The Zentier Lapis Sauté Mt. Fuji Edition for Watch Ho & Co

We’ve mentioned it on a number of events, and we’ll say it once more; watch golf equipment are nice initiatives. They permit to gasoline the eagerness for watches, to collect with fellow watch fanatics and to extend the data in watchmaking. Mainly, it’s all about ardour for watches. One among them, Watch Ho & Co (WH&C), relies in Hong Kong and was co-founded by Jackie Ho about 2 years in the past with the motto “good vibes solely.” As we speak, the HK-based membership unveils its second collaboration with younger model Zentier. Following final 12 months’s malachite version, we now have the Zentier Lapis Sauté Mt. Fuji Version, an accessible leaping hour watch à guichets.

Taking part in on the renewed development for laborious stone dials, Watch Ho & Co. unveiled final 12 months a collaboration with Zentier that was fairly placing, not solely in its look but additionally its show. The Zentier Sauté is certainly an accessible tackle the leaping hour complication, executed within the conventional “guichets” vogue – identical to the emblematic Tank à Guichets from Cartier, with leaping hour at 12 o’clock and dragging minutes in an arched window at 6 o’clock. The primary version featured a sexy inexperienced malachite dial and this second collaboration with the younger watch model Zentier opts for one more widespread laborious stone, blue lapis lazuli.

Lapis lazuli is a slightly fascinating pure stone, celebrated for its deep celestial blue that evokes the vastness of the night time sky. It’s mentioned to foster knowledge, self-awareness and readability. Lapis lazuli is a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense blue color, usually mixed with pyrite inclusions giving it metallic yellow textures – reminiscent of the instance you may see right here. This deep blue and textured dial is mixed with an oblong leaping hour window on the high, a semi-circular window displaying the minutes within the center and an utilized cartouche with the title of the model.

This Zentier Lapis Sauté is housed in a compact, vintage-styled chrome steel cushion-shaped case that measures 36mm throughout (with out the crown) and about 44mm in size. It’s decently skinny at 10.7mm, and your complete case is polished, giving it a dressy, valuable really feel. The again is stable metal, secured by 4 screws and engraved by the long-lasting silhouette of Mt. Fuji. Illustrated by Gerald from eight.previous.ten, the emblematic mountain was the principle inspiration for this second collaboration. Notice that the watch can be delivered with an extra see-through caseback.

On the coronary heart of the watch and permitting for its affordable value is the Seagull ST-1721, an automated with an extra leaping hour mechanism, beating at 21,600 vibrations/hour and boasting a 40h energy reserve. The watch is worn on a leather-based strap with pin buckle, measuring 20/16mm.

Completely accessible from @watchhoandco and Zentier’s web site, Watch Ho & Co. X Zentier Lapis Sauté Mt. Fuji Version is restricted to 88 items and priced at USD 1,088. The pre-order interval is Twenty fourth-Twenty fifth March 2025.