HIGHLIGHT
During the 2024 Watches & Wonders Show, the brand showcased a monochrome variation of its watch boasting a look inspired by elegant, up-to-the-minute architecture.
One is not born, but rather becomes, an icon. This paraphrase of a famous quote by French novelist Simone de Beauvoir fits La City case, imagined by the visionary Stéphane Lacroix for Speake Marin, like a glove. With its 40.3 mm diameter, its thickness of just 9.20 mm, its ingenious geometric-styled silhouette and its satin-brushed and polished surfaces, this model has everything it takes to stand out in the watchmaking scenescape. And, to boost its chic ‘n’ sporty personality even more, the brand has rolled out some rather appealing time scenographies. In a nutshell, this novel Ripples Infinity Date wows with its metalized silvered dial, its Big Ben-shaped hour and minute hands, the sunray-finished disc of its small seconds and its slender markers. Here, every element is involved in creating a play on light that’s ever-so subtle, decisively-charming. What’s more, the perfectly-integrated steel bracelet perpetuates this elegant look.
Like all the references in the collection, all the time data is driven by the 3.9 mm-high SMA03-TD caliber. This mechanism is assembled using some 162 components in the watchmaker’s workshops in La Chaux-de-Fonds. This selfwinding movement, beating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations an hour, delivers a power reserve of 52 hours to the timepiece. The exemplary finishes of its bridges decorated with a Côtes de Genève pattern and the meticulous, exclusive graining of its tungsten micro-rotor invite to admire through the sapphire-crystal caseback. Or, simply put, details are in no way trivial.
