Showing posts with label Krayon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Krayon. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Krayon – Anywhere Parhelion Gradient Sapphires 39mm White Gold

KrayonANYWHERE Parhelion Gradient Baguette cut Sapphires 39mm 18K White Gold 2026

Krayon unveils the Anyday in Gradient Sapphires White gold 

During an expedition to Greenland, Rémi Maillat and Fei Hou witnessed a parhelion, a rare atmospheric phenomenon in which sunlight, passing through suspended hexagonal ice crystals, is refracted into luminous reflections that appear to flank the sun. 

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

It reveals light not as a fixed presence, but as something that is continually shaped by what it encounters, in much the same way as gemstones, whose beauty is revealed through the refraction of light within their structure.

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

In Greenland, this play of light unfolded across a landscape of striking contrasts, where ice, sea and sky dissolved into shifting tones of white and blue. 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

 From this encounter with light, landscape and refraction emerged Parhelion, the concept that gave rise to the Gemset watch, distinguished by a gradient of sapphires transitioning from white to deep blue through a series of nuanced shades of blue.

Entering the world of gemstones

Parhelion is not only defined by its 159 baguette-cut gemstones set across the bezel, the case middle, the lugs, the pin buckle. 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

It is also defined by the Krayon Cut, a unique gemstone cut developed specifically for this creation. At twelve o’clock on the bezel, a single stone introduces this language. 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

Cut in the same Y-shaped geometry from the Krayon logo, the Krayon Cut is defined by a horizontal table and a bevelled form that extends the brand’s signature into the mineral world. This stone at noon marks the point of maximum light and refers to the parhelion, where one sun appears accompanied by its reflections. 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

From this reference, white sapphires unfold above it in a gradual arc of daylight, while below, blue sapphires deepen progressively into darker tones. Day and night are expressed through this transition of colour and the way light is returned by the stones.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

On the dial, eleven white diamond indices are cut in the shape of the Krayon Cut. Their structure allows for an invisible setting, giving the impression that each stone is floating above the surface of the dial, with a sense of lightness comparable to ice drifting on water. At the centre of the dial, a mother of pearl introduces a soft iridescence. Its surface is never uniform, shifting with light and angle, recalling the sea off the Greenland coast, where icebergs move slowly across changing reflections.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The creation of Parhelion begins long before the watch itself. Sourcing the gemstones alone requires close to a year, with each sapphire carefully selected for its colour, clarity and ability to compose a perfectly balanced gradient from white to deep blue. 

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

The development of the Krayon Cut demanded the same level of precision. Conceived specifically for this creation, its geometry required extensive research to achieve both its distinctive form and its invisible setting. 

A new case displaying the sunrise and sunset complication

The 42 mm case is crafted from an alloy of gold and a high proportion of palladium. Naturally white, this material requires no rhodium plating, allowing its colour and brightness to remain entirely intrinsic. 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

More demanding to machine and finish, it was chosen for its purity and the way it reflects light. Like every element of Parhelion, the case is designed not simply to frame the watch, but to contribute to the overall expression of light that defines the piece.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The lines of gemstones extending across the lugs, bezel and case follow a precise composition. Their angles are directly derived from the longitudes and latitudes of the Earth, transforming the case into a subtle interpretation of a coordinate system.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

At the heart of the watch is Krayon's calibre C030, powering the Anywhere complication, which calculates the exact times of sunrise and sunset for any chosen location on Earth. Awarded the Calendar and Astronomy Prize at the GPHG in 2022, the movement is presented here in a Gemset interpretation for the first time.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

“With Parhelion, the concept is fully realised. The mechanics find their extension in matter, and the stones complete the dialogue between time, light, and the Earth."Fei Hou 

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The inscriptions MIDDAY, MIDNIGHT, SIX AM and SIX PM are displayed in Krayon's signature typography, ensuring clear legibility while preserving the balance of the dial. Every element is designed to support the reading of time and light.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

Drawing its design from the atmospheric phenomenon of the parhelion, the watch expresses the Maison's approach, where every aesthetic choice finds its origin in a natural phenomenon and every complication is conceived in dialogue with the rhythms of the Earth.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

“Anywhere was born from light. Parhelion allows us to express light differently — not as a decorative effect, but as a component of time itself." — Rémi Maillat

-------------------------------------------
Technical Specifications

Collection: ANYDAY

 Model name:  Krayon ANYDAY Parhelion 18K White Gold

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

Case
Material: 18k white gold
Watch set with 💎171 gems
    Diameter: 42 mm
    Thickness: 9.5 mm
Water-resistant to 30 meters
Dial
Light blue mother-of-pearl dial set with 💎11 Krayon-cut white diamond hour markers in an invisible setting
Displays
Central hour and minute display
The sun as the hour indicator on the 24-hour dial
Sunrise and sunset times on the peripheral discs
Date at 6 o'clock
Movement    
Caliber C030-01

