for me but you can see the quality for sure.

[Easy E]

The Six AM and Six PM seem backwards to me, the month dial isn’t really working for me either.

[rapide66]

Beautiful, but personally after seeing those artistic dials on the OnlyWatch & other limited editions incl. physically handling one in person, I'm not sure how I feel about these "regular" editions.

[dpj17]

Watch is boring and name is ridiculous. Price makes no sense, the watches you can have for even a little less than this totally blow it out of the water.

[kunlun]

Originally Posted by dpj17

Watch is boring and name is ridiculous. Price makes no sense, the watches you can have for even a little less than this totally blow it out of the water.

Tell me you don't understand the complication without telling me you don't understand the complication.

[vipereaper30]

I don't understand the complication.

[Ichiran]

This is what the watch does (from SJX) ~

The Anywhere indicates sunrise and sunset times via rings on the periphery of the dial. Sitting one level below the main dial, the rings are light and dark for daytime and nighttime respectively. The length of the light and dark segments are physical representations of the length of the day and night, with the borders between the two indicating sunrise and sunset.

Because the length of the day changes according to the seasons in most of the world, the size of the segments will vary throughout the year, and the borders will move as the length of the day changes. The seasonality of sunrise and sunset times explains the calendar display at six o’clock – setting the calendar moves the light and dark rings, reflecting the changing length of the day throughout the year.

In the northern hemisphere, nights will be long during the winter months, leading to a large dark segment. While at the equator, day and night are almost equal in length all the time, so the light and dark segments will each occupy about half the dial and remain mostly unchanged throughout the year.

A Sun-shaped pointer on the edge of the dial is a 24-hour indicator, while also functioning as a display of the motion of the Sun. When the Sun pointer crosses the border from light to dark segment, it means the Sun has set.

But unlike the Everywhere that could be adjusted for any location on Earth, the Anywhere can only show sunrise and sunset times for one location. Though the location can be changed easily via a series of adjustment screws in the movement, a watchmaker has to open the watch and make the change.

https://watchesbysjx.com/2020/05/kra...re-review.html

[Ichiran]

The green version is CHF 142,000

https://monochrome-watches.com/first...s-specs-price/

[Ichiran]

I have previously tried the blue and love the size and fit. The movement finishing is gorgeous (apols my photo can't capture the sharp angles).

[mchen42]

It is a cool watch when I knew it. Remi put lots of thoughts in designing the movement and balance the colors.

I paid it long time ago and waiting for the delivery. Probably by the end of this year. I will post some photos when I receive it.

[Ichiran]

Originally Posted by mchen42

I paid it long time ago and waiting for the delivery. Probably by the end of this year. I will post some photos when I receive it.

Brilliant! Which one did you buy, the white or rose gold?

[mchen42]

Originally Posted by Ichiran

Brilliant! Which one did you buy, the white or rose gold?

Thank you! It is actually this green one, titanium version. Hopefully I could receive it soon.

[Ichiran]

Originally Posted by mchen42

Thank you! It is actually this green one, titanium version. Hopefully I could receive it soon.

Do you know how many watches he makes per year please?

Congrats Mr Chen, you have all the nice independents

[mchen42]

Originally Posted by Ichiran

Do you know how many watches he makes per year please?

Congrats Mr Chen, you have all the nice independents

Thank you!

I think they could probably produce 30 Anywheres per year. Try to get the OW one but I am afraid my bid is so low.. lol

[rapide66]

That rose gold piece looks great actually, I've never seen one in person.

I had the chance of handling this piece unique for OnlyWatch, I really hope this unique dial manages to trickle down to other more affordable watches.

[Ichiran]

I doubt this dial will ever be done again. Love it though!

[rapide66]

It’s pretty cool to think that we tried on the very same watch, given it’s a piece unique on a global tour. I absolutely love that dial.

[mongrelnomoad]

One if the absolutely great complications. I’d love one, though personally it’s not be the green.

[ts3]

Digging the complication. The design / looks not so much. The watches look more like museum pieces to me than sth I'd want on the wrist.