Forged Carbon Chronograph — Hollow Lugs, Gold Hands
Forged Carbon Chronograph — Hollow Lugs, Gold Hands
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Forged Carbon Chronograph — Hollow Lugs, Gold Hands
40MM STEEL · FORGED CARBON BEZEL · CHRONOGRAPH
You Can See Straight Through The Lugs
Each lug is an open frame with a window in it, and a star screw in the gap.
Every watch you have ever owned hides its lugs — four solid stubs holding the strap on, doing a job nobody looks at.
This one takes them out. Each lug is cut into an open frame with a window straight through it and a dark six-point screw seated in the opening, so from the side you are looking through the watch rather than at it. It is lighter in the hand and it is unmistakable across a table.
It is also the reason this case costs what it costs. Removing material from the one part that carries all the load means machining it from a solid block and finishing the inside of an opening most makers never have to touch.
THE DIAL
A Counter Made Of Crystal Shards
The register at six is openworked silver, with a gold cross turning over it.
Two of the three counters are what you expect: brushed silver discs with printed scales, sunk into a gloss black dial. The third is not a disc at all.
The register at six o'clock is openworked into a lattice of silver shards — cut, not printed — with a small gold cross turning slowly over the top of it. It is the detail that rewards picking the watch up, and it is the only place on the dial where anything moves slowly enough to watch.
Around it the dial stays deliberately calm: flat gloss black with a white outer track, so the forged carbon bezel above has something quiet to sit against instead of competing with it. The hour, minute and counter hands are gold.
How This One Is Put Together
Cut the lugs open, forge the bezel, then leave the dial alone.
The Case
A 40mm steel case is machined from solid and the lugs are cut through into open frames, then finished inside the openings.
The Screws
A dark six-point star screw is seated into each lug opening, which is what holds the strap bar and what you see through the gap.
The Bezel
Forged carbon is cut and polished until the grey marbling shows at the edges, then given a gloss black tachymeter insert with the scale cut in white.
The Counter
The six o'clock register is openworked into a silver lattice of shards and fitted with a small gold cross-shaped hand.
The Strap
A woven nylon strap with a hook-and-loop fastening and a steel keeper is fitted, and the movement is checked through the display back.
2-Year Warranty. 30-Day Refund.
Wear it for a month. If it is not what you expected, send it back for a full refund — no conditions, no restocking fee.
Why The Case Is The Story
A case cut open where every other case is solid is slow, careful work and it is priced for it. This one asks $949.
THE HOLLOW LUG SPEC
40mm polished steel case with hollow-cut lugs, forged carbon bezel, gloss black dial with a white outer ring and an openworked counter at six, gold hands, and a woven nylon strap. Hand-inspected, boxed for presentation, backed for two years.
What Sets Us Apart
| Prestige | Others | |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ | 40mm polished steel case with lugs cut hollow | ✕ |
| ✓ | A dark six-point star screw seated in each lug opening | ✕ |
| ✓ | Forged carbon bezel, grey marbling showing at the edges | ✕ |
| ✓ | Gloss black tachymeter insert with the scale cut in white | ✕ |
| ✓ | Flat gloss black dial with a white outer minute track | ✕ |
| ✓ | Brushed silver counters at nine and three | ✕ |
| ✓ | Openworked silver lattice counter at six with a gold cross hand | ✕ |
| ✓ | Gold hour, minute and counter hands with a steel central chronograph hand | ✕ |
| ✓ | Woven nylon strap with hook-and-loop fastening | ✕ |
| ✓ | Automatic chronograph, around 72 hours of reserve, behind a display caseback | ✕ |
OWN IT WITHOUT RISK
Thirty Days. Full Refund. No Conditions.
Wear it for a month. If it is not what you expected, send it back.
Every watch carries a two-year Prestige guarantee and a 30-day money-back promise, for every customer, in every country. Free express shipping worldwide, tracked and insured. If anything is wrong when it lands, message us and a person picks it up.
- 30-day money-back guarantee — no conditions, no restocking fee
- Two-year Prestige guarantee on every watch
- Free tracked express shipping, worldwide
- 10–18 days international · 15–25 days inside Iraq
Before You Buy
Frequently Asked Questions
Are the lugs really open?
Are the lugs really open?
Yes. Each one is cut through into a frame with a window in it and a dark six-point screw set in the opening. You can see through the case from the side.
Is the dial carbon as well?
Is the dial carbon as well?
No. The bezel is forged carbon; the dial is flat gloss black with a white outer track. We build what the photographs show.
What is the counter at six?
What is the counter at six?
An openworked silver lattice of crystal-like shards with a small gold cross-shaped hand over it — cut rather than printed, and the best reason to pick the watch up.
How long does it run off the wrist?
How long does it run off the wrist?
Around 72 hours. Leave it in a drawer over a weekend and it is still going on Monday.
Can I change the strap?
Can I change the strap?
Yes. It comes on woven nylon with a hook-and-loop fastening, which is the quickest kind to swap.
Can I swim in it?
Can I swim in it?
It is rated to 50m — splashes, rain and handwashing are fine. We do not recommend swimming or showering in it.
Does it need a battery?
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — it winds from the motion of your wrist. Left off for a couple of days it stops, and a minute back on the wrist restarts it.
How long does delivery take?
How long does delivery take?
Ten to eighteen days to most countries, fifteen to twenty-five inside Iraq. Shipping is free, tracked and insured, and you get the tracking number as soon as it leaves us.
Can I ask questions before I order?
Can I ask questions before I order?
Yes, and we would rather you did. Message the page on Facebook or Instagram — a real person answers, usually within the hour.