We knew immediately that we wanted to collaborate  for a special edition for the club that will be the first of its kind in our region- hence the 1858 Geosphere O oxygen AWC edition is born

At first we had high ambitions to be able to replicate the case back engraving on the dial side but we knew this would be far fetched because the dial has little room for manoeuvre so we opted for a different design direction to make it more achievable.

1-Design

It was clear from the start that we wanted the case to be in bronze : first, it would be the club first bronze watch since inception and second the contrast of colors we had in mind specially for the case back would work best on bronze

The dial had to be reworked entirely to reflect all consistent eastern Arabic numerals on all subdials, hemispheres dates and indexes.It was a fully customized dial. The color was chosen to be fume grey to reflect more the warmth color of our region with hints of Golden/Yellowsh colors around the numerals, hemispheres and out ring, and a small touch of orange on the dual time hand.

This would be the first edition will full Eastern Arabic numeral on such model by Montblanc – the consistency on the dial was very important for us to achieve as many brands tend to miss out on that in their Middle East editions.

2- Case back

Now let’s talk about the most interesting element in the watch- the case back is the art scene of the watch using the proprietary technique of engraving on titanium created by MB.

Ou initial design was different because we wanted to include a scenic view of all iconic buildings in our region however lP rights for each building made this hard to achieve, so we switched to our current design and I am glad we did as it turned out to be even better.

The current design is the topographic map of the Arabian peninsula viewed from above showing the different terrains we live in as members of the club -the map includes all the countries we live in currently – the case back colors have a certain warmth to them with the oceans breaking in between and most important the arabic falcon flying over with his shadow on Saudi Arabia.

Surrounding the titanium on the side of the case, the cities of the club members residences are written in Arabic and each member’s name is engraved on the top left side -the bottom side has the name of the club and the number of the watch out of 40.

3 – Delivery

All watches have been allocated to the club member however for the first time we have kept 15 watches to MB VIP lists for them to participate in the project -we wanted to share the success and joy with the hardcore Montblanc fans that would enjoy and appreciate this unique design.

All watches are prepared and delivered to all collectors in a private event in Dubai to celebrate in October 2023 – the delivery of the project was relatively fast for about 8 months from first booking to delivery

The prototype of the watch has been showcasing in the Dubai  mall boutique for anyone to check it out and try it.

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With the all-new Paraiba, Chronoswiss continues to push boundaries one big step further. The Paraiba marks the introduction of the first steel model in the Delphis family with a stunning hand Guilloche on a mesmerizing color changing domed surface. This exceptional timepiece, powered by the all-new manufacture movement, proves once more the unparalleled commitment to individuality and fine craftsmanship.

The name “Paraiba” might sound familiar to those following the latest models. The color changing dial has become a Chronoswiss signature and is inspired by the rare Brazilian gemstone. The mesmerizing color transformation may transport you from the depths of the jungle to the crystal-clear Caribbean Sea in an instant. The CVD-coating comined with the Guilloche pattern captures the essence of the Paraiba’s allure and takes the eye on a journey of wonder. Unlike traditional flat dials, the Delphis Paraiba’s surface is curved, presenting a challenge that only a few master artisans can overcome. Crafted by the skilled Guillocheurs at the Atelier Lucerne, the curved shape enhances the effect and creates a threedimensional visual firework. This extraordinary technique, performed on a century-old machine, is a rare art that few watch brands can implement.

However, the show does not stop at the miraculous color change. With provocative ease, the retrograde minute floats over the dial, triggering the jumping hour at 12 o’clock. The small seconds continuously run on an UFO, hovering weightlessly above the anthracitecolored base dial at 6 o’clock, showcasing the same craftsmanship found in the curved crescent moon above.

The newest Delphis model builds upon the heritage of the Delphis Oracle, which made waves at Watches & Wonders ’23 with its breathtaking fire enamel in red gold. Now, Chronoswiss takes the Delphis to new heights by incorporating a hand Guilloche dial in a steel case, elevating the watch’s elegance and versatility.

Maintaining the brand’s signature sculptural geometry, the Modern Mechanical timepiece creates a unique aesthetic. The Sapphire glass on the back side reveals the new manufacture movement, featuring 37 rubies, 55 hours of power reserve, Cote de Geneve and a rotor made from tungsten – all ruthenium plated in dark grey, enhancing the overall elegance and sophistication of the Delphis Paraiba.

