Ochs und Junior Christmas Model 2024, Returning the 2008 Primary 36mm Design

Ochs und Junior (if truth be told, it should be written ochs und junior, no capital letters) was primarily based in 2006 by Ludwig Oechslin, Beat Weinmann and Kurt König – the earlier being one of many revered inventors of the Swiss watch commerce, the earlier Director of the Worldwide Museum of Horology and the one who conceived the groundbreaking Ulysse Nardin Freak. The very first watch to be launched, once more in 2008, was the deliberately simplistic Settimana, a 7-weekday model with solely 4 additional components (in typical Oechslin mannequin…) And this yr, the Settimana, which is now part of the eternal assortment in diversified editions, goes once more to its roots with the ochs und junior Christmas Model 2024, a robust evocation of the very first model.

For many who check out the mannequin’s assortment, you’ll see that the Settimana is of good significance for ochs und junior, representing every its entry-level model however as well as its most associated assortment. In December 2020, the settimana was launched for the first time into the official ochs und junior assortment, adopted in 2021 by the Settimana Raw. This watch symbolized the entry of the “Juniors” into the family enterprise and accompanied the switch from Lucerne to the historic watchmaking metropolis of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Nevertheless the Settimana is far more important as a result of it was, once more in 2008, the mannequin’s first watch.

As you may even see proper right here throughout the mannequin’s archives, the watch was a 36mm titanium model with the mannequin’s distinctive industrial, minimalistic design and a darkish dial with vibrant orange numerals and fingers. The other important attribute was the complication, a weekday indication powered by an particularly simplified module composed of solely 4 components – that’s the place the genius ideas of Ludwig Oechslin excels – and a present with a signature orange dot. This watch is not going to be forgotten, all the additional that, for the highest of this yr, it’s once more in just about related type, with the ochs und junior Christmas Model 2024.

Switch your calendar fast forward to now, nevertheless return to fundamentals regarding design and functionalities. This new mannequin of the Settimana is, briefly, a loyal remake of the distinctive model, starting with its 36mm case – distinctive dimensions – manufactured from grade 5 titanium, with the signature seen machining and milling traces, terribly fast lugs and titanium screw-down crown. It’s all very Oechslin throughout the design and finish, and with compact dimensions (incl. a ten.8mm thickness).

The dial of this Christmas Model 2024 moreover echoes the distinctive 2008 design of Oechslin, with a mode that is reasonably completely completely different from the latest creations of the mannequin which might be far more restrained and fashionable. Proper right here, the brass base dial is rendered in darkish blue with vibrant, outsized Arabic numerals and fingers in orange, just like the distinctive. The numerals had been, once more throughout the days, designed by Oechslin himself on his CNC machine. The weekday disc might be accomplished in blue, with the signature orange dot to level the current day. The Settimana model, as its determine implies, brings the principle focus to the 7 days of the week by way of a rotating orange dot positioned between 1 o’clock (Monday) and 7 o’clock (Sunday). Firstly of the week, the dot strikes shortly to cowl the 8 to 12 o’clock part, restarting the model new week each Monday morning. The mechanism for this complication has been created with extreme simplification in ideas, using solely 4 components – the brass dial with a helpful once more, a gear with weekday present, a triple function wheel and a transmission wheel.

This self-developed Settimana module is powered by a standard ETA 2824-2 excessive grade, an actual workhorse with a confirmed monitor report. The Ochs und Junior Christmas Model 2024 is worn on a 22mm orange crafted from orange Ecopell leather-based by Sabina Brägger, closed by a titanium pin buckle. Naturally, the watch is delivered throughout the well-known, particularly designed Settimana Junior comic booklet by Sjoerd van Rooijen (first model 2009 – see weblog from July 3, 2009; updated editions 2012 and 2024).

The ochs und junior Christmas model 2024 settimana can now be ordered from the mannequin’s web page for CHF 2,400 (excl. taxes, export price), with a 50% prepayment. Orders as a lot as and along with November twentieth will in all probability be delivered by December twentieth, 2024. Orders positioned after November twentieth, 2024, will in all probability be delivered by January thirty first, 2025 on the latest. For additional particulars, please go to www.ochsundjunior.swiss.