Showing posts with label G101. Show all posts
Showing posts with label G101. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Hydrium Ice Fall

From Isotope -

Courtesy of Isotope

This is Isotope's first watch to use a stone dial. In this instance, Brazilian amethyst.

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The Hydrium Ice Fall's case is of (micro-blasted) 316L stainless-steel, and measures 40 mm in diameter.

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Under the hood is La Joux Perret's G101 Soigné.

Limited to 20 pieces, and priced at $1,703.00


Here are the pertinents -

Case:
Micro-blasted 316L stainless-steel case
Case diameter 40mm X 48mm (with lugs)
Height 12.9mm (14.9mm with double domed Sapphire Crystal)
Hydrium® screw-down exhibition case back
Unidirectional bezel with 120 clicks
Crystal, Dial and Hands:
Anti-reflective crystal sapphire
Screw-down crown at 3 o’clock
Brazilian amethyst dial, 0.4 mm thick, mounted on a support ring, with applied indexes filled with Super-LumiNova
Hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®, paired with a heat-blued seconds hand
Water-resistance 300m / 30 atm / 1000 ft

Strap:
22/20mm quick-release White FKM strap with Isotope’s branded bead-blasted buckle

Movement:
Swiss Made La Joux Perret G101 Soigné MovementAutomatic, self-winding
Power reserve 68 hours
24 Jewels, 28800A/h
Tested in 4 positions, averaging ±7 seconds/day
Soigné finished with a custom Isotope Lacrima rotor

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

The '36'

From Elka -

Courtesy of Elka

Elka has announced a new series - the '36'. And yes, there is truth in advertising, the case measures 36 mm in diameter.
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The new 36 is available in 4 different dial variations with options for straps & bracelets. See the whole collection here -

The pertinents for this particular example are here -

CALIBER
La Joux Perret G101 automatic 4 Hz / 28'800 A/h, stop second 68-hour power reserve
ISOCHRONISM
4-position regulation +/- 7 seconds/day
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, centre seconds No Date

CASE 
MATERIALS
1.4404 steel
DIMENSIONS
36 mm diameter, 10.50 mm thickness, 41.10 mm lug-to-lug
SCREWED CASE BACK
Steel 1.4404
OPEN CASE BACK
SS and Sapphire Crystal

WATERPROOF:
50 meters / 5 bar

DIAL
Black; Numerals printed in Superluminova™ "Old Tritium" colour

HANDS
Glaive Shaped Brushed Nickel Colored- hours and minutes filled with beige Superluminova , Nickel Brushed second

GLASS
Chevé type sapphire - box - anti-scratch anti-reflective treatment on one side

BUCKLE
Steel 1.4404

BRACELET
Beige Nylon Nato

WARRANTY:
2 years