Limited to just 50 pieces, the newest Chronoswiss is a true watchmaking masterpiece that flawlessly combines ancient artisan craftsmanship with state-of-the-art design.

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We are no strangers to Zentier as a micro brand since we have worked together in 2021 on a men’s edition that has been very successful which lead us thinking that we need to do the same for the ladies.

The watch main inspiration and work were on the dial of course –  we opted to use very different material on the double layered dial; starting with the outer ring in Mother of Pearl – a very elegant stone that is widely appreciated among the collecting community.

The second layer is a guillochee in a unique pink similar to the Kelly Rose Sakuro color – this color is one of the hardest to ever own if you were a Hermes Berkin’s collector – for that we wanted to have that specific color on our dial to commemorate that uniqueness and exclusivity.

The case is made of 316L Stainless Steel Lens with a Thickness of 9mm Only – the case width is 38mm.

For the movement, unlike most ladies watches in the market and the misconception that they all are or have to be quartz, we used the mechanical ST-1700 hand wound movement with a small second sub dial beating at 21,600bph and a closed case back

The Water Resistance is 5 ATM / 50 Meters

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The Pasha that we have chosen has been inspired by the Middle East Edition that was released in 2021 in Green with Arabic Numerals and Green leather strap. However, we decided to include our own touches to make the watch more unique and special for us; at first, the color of the dial is now Burgundy , more Cartier redish and the date wheel is in Arabic consistent with the numerals on the dial.

The special addition on the case side is the engraving we have commissioned with Hazem Kurdali; and it says: “Time is master of all” in Arabic , with the same color engraving as the dial; Red!!

The other exciting part of the project was the limited edition Santos SM pen we designed to match our watches – the idea was to use the same color of the dial on the body lacquer for the pen with additional Mashrabya engravings on all open sides from top, tip and pin – the final output is outstanding,

Each pen is numbered from 1 to 100 – and they accompany the watches in a special box – Pen and watches have the same matching numbers.

The project delivery will be in Dubai end of September for all AWC members where they will receive their special boxes in a closed event. We will keep you posted with more once all watches have been delivered and their owners have worn them.

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The project started in 2021 sometimes during the summer period when Piaget was introducing its latest Polo Chronograph Panda Blue and later its Polo 36mm. The idea came to us whilst visiting the manufacture in the summer and proposing to the team in Geneva to start a new collaboration with a fresh take on the Polo.

To be honest this was not our first proposed design!! We wanted to create a Sport watch in steel but with a little bit of bling in it; meaning diamonds or rainbow bezel! So we started thinking of a simple design with a Time Only Polo and Gem set indexes inside the dial instead of a full rainbow bezel.

Frankly, not a lot of members were keen on such a take on a sports watch and also its appeal was less attractive knowing that the Daytona Rainbow has perfected this kind of approach.

So we went back to the drawing boards and this time decided to upgrade the watch to have a complication; one that everyone appreciates and admires; The Chronograph.

The Polo Chronograph “Panda” gave us more room for customisation and creativity and also a much more functional watch to go with.

Let’s star with the Dial composition: It was very important to us to choose a shade a of Salmon as the base color for the dial to give it a strong sumerish look that has not been seen before on a Polo. We opted for a more pinkish shade of salmong and decided to contrast it with a very unique Kakhi subdials. A combination of colors that is very striking and unused before.

All the numbers on the dial are “indian numerals” and we also changed the date wheel to keep the consistency, with the lighter shade of salmon on the background.

The Chronograph seconds hands has been modified to match the color of the subdials and remain also in Kakhi. Similarly, Piaget is now also written in Kakhi.

The case is a 42mm stainless steel case, similar to the current Polo Chronograph model and  the movement is the Manufacture Piaget 1160P self-winding mechanical movement with chronograph and date.

This self-winding chronograph movement measures just 5.72 mm thick, while displaying the hours, minutes, a chronograph with central seconds, a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, 12-hour counter at 9 o’clock and date at 6 o’clock.

The 1160P calibre provides remarkable accuracy and reliability thanks to its column wheel, vertical coupling clutch and stop seconds. Vibrating at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4 Hz) and offering a power reserve of 50 hours.

The 1160P movement showcases meticulous finishes, such as the oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat-of-arms and decorated with circular Côtes de Genève, the circular-grained mainplate, bevelled bridges and blued screws.

