Schwarz Etienne 1902 Petite Seconde Gold 4N (WCL39PSAS34TITIBCLDD)

Schwarz Etienne named this collection for the year the company was founded, and the Petite Seconde was the first piece to carry it. The case is Grade 5 titanium, 39mm across and 10.9mm deep, polished at the bezel and satin-brushed along the lugs and flanks. Anti-reflective sapphire sits front and back, the crown is engraved with the house logo, and the watch is water resistant to fifty metres.

The dial is treated in 4N gold, warm against the cool of the case, drawn in the sector style of the 1920s and built up in levels. A grained centre sits inside an opaline hour ring with the small seconds recessed at six, and each change of surface is edged with a fine diamond cut. Behind it runs the ASE 300.00, designed, produced and assembled at the manufacture, its micro-rotor set level with the six bridges around it rather than above them. The power reserve is eighty-six hours. On a Grade 5 titanium bracelet with a double folding clasp.