Credits: Article and images by Joshua Munchow @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/08/18/why-i-bought-it-spaceone-watches-jumping-hour-by-joshua-munchow/
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It takes a village
A success like the Spaceone all comes down to the people involved, and there were definitely a lot of people. First, the Soprod P024 movement comes from an established movement maker with its own massive supply chain, the case, buckle, and strap are undoubtedly sourced from multiple suppliers, and the custom sapphire window and sapphire minute discs are not the cheapest component to create.
This all demonstrates the multitudes of companies and craftspeople behind these watches, especially considering the jump hour mechanism needed to be hand fit and assembled by Spaceone (Theo Auffret) watchmakers.
The only way a watch like this could be offered at this price point was not because of one creative mind or one expert watchmaker, but because of an entire global village of suppliers that were able to master their own skills and provide exceptional components at great prices.
If you are able to purchase a fully finished titanium or forged carbon watch with custom bits all over the place for less than two thousand Euros, it is clear that cooperation made this a reality. That village is also now ready and able to support new concepts, such as the Tellurium, an absolutely stunning complication showing the relative orbits of the earth, moon, and sun system, all for under three thousand Euros.
It is projects like these that make it clear we are in a golden age of watchmaking where endless creativity can now be matched by modern manufacturing techniques to make incredible watches a reality for people like myself.
I may never in my wildest dreams be able to afford an Urwerk, MB&F, Christiaan van der Klaauw, or Hautlence (unless they want to work out some kind of work for trade deal, call me!), so I am floored that brands like Spaceone exist that have normal watch collectors in mind when creating new things.
Theo Auffret is still making his incredible haute-horlogerie pieces that super collectors can acquire, but he is also working hard to make things for the rest of us, and that is, and will always be, in the spirit of community and working together so we can all achieve our dreams.
So now I’m wondering, what’s next?
For more information, please https://spaceonewatches.com/pages/the-brand and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/spaceonewatches/
Quick Facts Spaceone Watches Jumping Hour
Case: 42 x 51.67 x 12.61 mm, brushed or polished stainless steel, brushed, black, or heat blued titanium, forged carbon
Movement: automatic Soprod P024 caliber, 38-hour power reserve, 28,800 vph/4Hz with custom jump hour module by Theo Auffret
Functions: Jumping hours, minutes, running seconds
Limitation: Limited to 100 pieces in each blued titanium, brushed titanium, & forged carbon, 50 pieces in forged carbon “Destro”, 30 pieces in brushed titanium “Destro”, 20 pieces in black titanium, 15 pieces in blued titanium “Destro”, 10 pieces for “Back to Earth – Destro”, brushed and polished stainless steel limited to initial Kickstarter campaign
Price: €1,500 (stainless steel), €1,900 (titanium & forged carbon), €2,300 (Back To Earth)
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Credits: Article and images by Joshua Munchow @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/08/18/why-i-bought-it-spaceone-watches-jumping-hour-by-joshua-munchow/