Included strap — FKM Strap · Negro · without logo · silver buckle
“The word comes from flesh and simply means red”
Colors Manifesto · How long a colour takes
What we know of the 509, stated plainly. And what is not yet settled, stated just as plainly
A 38 mm titanium case with sapphire crystal, a size that graces any wrist. Ninety saw teeth encircle the smooth, fixed bezel, catching the light with every gesture. The conical, fluted crown turns easily between two fingers, while the sapphire caseback reveals the 21-jewel automatic movement within
Glossy crimson enamel from edge to edge, with a deep fumé, a smoke that gradually darkens it towards the rim. Above, three flat hands in polished steel, the IndieWatch logo beneath 12 o’clock and its name above 6. The time is read from the angle of the hands, much as one knows the hour by the light entering a room
For centuries, red came from cochineal, an insect of some five millimetres whose female takes around three months to mature on the prickly pear. Crushed, it yields red. Europe bought it without quite knowing what it was, and in the seventeenth century only silver earned the Crown more. It is the dark red of the Río Tinto among the heather of Nerva, and “tinto” comes from “teñir”, to dye