Another special customisation added to the watches is the unique color of the rubber and leather straps that accompanies all watches – the Kakhi colors were designed to keep the harmony of colors with the dial and push the boundaries of contrasts play.

There were only 30 pieces produced for this Edition; all pre-sold to the Club members, numbered “one of 30” and with each members name fully engraved on the case back.

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The Swiss-made Bamford B347 – Bamford AWG is an automatic monopusher chronograph with a very unique and vibrant Purple and black colourways with a 41.5mm black forged carbon fibre case.

The watch has many small details that have their own connotations and links to our Arabic and Phoenicien heritage.

First the 30min counter at 3 o’clock is decorated with one of the most recognisable patterns in Arabic and Islamic architecture : the Mashrabya pattern that is so elegant and delicate adding a fresh contrast to the vibrant dial.

You might be wondering what are those three scripts at the center of the dial – well these letters go back to the first alphabets in the world that were found in the town of Ugarit on Syria’s northern coast – The Phoenician scripts which refer to the current three letters we use in Latin alphabet A W G  – Latin & Arabic are  descendants of Phoenician script and we wanted to pay tribute to that heritage with this small reference on the dial and case back.

Back to the case: it is a 41.5mm black cutting-edge forged carbon fibre case housing a Sellita SW510 automatic movement combined with the bi-compax configuration of the SW510 movement.

The single push- button located at 2 o’clock provides the start-stop-reset function. As well as a 30 minute counter at 3 o’clock and date at 6 o’clock.

The Bamford B347 is paired with a purple rubber strap to match the dial but also comes with a black cordura strap with purple stitching. With quick release spring bars for ease of switching so the wearer can create different looks with these watches.

It is presented in a unique packaging, the AWG x Bamford London B347 is a 10-piece numbered limited edition and it retails at AED 11,500 (Exc VAT)

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To celebrate this milestone, many brands decided to create special editions in a very limited quantity for the UAE market.

Richemont Group had its fair share of the special editions this year with brands such as Cartier, Panerai, Montblanc and Roger Dubuis, each releasing a very unique model to celebrate this Jubilee.

Cartier released a 100 pieces limited edition Santos Dumont in Platinum with Indian numerals as well as a Panthere in Rose Gold with Mother of Pearl dial for ladies leading the way in terms of localising its offering to the region and catering for both men and women.

The group that has really put all its efforts into creating something unique for their country and celebrating with over 26 special editions released until today from brands spanning from Victorinox to Debethune and many other brands is of course the Seddiqi Group.

They have literally collaborated with every brand they own the distribution rights for to create special editions that could be as small as 5 pieces and as large as 200 pieces. Let’s have a look at all the watches released and we will tell you our top 5 among them

https://seddiqi.com/curators-journal/50-years-crafting-future-uae/

As far as we know, there are a still more editions that are being released as we speak, but for now let us pick the top 5 watches that we admired the most.

1. Furlan Marri Havana green

The watch has been unveiled during the Dubai Watch Week in a closed event with the founders of the brand.  There are only 100 watches made from this model and all sold out already. The color combination of the watch was so catching that the demand was tremendous – a kind of turquoise green dial with havana brown subdials on a steel case.Very lively colors combined with a matching leather strap – same Mecca quartz movement as before.

https://furlanmarri.com/collections/all-wristwatches

2. Debthune UAE HAWK

One of the most desirable watches today and a very strong independent brand carving its way into the collector’s hearts and wrists. The “UAE Hawk” settled on the colour that are directly inspired by national shades including a distinctive “50” in italic on the dial. The timepiece is completed with an engraved “Year of the Fiftieth” logo in the case back a tribute to the Spirit of the Union. Limited to only 10 pieces and selectively allocated to local watch collectors.

3. Ressence Type 1 DX2

This is the second time Ressence released a special edition for the UAE and this time they chose the Type 1  model with a beautiful Mashrabya pattern on the full dial. It is only limited to 25 pieces – CHF 22,500 all sold out. The design of the geometric patterns has a mesmerising effect with the light and shades as the dial completes its 360 degrees turn.

