It’s also proof that a brand has enough heritage to justify such an update, and that it has stood the test of time. Ten years after the launch of its first watch with a Manufacture movement, Armin Strom is pursuing this path. The One Week First Edition symbolizes the passage of a milestone, the crossing of a cycle: not the seven-day cycle, like the power reserve after which the original One Week was named, but a much longer cycle testifying to the relevance, durability and ingenuity of the small Biel-based brand. The One Week First Edition naturally also gains in maturity with a series of essential improvements. The most visible part is an update of certain details: the addition of the metal bracelet, a more demure background featuring strong 3D skeletonization, as well as the use of a sky-blue color on the dial-side part of the movement. Nonetheless, since One Week formed the bedrock of the inimitable Armin Strom style, the kinship is strong and the design clearly lasting.
The editorial team was impressed by The strong and pared-down skeletonization along with the shift from a radical techno-watchmaking style to a more controlled, softer form.
Armin Strom One Week First Edition
CASE: steel, transparent sapphire crystal and caseback, water-resistant to 100m
SIZE: 41mm in diameter, 10.60mm thick
MOVEMENT: mechanical, skeletonized, hand-wound, ARM21 caliber with 7-day power reserve, twin barrel
FUNCTIONS: hours and minutes, small seconds DIAL: black small seconds, chapter ring with Super-LumiNova-enhanced
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BRACELET: steel, three links, secured by a steel folding clasp
LIMITED EDITION: 25
PRICE: CHF 32,000
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