The Horizon GEN DLC

From Minase -

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This is the latest offering from one of my all-time favorite watch brands. Right about now in Akita-ken, I suspect the locals are shoveling the snow off of their roofs, and enjoying massive amounts of chanko nabe -

Shamelessly borrowed from the worldwide info-web

But all that shoveling and eating hasn't stopped the folks at Minase from putting together something extra special!

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The case is of stainless steel with a black DLC finish. It measures 38 x 51 mm, and is 12 mm thick. It weighs in at 160 grams.

Under the hood is the ETA 2892A2, with a customized rotor. The functions are hours, minutes, seconds, and date.

This is a limited series of 25 pieces and is available to order now through Minase International. It is priced very fairly at CHF 4'700.

Here are all the pertinents, straight from the source -

Case:

Stainless steel 316L plated with black DLC. 

Dimensions - 38 x 51 mm. Thickness : 12,0 mm. 160 g.

Dual spherical box type sapphire crystal (non reflective coating), see-through case back. 

Water resistant up to 50 meters (5 Bar).

Movement:

Swiss ETA based components (2892A2) high end execution with hand-finished surfaces with perlage, bridges and main plate in black “or”. Blue screws. Bridges with diamond polished bevels. Customized Minase rotor. ETACHRON regulator system. MPS lubrication-free bearings. Very high precision TOP range execution. 50 hours’ power reserve. 21 Jewels. Frequency 28’800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)

Dial:

Steel with PVD cover in Black, Blue or Grey, polished steel indexes

Functions:

Hours, minutes and central second hands. Date at 3.

Hands:

Polished, luminous material on hours’ and minutes’ hands.

Strap and Buckle:

Rubber (EPDM) strap with stainless steel deployment clasp and side pushers.