Krayon Everywhere Complications Overview

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.

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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.

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schen

Jun 8, 2017

12 more days to go, so I'll wait too.

alex

Jun 12, 2017

both really complicated but easy to use

CleguxM

Jun 14, 2017

First, it is FPJourne from the shape of the minute hands and the utilisation of “UTC” What I think, you have a 24-hour indicator with a sunrise and sunset indication by blue sector (we can see it at 7am), who’s moving depending of the period of the year like and equation of time. But I think instead of being program for a city it could be given by input your latitude on the sector at 6 (we can see “60° north”) and your longitude on the subdial at 12 (we can wee a graduation from 0 to 180 and at

mahesh

Jun 20, 2017

Well - this is a good dilemma to have ;-) Best, mahesh.,

schen

Jun 20, 2017

Unveiled today: and quite a few popular watch blog sites. Very interesting and truly complicated, and expensive too.

schen

Jun 20, 2017

Hope I will have opportunity to see the watch in person as well.

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