Fledgling independent watchmaker burst onto the scene in 2022 when it won the Calendar and Astronomy prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève for its Anywhere watch that displays the sunrise-sunset times accurately in any given location for an entire year.
Presenting the time in innovative and achingly-stylish ways has become a signature for Krayon, and its newest creation, Anyday, is another step on this endless journey.
“Krayon is renowned for its exceptional complications, all of which are developed around a central theme: our intimate connection with natural cycles, sunrise and sunset, and the perception of personal time,” the company says.
Anyday is a calendar watch that displays every weekday, weekend and date for the current month.
The key innovation is the date ring, which correctly shows whether a particular date is a weekday, in dark blue, or weekend in grey.
Anyday addresses a very practical and daily need to plan our time based on weekdays and weekends.
At a glance, it shows for example, which day of the week does the 10th or the 15th of the month fall? Is it a Monday or a Saturday?
A crescent moon rotates to pick-out the day of the month.
At the end of five months that have 30 or 28 days, the crescent moon needs to be advanced to the 1st of the month, but the weekdays and weekends will be correct.
Krayon’s unique hand-wound CO32 movement focuses in on precise details including a cam system that moves the date indicator in one thousandth of a second at the end of each day.
It has a multi-purpose crown that is used to wind the watch and set the time, day and date.
The immaculately-finished watch comes in a 39mm x 9.5mm white gold case and has a guilloché dial decorated with Krayon’s signature Y pattern.
The dark blue of the dial is picked up in a textured calfskin leather strap in the same color.
Price is on request.