4. Greubel Forsey  UAE Jubilee

The Balancier S – the Ether released in a very limited edition of 5 pieces only for the UAE 50th anniversary. The watch comes in carbon with a large titanium bridge suspending the gear train high above the movement. The blue colors chosen are the typical shade of blue that we have witnessed in previous Seddiqi Editions from Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet and others – a unique shade that they used to call Yas Marina Blue referring back to the first time the color was chosen in an Richard Mille Special Edition for Yas Marina F1.

5. Frederique Constant PC 50th anniversary

Frederique Constant have been upping their game lately with the introduction of several inhouse movements with complications and innovations. For the 50th anniversary they chose to use the perpetual calendar in 41mm titatnium case , bold numerals and the Yas marina blue dial.  The open case back comes engraved with the Year of the Fiftieth logo  – Limited to 50 pieces only.

Now that we have chosen our top 5, how about you do the same! which watches did you fancy the most and what made you like them more than other?

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When we first approach Michiel to start brainstorming on a unique project, we wanted the brief to be very much influenced by our heritage, Arabic culture and strong nuances we have picked up from our local architecture, design and calligraphy.

The idea of the “الحكمة” project was to produce a very limited edition not more than 10 pieces to be offered to hand picked collectors that appreciate the art of combining new technology and modern design with local heritage – hence the result is our first unique edition with Holthinrich

The Dial Concept

The whole focus of the dial is the remarkably unique and captivating hand set. These hands will be produced by forming stainless steel and giving them a brushed finish to make them “pop” off the dial and take command, demanding attention like a famous actor on centre stage.

The supporting role of the dial background can not be underestimated. The green oxidized titanium colour scheme that is formed on a subtle relief based on the mashrabiya pattern offers a two dimensional pattern that provides an additional light play and charm.

The frosted finish on the dial surface brings a sense of romance and refinement to the overall aesthetic. Further to this there is a subtle but dramatic reference to the “15” market at 3 O’clock. The mashrabiya pattern is carefully positioned to present “15” in one of the stars.

The final feature of the dial is the delicate pad printing of the minute and seconds tracks with provides contrast and balance.

The Movement 

We are using latest movement finishing specifically for this collaboration – the finishing on the bridges includes the signature bridge design and clearly highlight the elevated edge of the plates with a contrasting polished bevels. In the higher end finishes the screw holes will be polished and create inward angles to highlight black polished screws.

The true highlight of this movement finish will be the appearance of the mashrabiya pattern on the plates between the embossed edges. There will be more depth and character to this unique casebook design – Finished with 14k gold plating.

3D printed Case

We will add a few words in Arabic along the cavity of the case with the name of each owner – the size of the case is 38mm and is made of Surgical steel 316L

The Hands

The most important feature on this design will be the hands expressly created for this project. The hands are cut out of extra thick hard en rust resistant spring steel with a satin brushed top finish and selectively bevelled by hand to make them stand out and to reflect the contrasting surfaces of the 3D printed case of the watch.

The watch has been pre-booked and is now in production with planned delivery by Dec 2021 – SHop

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Today we bring you our second collaboration celebrating life and with a very unique calligraphy by the Syrian calligrapher Hazim Alkurdali.

The idea i had in mind was to combine a very light green subdial dial with a a subtle Sandy dial and to transform the bezel tachymeter to all “Indian numerals” in aluminum.

The AWG Hoffman Racing Edition II

The AWG RACING Edition II  has a polished and brushed steel case with a matt aluminum bezel with Indian numerals engraved markings. The dial is dual-layered with a specially designed Sandy upper dial, and a light minty lower dial. The sub-dials, accentuated by a circular pattern, show chronograph minutes and 24-hour time in Indian numerals (for when traveling).

The materials used to create this watch are simple: stainless steel, scratch-proof sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, and polished leather strap – all carefully selected for longevity and style.

Some of the specifications of the watch:

1. Width 40mm x length 48mm x thickness 12mm
2. Seiko VK64 mechanical quartz movement
3. 5 ATM / 50 meters water resistance

The materials:

1. 316 stainless steel
2. Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
3. Leather

https://hoffmanwatches.com/

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At first, I didn’t recognise the name but got caught by the vintage racing look of the chronograph watch – at that time the watch had a yellow dial with black sub-dials – the watch name was Octane racing. I immediately ordered the watch to check the quality and the seriousness of the brand.

It was the first time I ever purchase through an Instagram ad, but it look very professional and well executed which reassured me.

