Krayon Everywhere Complications Overview — WatchProSite Forum Digest

schen · 2017-06-08T12:00:22Z

Schen explores the Krayon Everywhere, a mysterious new watch with unique complications like sunrise/sunset indication. Discover community insights and technical details.

Schen shares a mysterious image of an upcoming watch, sparking community speculation about its brand and complications before its official unveiling. His initial guesses point towards complex functions like UTC, equation of time, or world time, setting the stage for an intriguing horological reveal.

While mostly into vintage watches these days, I am still constantly following modern watchmaking... A few days ago, I was intrigued by a friend who showed me this picture:

Apparently this is a brand new watch that I have never seen before. The dial and the contour of the case look very nice, though most of the watch is mysteriously in the dark, on purpose for sure. I am actually more curious about the movement, as my friend said it might come with some interesting mechanism and functions -- my initial guess from the picture was UTC plus equation of time, perhaps also world time or something else and different?

Anyway, I was told it would be unveiled on the 20th of this month. Can't wait to find out...

Cheers,

-Song

This message has been edited by cazalea on 2017-06-20 06:54:07

Key Points from the Discussion

The Krayon Everywhere watch impressed with its novel SR/SS (sunrise/sunset) complication, freeing it from a fixed point, and the intuitive tilting day/night dial ring.
The movement's use of a free-sprung Gyromax balance and a polished steel escape wheel cap was a pleasant surprise, indicating a high level of craftsmanship beyond a typical module-on-base caliber.
Despite the impressive complications, some found the 24-hour dial with a stubby hour hand made it difficult to quickly tell the current time, prioritizing complex displays over basic legibility.
Early speculation correctly identified the watch's potential to display sunrise/sunset based on user-inputted latitude and longitude, aligning with the 'Everywhere' concept.
The author expressed a desire for a conventional hour hand in addition to the 24-hour indicator and found the elliptical globe design on the dial unnecessary, suggesting minor changes for a cleaner, more traditional look.

The Discussion

Alkiro1

Jun 8, 2017

Interesting. May be a sunset and sunrise times complication like the Martin Braun EOS?

Best wishes Alkiro

schen

Jun 8, 2017

Sounds right, I see sunlight on the dial :)

Regards, -Song

Alkiro1

Jun 8, 2017

Wait for the answer. Soon ;-)

Best wishes Alkiro

Bounce781

Jun 22, 2017

Can't resist showing off my MB EOS ;-)

Apologies for interrupting the thread. But I couldn't help myself. Now back to the Krayon piece.

Alkiro1

Jun 22, 2017

Yours is perfect in the context of this thread

Best wishes Alkiro

sleepy_templar

Jun 8, 2017

I think I know the answer as the creator showed this to me before...not sure...let's wait for a few days more...

Regards

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