Swiss luxury watch brand BYRNE presents the new GyroDial “INDOARABIQUE”, a limited edition of 23 timepieces with a petroleum green dial, symbolizing paradise in the Arab world and peace in the Hindu world.
Developed by John Byrne and launched in 2022, the GyroDial watch features a patented animation complication. At midnight or noon every day (or when the wearer wishes), the 4 cardinal indices– at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock –rotate to reveal a different face. Hindu-Arabic, Roman, Arabic numerals or ‘phantom’ indices – the switch happens in a flash, giving the watch a completely different look each time.
Every year, Byrne Watch has the ambition of presenting a limited series that refers to the current year.
For 2023, BYRNE WATCH proposes a limited edition with Hindu-Arabic numerals on a mesmerizing dial in deep, petroleum green: the GyroDial “INDOARABIQUE”.
Every day at noon, midnight or on demand, the four main indexes on the GyroDial “IndoArabique” switch to reveal a different face: Hindu-Arabic, Roman and modern Arabic numerals as well as phantom indices are respectively depicted on one face of the four rotating cuboids positioned at the cardinal points, flush with the dial; the switch from one to the other happens instantaneously, in a flash.
The 311 case, like the caliber 5555, was entirely designed, developed and manufactured in Switzerland for the GyroDial. Embedded in the supple curves carved into titanium, the satin-brushed Petroleum Green dial with its straight-grain finish gives off a contemporary and very racy aesthetic.
This watch is available for purchase at Chronopassion in France, Chronometrie Von Hofen in Germany, Provident in the US, and 10:10 LABS in Bahrain.
Technical details
Model: BYRNE GYRODIAL “INDOARABIQUE” in Petroleum Green
Functions
Hours, minutes
Rotating cardinal indices, instantaneous change at midnight or noon every day, or on demand
Case
Material: Grade 5titanium, made in Le Locle, Switzerland
Diameter: 41.7 mm x 48.1 mm
Thickness: 14.45 mm
Crystal: Box sapphire, antireflective coating
Caseback: Box sapphire, antireflective coating
Water resistance: 5 ATM, equivalent to 50 meters
Crown: Screw-down with engraved Hindu-Arabic “zero”®
Dial
Finish: Straight grain brush finish by hand, petroleum green rhodium treatment, turquoise reflections
Minute track: Engraved minute markers, 5-minute markers filled white Super-LumiNova®
GYRODIAL
Four faces: Hindu-Arabic characters in white Super-LumiNova®; Roman numerals in silver Super-LumiNova®, Arabic numerals 3, 6, 9 in white Super-LumiNova®; and phantom indices
Hands
Sword-shaped, straight-grain brush-finished by hand, green rhodium-plated, contoured in Super-LumiNova®
Movement
Caliber 5555, mechanical, self-winding
Swiss made, developed in Fleurier at LTM
Finishes: Brass plates and bridges, straight-grain satin-brush finished, rhodium-treated, offset Côtes de Genève decorations, chamfering and finishing by hand
Components: 261
Jewels: 42
Diameter: 30.00 mm
Height: 9.90 mm
Power reserve: 60 hours
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Strap
Smooth, grey-green calfskin, integrated curved inserts (made to measure)
Buckle: Grade 5 titanium
Warranty: 3 years
Retail price
18,500 EUROS, 18,500 CHF, 19,500 USD