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

    Manual winding with stopwork 
⦁    Diameter: 35.40mm
⦁    Thickness: 5.00mm
⦁    Patented functional architecture
⦁    72-hour power reserve
⦁    Frequency: 3 Hz
⦁    Manual winding with stop mechanism
⦁    55 jewels
⦁    432 components⦁    Power reserve of 72 hours
⦁    Plated functional architecture
⦁    Chronometer Certified: No

Functions
    Hours and minutes
    Sunrise and sunset times
    24-hour display
    Simple calendar
    Month
Strap
    Dark blue Alligator strap
    18k white gold buckle and pin set with 💎35 blue gradient baguette cut sapphires

Watch set with 💎171 gemstones:    
  • Case set with 💎124 blue gradient baguette cut sapphires
  • 💎1 Krayon Cut white sapphire at mid-day
  • Buckle with pin set with 💎35 blue gradient baguette cut sapphires
  • Mother-of-pearl dial set with 💎11 Krayon-cut white diamond hour markers in an invisible setting

 🔰 Edition - ❱❱❱ No

🔴Price: CHF 430,000 before taxes💰
 
 
-------------------------------------------- 
Press release- 2026
---------------------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------------
www.facebook.com - Krayon.ch
-----------------------------------------------
www.krayon.ch

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Krayon – ANYDAY 39mm Rose Gold

KrayonANYDAY 39mm 18K Rose Gold 2026

Krayon unveils the Anyday in rose gold 

Krayon introduces the second edition of the Anyday, a contemporary wristwatch featuring a pioneering mechanism that displays the month in full, at a single glance. Crafted in 18K rose gold and paired with a two-tone anthracite grey dial, the highly anticipated sequel retains the same distinctive architecture, elegant proportions and intuitive calendar display that defined Anyday from the outset — while offering a new visual identity: warmer in presence, quieter in tone, and resolutely contemporary.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

Anyday is the first mechanical watch to deliver a full view of the month on a dial. It is a calendar complication conceived not as a demonstration of complexity, but as an everyday tool: instinctive, reassuring, and remarkably simple to live with.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

With just one glance, the wearer can read the time, locate the date within the month, and see how the weeks ahead will be shaped. In doing so, Anyday does more than measure time — it lays it out in front of you, as naturally as the page of one’s personal agenda.

An agenda on the wrist

At its core, Anyday remains faithful to classical watchmaking: hour and minute hands provide immediate timekeeping clarity, framed by a clean chapter ring with twelve applied hour markers. Yet the watch’s true signature lies at the edge of the dial.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

A fixed ring marked from 1 to 31 forms the foundation of the display. A discreet crescent moon indicator—gliding along the periphery — points to the current date and advances day by day. The wearer is therefore never shown a fragment of the month, but the month itself, laid out in full.

This calendar is designed to answer the questions we ask most often—not in theory, but in daily life:

  • Is the 10th on a weekday?

  • Does the 15th fall during the weekend?

  • How many working days remain before the end of the month?

 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The answer is always there, present, and visible — without opening a phone, without checking a diary, without breaking concentration.

Colour becomes information

In this rose gold edition, the dial’s anthracite grey palette sharpens the readability of the calendar with a greater play in contrast. The month is organised with a clear visual rhythm, thanks to two superimposed discs hand painted by André Martinez, a craftsman based in Le Locle: weekdays appear in one tone (anthracite), and weekends in another (gold), creating an intuitive five-and-two cadence that generates a balanced design around the dial.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

This day-of-week awareness is not displayed with words, windows, or abbreviations—only through colour. The result is effortless: the entire month can be read instinctively, even at a quick glance.

Both the date and the day of the week can be corrected by pulling the crown, at position one, and turning it:

  • clockwise to advance the date

  • anti-clockwise to correct the day of the week

A romantic story, rooted in the seasons

Before the launch of Anyday, Krayon released a short film depicting the following scene:

A squirrel has a question from his friend, the bear: “Would you like to watch the sunrise with me, on March 5th?”

 

The bear replies: Anyday for you.”

The answer is tender — but significant. Bears hibernate for roughly three months each year, but never for the exact same length of time. The bear’s promise to wake up for his friend, whenever he needs him, shows the strength of their bond. But the squirrel chose March 5th with purpose. In 2025, that date marked Jīngzhé in the lunar calendar — the moment when hibernating creatures awaken, stirred by the return of spring.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

This is the kind of story that resonates deeply with Krayon: it is anchored in something observable, natural, and cyclical. And it mirrors what Anyday offers on the wrist — a daily relationship with time, practical and organised, yet always connected to the way we live, in the present or in anticipation of moments ahead.

The four extra days: clarity at the end of every month

A full-month display comes with a subtle challenge: how does one make the end of the month immediately legible?

If the 31st and the 1st were placed directly side by side, the eye might naturally assume the “1” belongs to the next month. In an agenda, that would be confusing. On the wrist, it becomes harder to comprehend.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

Krayon’s solution is both simple in appearance and remarkably clever in construction: four discreet dots are placed at 6 o’clock, positioned between 31 and 1.

