French watchmaking revival - Aquascaphe and MR01 with vintage aesthetics and modern movements
Baltic creates vintage-inspired mechanical watches that blend 1940s-50s horological heritage with modern quality standards. Founded as a tribute to the founder's father's watch collection, the brand embodies the democratization of neo-vintage design through direct-to-consumer sales, offering timeless pieces assembled in France at accessible price points.
Signature$696
A 39mm dive watch with 200m water resistance, sapphire bezel insert, sunray blue dial, and Miyota 9039 automatic movement. Baltic's most iconic toolwatch.
Signature$632
An elegant 36mm dress watch featuring a micro-rotor movement visible through the caseback, Breguet numerals, and ultra-thin 9.9mm profile.
Signature$1,908
A motorsport-inspired 39.5mm chronograph with Swiss Sellita manual movement, 63-hour power reserve, aluminum tachymeter bezel, and classic panda dial.
Signature$418
A 38mm 1940s-inspired dress watch with sector dial, art-deco styling, stepped case, and Miyota 8315 automatic movement with 60-hour power reserve.
$1,218
A 36mm ultra-thin dress watch with Swiss ETA movement, titanium and steel case, guilloché dial, and elegant mesh bracelet. Baltic's most refined offering.
$745
A 39mm bronze-cased dive watch designed to develop a unique patina over time, with brown dial and 200m water resistance.
🇺🇸 US · $600-$1,500
Autodromo blends mid-century vintage character with contemporary minimalist sensibility, creating automotive-inspired timepieces that evoke the golden age of motorsport. Founder Bradley Price approaches design like a filmmaker, creating atmosphere and nostalgia rather than direct historical copies, filtering racing heritage through personal memories and emotional connections.
🇩🇪 DE · $1,500-$10,000
NOMOS Glashutte draws heavily from the Bauhaus movement and Deutscher Werkbund traditions, championing 'form follows function,' minimalism, and geometric simplicity. The brand produces timepieces that emphasize legibility, efficiency, and unadorned elegance, stripping away superfluous details to highlight essential functionality while maintaining exceptional craftsmanship.
🇬🇧 GB · $350-$650
Uniform Wares creates watches that embody character and distinction through intelligent design, not branding. Firmly rooted in British design heritage and inspired by mid-century factory clocks, each timepiece balances contemporary styling with utilitarian functionality. The brand believes in practical permanence, creating products with longevity in mind.
🇮🇹 IT · $600-$1,200
Unimatic creates watches that embody 'less is more' - stripping away unnecessary decoration to reveal functional, tool-oriented timepieces. Founded by two industrial designers from Milan, the brand draws inspiration from classic dive watches of the 1950s (Blancpain, Rolex, Omega) but eliminates ornamentation in favor of stark, purposeful clarity. Their ideal is the paper clip: nothing unnecessary, perfectly functional, built to last generations.
🇺🇸 US · $350-$500
Brew Watch Co. draws inspiration from industrial espresso machines and coffee culture, combining warm contrasting colors with 1970s retro styling. The brand celebrates the daily ritual of coffee breaks, transforming moments of pause into beautifully designed timepieces that emphasize utilitarian function with distinctive industrial charm.
🇩🇪 DE · $300-$3,000
Junghans embodies the Bauhaus principle of 'form follows function' through clean, logical design. Beginning in the 1950s with Bauhaus-trained designer Max Bill, the brand established a design language focused on exceptional legibility, purposeful elements, and the rejection of unnecessary ornamentation. Every component serves a specific function, creating watches that are 'as timeless as can be conceived without forgetting the time.'