Réf. 6190 TXD Tuxedo
$1,190
French microbrand Serica makes no-nonsense watches with serious attention to proportions. The 6190 TXD tuxedo edition features a high-contrast bi-color dial that's sharp enough for dinner but built for daily wear. Their Sellita-based movements are impeccably regulated.
About Serica
Paris-based Serica makes French tool watches with the soul of a Left Bank design studio. Founded by Jérôme Burgert, the brand obsesses over things most makers ignore: custom-drawn numerals, hand profiles, the exact curve of a case flank. The 5303 dive watch and 8315 field watch look like artifacts from an alternate 1960s where France, not Switzerland, won the tool-watch wars. Chronometer-grade movements and sapphire crystals keep them honest as daily wearers.
It's the rare brand equally credible on a dive boat and in a design museum gift shop.
