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The Daily —
October 29, 2026
Hand-picked independent and microbrand watches worth a closer look — the same five every member woke up to.
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MOT1ON Automatic 24 [Bullitt] Titanium — Signal red
$868
SYE's MOT1ON Automatic 24 [Bullitt] is built in France around a 40.5mm bead-blasted Grade 2 titanium case that weighs 84g on leather. A vertically brushed green dial with black sub-dials and ring carries a 24-hour indicator alongside hours, minutes, seconds and date, driven by a Miyota 8217 automatic set in the SYE workshop. Under a sapphire crystal, each of the launch series of 50 is numbered, and the Fastback…
Tree Frog
$485
Celeste's Tree Frog is handcrafted in the company's Springfield, Oregon studio, with a dial assembled from 31 pieces of abalone shell tinted brown, orange, olive, aqua, red, yellow and purple, inlaid in mother of pearl. The 35mm polished 316L steel case has a sapphire crystal and a Swiss quartz movement. It is offered with orange or purple flowers and a wide choice of bands, from coloured leathers to steel with…
Antarctique, Mount Erebus - Deep Blue, Rose Gold 5N, Alligator Bracelet
$42,474
Czapek names the Antarctique Mount Erebus after the southernmost active volcano on Earth, whose lava is said to shed gold in its gases. The 40.5mm rose gold 5N case holds a Deep Blue lamé dial made by chemical vapour deposition, and the in-house SXH5 automatic with an off-centre recycled platinum micro-rotor, free-sprung balance and seven skeletonised bridges. Limited to 100 pieces and made to order, it is rated to…
SULLY - Phase de Lune - Acier & Bleu
$365
Charlie Paris designs and assembles the Sully in Paris, and this 30mm steel version adds a blue moon-phase disc to a lightly sandblasted, guilloché dial. The starry sky depicts the view over Paris at the summer solstice of 2014, the year the brand was founded. A Swiss Ronda 708 quartz movement runs hours, minutes, seconds, date and moon phase beneath a sapphire crystal, on a milanese mesh strap that changes without…
ASCENT HAQ 39 Black Enamel
$429
Erebus's Ascent HAQ 39 pairs a 39mm brushed and polished 316L steel case with a black enamel dial, applied indices and BGW9 Super-LumiNova on hands and markers. A double-domed sapphire crystal, screw-down crown and 100m of water resistance keep it sturdy, while the Swiss ETA F06.412 movement is rated to +/-10 seconds a year with battery life of 7+ years. The steel bracelet has a milled adjustable clasp and a…