These dots act as a gentle visual buffer — an elegant pause between months—ensuring the wearer never loses their place in the calendar.

But they are more than a spacing device. They extend the logic of Anyday.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

By adding four additional positions to the traditional 31-day layout, the calendar display reaches 35 positions in total — exactly five full weeks. This is why Anyday offers such an unusually complete overview: it is not constrained by the conventional limits of calendar design.

And these four dots carry meaning:

  • they reveal the day-of-week rhythm for the first four days of the next month, using the same weekday/weekend coding

  • they also provide a reference point for the closing days of the previous month, anchoring the display in continuity rather than interruption

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

In short, these four extra days connect what has just passed with what is about to begin—making the month feel not segmented, but fluid.

A mechanical first, designed for daily life

Anyday follows a deliberately practical principle: each month is treated as a 31-day month, meaning the wearer performs only five manual corrections per year, for months with 28 or 30 days.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

It is the same simplicity as a classic calendar watch — but expressed with far greater clarity and far more information continuously available on the dial.

At midnight, the indication advances with extraordinary precision: the day jumps forward instantly, powered by a system that accumulates energy over 24 hours and releases it in a fraction of a second.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The automatic passage from the 31st to the 1st is equally instantaneous, preserving the calm, confident rhythm of the display.

18K rose gold, 39 mm, and 378 components of ingenuity

This new edition retains the exact dimensions of the original model:

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

  • 39 mm in diameter

  • 9.5 mm in thickness

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

 The case is crafted in 18K rose gold, paired with a modern anthracite grey dial that renders the calendar display incredibly legible.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

Inside lies the same in-house movement: Calibre C032, composed of 378 components, including two cams at the core of the calendar mechanism:
 
 Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

  • one cam charged every 24 hours to drive the instantaneous daily jump

  • one larger cam controlling the date progression and the end-of-month transition

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

From the movement decoration to the dial, the watch showcases high-end finishing: sharp chamfers and inward angles, bridges whose inner contours echo the Neuchâtel lakeshore, a main plate animated by Krayon waves and, and a guilloché dial whose ‘Y’ motif is unmistakably the brand’s signature.

Anyday: a new language of calendar watchmaking

Anyday embodies Krayon’s philosophy: to create complications that are genuinely new, mechanically demanding, and yet natural to understand—designed not for occasional admiration, but for everyday life.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

In a world that constantly asks us to check, scroll and confirm, Anyday offers an alternative: a calm overview of the month ahead, rendered with precision and beauty — by a reliable mechanical companion.

Krayon and its founder

Founded in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, by watchmaking engineer-designer Rémi Maillat, Krayon has built its identity around a singular discipline: transforming complex astronomical and calendar calculations into beautiful mechanical expressions. 

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

For Maillat, each project begins with a sketch  —  a “coup de crayon” in French — before evolving into a patented movement conceived entirely in-house.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

The brand unveiled its vision in 2017 with Everywhere (Calibre C020), its very first timepiece, laying the conceptual and technical foundations of its approach to contemporary watchmaking. In 2018, this model was awarded the Best Watchmaking Innovation Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) and is protected by a patent.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

Continuing this trajectory, Anywhere (Calibre C030) extended the brand’s exploration to the measurement of natural time. In 2022, it was honoured with the Calendar and Astronomy Prize at the GPHG. Together, these two distinctions highlight the consistency and coherence of the brand’s creative direction from its earliest creations onward.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

With the Anyday model and its Calibre C032, which consists of 378 components, Krayon continues to advance its original calendar mechanisms—combining precise engineering with a design suited for everyday wear.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

-------------------------------------------
Technical Specifications

Collection: ANYDAY

 Model name:  Krayon ANYDAY 18K Rose Gold

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO  

 Reference: C032-02

Case
    Material: 18K rose gold case
    Diameter: 39 mm
    Thickness: 9.5 mm
    Water-resistant to 30 meters
Dial
    Guilloché central dial section featuring Krayon’s exclusive stylized “Y” logo, set on anthracite sunburst dial
Movement
    Caliber 032

  Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO 

 Manual winding, with stopwork
    Diameter : 35.40 mm
    Thickness : 5.00 mm
    Number of jewels: 46
    Number of parts: 378
    Power reserve of 72 hours
Functions
    Hour and minutes
    Simple calendar
    Days of the week
    Planner: Permanent indication of every day and date for the current month
    Automatic update at the end of the 31 days months
    Permanent indication of day and date for the 4 last days of previous month and the 4 first days of the next month
    Central hour and minute display
    Date display along periphery, indicated by a moving crescent moon
    Day of the week indicated by color (distinguishing weekdays from weekends)
    First week of the following month indicated by four small dots positioned at 6 o’clock
Strap
    Anthracite lizard leather strap
    18K rose gold pin buckle

🔰 Edition of ✅Only ❱❱❱ 15 pieces

 🔴Price: CHF 88,000 before taxes💰

-------------------------------------------- 
Press release- 2026
---------------------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------------
www.facebook.com - Krayon.ch
-----------------------------------------------
www.krayon.ch