A few days later, I received the watch and it looked great!!! I took some shots and posted them on my Instagram page and the response was unbelievably positive and raised a lot of interest around the brand and the watch that many started ordering it.

At this stage, I decided to get in touch with the founder Will and discuss with him a potential collaboration for the Middle East exclusively sold on my Shop.

The idea i had in mind was to combine a light blue dial with a more daring burgundy sub-dials and to transform the bezel tachymeter to all “Indian numerals” as a first attempt in the industry as such.

Few weeks later we got the first renderings and the project was ON !!! I was thrilled to see my vision come true in such a quick time period. I suggested to Will to build the first prototype to be able to share it with the audience and get their first reactions and interest in such an edition.

Little did I know that the entire 100 watches will actually be sold out in less than 24h since I shared the rendering pictures on my Instagram Story!!

The AWG Hoffman Racing Edition

The AWG RACING Edition  has a polished and brushed steel case with a black bezel with Indian numerals engraved markings. The dial is dual-layered with a specially designed light blue upper dial, and a burgundy lower dial. The sub-dials, accentuated by a circular pattern, show chronograph minutes and 24-hour time in Indian numerals (for when traveling).

The materials used to create this watch are simple: stainless steel, scratch-proof sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, and polished leather strap – all carefully selected for longevity and style.

Some of the specifications of the watch:

1. Width 40mm x length 48mm x thickness 12mm
2. Seiko VK64 mechanical quartz movement
3. 5 ATM / 50 meters water resistance

The materials:

1. 316 stainless steel
2. Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
3. Leather

As Will Hoffman puts it ““Our RACING 40 is inspired by vintage racing chronographs, we have deconstructed the design to create a reimagined modern version with a strong visual identity. The RACING 40 features characteristics that we have made ours; matte and textured dials, sophisticated colors, and minimalist aesthetics .”

https://hoffmanwatches.com/

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It was the first time the Cartier Middle East CEO and the club members meet over a dinner organised by Cartier for the Arab Watch Club. It is during this dinner that the seed for this edition have been planted!

2 years later and here we are releasing the first ever collaboration between Cartier and a Watch Club worldwide. The project was supposed to be completed in June 2020 but of course COVID19 had another plan for us. 7 months later, we are back and this time, we can say : We did it!

The idea of a special edition with a luxurious and reputable brand such as Cartier is a goal we have had for several years before we started our serious discussions in 2019. The club has been involved in over 13 special editions throughout its 5 years since inception and it was the right time to collaborate with the Maison.

We drew our inspiration for this project from the Santos Dumont 90th anniversary that was made from platinum with a very light salmon dial – classy, elegant and timeless.

This is exactly what we wanted for the Cartier project: A gentleman’s watch , an expression of classiness , an unforgettable statement piece – but most importantly, a FIRST in the watch community: First Watch Club and First one to achieve this in the region.

You might ask yourself why is this so important for us? the answer is simple: we always want to be the club that breaks the barriers, open doors, create opportunities and lead by example! It is our mark that we would like to leave in the Horological world.

The choice of the watch was also strategic: the Santos is the first men wrist watch to be ever created in 1904 by Louis Cartier; it is an icon in the watch industry and among collectors; there is not better choice than the Santos to commemorate such partnership between Cartier and AWC.

AWC Santos de Cartier

The first two models of this special edition are from the Large Santos family; both Rose Gold and White Gold, with a ADLC coated steel bezel with white gold or rose gold screws. Case width: 39.8 mm, thickness: 9.08 mm. Water-resistant to 10 bar

The dial is a unique salmon shade designed for this edition with blue steel hands. 7-sided crown set with a facetted sapphire. The strap is alligator or calfskin (both options provided), with interchangeable buckle.

The movement is mechanical movement with automatic winding, calibre 1847 MC. Close caseback with engravings including “Arab Watch Club” , every collector’s name and his number of the edition.

AWC Santos Dumont 

The third model of this special edition is the Extra Large Santos Dumont in Rose Gold with a ADLC coated steel bezel with rose gold screws. Manufacture mechanical movement with manual winding, calibre 430 MC. 18K rose gold case,

Case dimensions: 46.6 mm x 33.9 mm, thickness: 7.5 mm. Water-resistant to 3 bar (approx. 30 metres).

The dial is a unique salmon shade designed for this edition with blue steel sword-shaped hands, sapphire crystal, beaded crown set with a sapphire cabochon.

