OPH 786 Granular Grey

For out movement Ophion wanted to do a very original caliber so took the Technotime base and re-designed the bridges and decoration in the same way that Ophion had design the watch, following the looks and symmetry of them movements of the pocket watches from 1780. With a complete new geometry and hand hammered decoration, the aesthetic language of the watch and the movement were designed with the same idea in mind, where the movement and the watch is created as a whole, and not two different elements that they are together by chance.

Ophion took the key elements from 1700 era, developing and changing each element for having a more original look.  Blending the classical look with a more modern approach we combine both world in once incredible piece. Developing and designing each details, give different sensations every time you look at the watch, depending of your surroundings the reflections of the dial behave in a different way, finding new details every time your environment change.

For the dial Ophion wanted to have a very tridimensional effect, and enhance the guilloche works, thus Ophion created a base of guilloche and added a layer of rings on top, for the hours and minutes. This layer has the hour and minute marks hollow, so you can see the guilloche base below, creating a sandwich effect but with a guilloche base. The different textures and material creates contrast, facilitating looking the time with a quick glance.