Included strap — FKM Strap · Negro · without logo · silver buckle
“One hour is what it takes the sky to pass from the last of the sun to an almost-black blue”
Colors Manifesto · The time 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 sits well on 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, and the sapphire caseback reveals the 21-jewel automatic movement
Glossy midnight-blue enamel from edge to edge, with a deep fumé that darkens gradually towards the rim, like the sky as evening falls. Above it, 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, the way one knows the hour from the light entering a room
An hour is what it takes the sky to pass from the last sun to a blue that is almost black. It is best seen over the junipers of Arcos de las Salinas, in the Sierra de Javalambre, where the night is so clear that an observatory was raised on the heights. In cloth, a blue like this came from indigo, a shrub whose leaves spent a night in water to release their colour