Grey alligator-skin strap and 18K rose gold ardillon buckle. Close caseback with engravings including “Arab Watch Club” , every collector’s name and his number of the edition.

This is only the beginning of a long relationship with the Maison; so stay tuned for what’s coming next!

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For this reason, we decided to collaborate with Gshock and design a special watch with the support of 2 local designers in Dubai: Diaa who is a calligrapher and Stephany who is a Digital artist competed head to head to design a strap for our special edition watch and You were the judges by voting on the design that suited you best.

The winning design will be produced in a short limited edition with 30% of proceeds donated for a local charity COVID19 program.

So let’s check them out

1. DIAA ALLAMI

2. STEPHANY SANOSSIAN

We launched the competition on Monday 18th of May on my instagram account and the official Gshock Middle East account from 6pm till midnight collecting all of you votes which totaled over 3,000 participtants by the end of the day.

The competition between both designs was fierce and kept alternating between 50/50 and 49/51 until the last hour of the competition and when we added votes from both our accounts the final ruling went to Diaa’s design.

The winning design is not going to be produced by Gshock in a limited quantity of 30 watches only that are pre-sold on our website (link)

We will be donating 30% of all proceeds to a charity foundation that is fighting COVID19 pandemic.

Hope you all enjoyed this competition and thank you for being part of this experience.

https://www.gshock.com/watches/digital/gm6900g-9

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In June 2018, I set up my first meeting with the Gshock team in Dubai , discussing the possibility of breaking all rules and creating a  one off edition of a small run that will be only sold to the Arab Watch Club members.

The idea was so well taken by the team and with much enthusiasm, we have started together developing the first project of its kind where we took an original 35th anniversary GMW-B5000D-1JF and decided to re-customise it to have an AWC feel.

I have commissioned a Saudi calligrapher to write for us a sentence in his own unique way ,which we will later on use as the main design for this edition – that sentence is printed on the rubber dial of each watch saying ” لا تغيب عني طويلاً ثم تسأل عني فالحكايات تموت مع الوقت “.

You will notice also that on the bezel of the watch  we have engraved on the top our club name and on the bottom “One of 50”.. that engraving was one of the most challenging task of the project as all of these Gshock models have Bluetooth in them and it is very important to keep it intact from any engraving work. Which required us to dismantle the cases and bezels from the original watches , laser engrave them and then reassemble the watches.

The second tricky element of the project was the calligraphy printing on the rubber strap. As this was the first time to explore such design, the team had to commission several suppliers to test which output is up to the required standards and will not fade away after a few washes or dips in the sea!!!

Luckily we were able to get the right suppliers on time before our launch in Tokyo… Ahh well you are wondering what I am talking about!!!

Well that was the cherry on the cake as this was the primordial part of the project where we decided to launch our edition in Tokyo-Japan whilst inviting the members to visit the manufacture and meet the founder of Gshock IBE San.. but you will hear all about this in another article 🙂

This is the first of several collaborations we are launching with Gshock Middle East – our next project is a Charity project that remains one of our yearly pillars in the club – as you know we started last year with a collaboration with Zayed foundation in Abudhabi, where we designed and sold 50 special edition watches to the public and donated the proceeds to the charity foundation.

This year , we will go even bigger and create a larger special edition watch in collaboration with Gshock with the same concept of raising awareness and funds to a local charity in Dubai.

Stay tuned as there is a lot to share with you on that front and also don’t miss out on the AWC experience in Tokyo with Casio team.

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It has been an amazing journey since we started in 2015 and today we hit the 10th edition mark – the club with the most special editions to-date. For this release we have decided to collaborate with a very special brand that has been quiet forgotten for sometime and revived few years ago.

Of course, I am talking about Angelus watches and more specifically the U50 Diver Tourbillon they released in Baselworld 2018. It was whilst we were visiting their booth this March , that we discovered the beautifully executed diver watch model and decided that this should be our next edition; first it’s our first TOurbillon, and also first Diver. Great way to end 2018!!

What is exactly the U50 Diver Tourbillon Desert Mint AWC all about !!! Well, first it is crafted in a 45mm-wide lightweight Titanium case – It features two large screw-down crowns. The two-position crown at 4 o’clock is used for winding and setting the time, while the crown at 2 o’clock is used to rotate the uni-directional 60-minute flange ring

Opposite the crowns on the left side of the case at the 9 o’clock position, a helium escape valve is placed to ensure the watch’s water-resistance of 300 meters (1’000 feet).

With its core functions – hours, minutes, small seconds and one-minute flying tourbillon – the A-300 caliber has 23 jewels, a Swiss lever escapement and measures just 4.3 millimetres in thickness and 32.8 millimetres in diameter. The 4 Hz / 28,800 vph frequency is a guarantee for high performance and precision

Even though the A-300 caliber in the U50 Diver Tourbillon is intended as a high-performance movement ready to take on more extreme situations, the ultra-slim movement has painstakingly executed contemporary haute horlogerie finishing with snailed black ADLC coating and chamfered edges. The design is enhanced by a skeletonized ratchet and barrel in the exclusive Angelus six-spoke design.

We have created 16 of this beautiful masterpieces for the club members and released them in a private event at PDL shop in Dubai where the team from Angelus flew from Switzerland to hand deliver the watches to all the collectors.

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Since we launched our Laureato yellow edition in 2017 we have received several requests from our ladies club members to create a similar edition for them however using the Laureato Ladies Royale watch instead.

The iconic Laureato collection was chosen to create a 34mm timepiece adorned with 54 diamonds and available in three different versions: full pink gold, two-tone pink gold and steel, and full steel.

The AWC Ladies Limited Edition Laureato is graced with a mesmerizing purple dial that expresses the supreme femininity of Arabian women, while the date is naturally displayed with Arabic numerals.

Bearing the mention Limited Edition and the individual edition number, the case-back is fitted with a transparent sapphire crystal revealing the famous Girard-Perregaux quartz movement.

The latter’s 32,768 Hz oscillation frequency was discovered by the brand in 1971 and has since become the universal industry standard.

The watch is limited to only 8 pieces in the three different material and has been only sold to club members from the Gulf region. It is an extremely limited and unique pieces that we hope we will kick off a long trend of ladies special editions whether from our club side or other clubs that decided to follow our foot steps – what matters is we paved the way for the rest 🙂

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Lyttlabs is a brand that has just started with their inception line and the design is very unique and cool. So we approached the brand to create a totally revamped and unique piece for the Club members. This time we wanted to have a the first bronze case created by Lyttlabs as well as the first hind numerals disks customized to the club as well.

The result was a phenomenal 60 watches all Sold out to Club Members only in a unique Bronze coated cases and special blue anodized disks on a custom made blue & beige strap.

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The HM perpetual Moon was a model that many club members have admired and were very interested in for a while; so we decided to do our own take on this model and make it AWC customized.

The main drive behind the customization was the fact that we all agreed we wanted to have a dressy watch with a salmon dial that contrasts with the second dial on the moon phase. This is where we started working on the salmon guilloche dial. To be frank that process was quiet long as we wanted to get the right shade of salmon not too pinky or not too orange – so we kept iterating on the colors of the dials for quiet sometime until we reached the correct shade we were aiming for.

The same happened for the blue guilloche dial for the moon phase – once both dials have been selected, the rest was more about personalization of case back and the personal engravings of each watch.

We did 21 watches in steel and one in Rose Gold for myself all numbered 1/22 and with our names engraved.

For the straps we had 2 options; one in navy blue and one in grey that we also had to select carefully with our partners at Jean Rousseau to get the right texture and proper colors that match our dials.

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My first project was in collaboration with Arminstrom and Dilusso; we have started chatting about the special edition in BaselWorld and from there it was just history.

The idea behind the watch was to create a small series inspired by beautiful art of the Arabic calligraphy that you see engraved at the case back with the saying “Time is Precious, Don’t Waste it”.

The dial is an open worked dial with a special blue color customized for us in a light shade. We decided to be the first in the region to change the numerals into Hindi Numerals on an Arminstrom watch. the rotor and barrels are in Gold very visible in the front and contrasting with the steel case and blue dial.

The watch as produced in a series of 10 watches all Sold out to club members only with their own numbers and personal engravings on each watch.

The watch comes with a DILUSSO Surprise Box :

100% Authentic designer goods sourced either from Authorized Dealers or direct from the brands;
All goods brand new with respective warranty (as provided by the manufacturer);
Solid Mahogany DILUSSO Box;
Hand Delivery*;
24×7 access to DILUSSO Customer Service;

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