Sunrise and Sunset can be tracked from any location in the world with this watch
Its award-winning Everywhere watch has been replaced by Krayon's Anywhere watch, which is simpler and less expensive.
While sunrise and sunset indicators aren't new to watchmaking, their disadvantage is that they can only be used to tell time from one location set by the client. With his Everywhere timepiece, which can be adjusted to read indications anywhere in the world, niche watchmaker Rémi Maillot from the Neuchâtel, Switzerland-based company Krayon solved the conundrum in 2017.
Although the Everywhere Horizon cost $600,000, it was certainly not for everyone. He won the Grand Prix de la Haute Horlogerie Award for Best Watchmaking Innovation a year later with his follow-up customized Everywhere Horizon (CHF 775,000 or approximately $802,516), adorned with 94 baguette-cut diamonds and 22 karat gold rotor. The Anywhere watch will be available in white or rose gold for CHF 116,000 (approximately $120,164) and steel for CHF 96,000 (approximately $99,446) this year.
As opposed to the Everywhere, which could be configured to show local sunrises and sunsets around the globe according to a wearer's location and time zone, the Anywhere displays the indications from a fixed location that must be adjusted by a watchmaker. As a result, the watch is much more affordable, despite still being rather expensive, and there is no need for a complex setting, even though changing the location will require an expert.
Both the calendar and the time can be set from the crown, and the solar-detection function can be controlled by the calendar. A light blue disc indicates sunrise and a dark blue disc indicates sunset around the dial. SuperLuminova stars adorn the latter, while a diamond-cut sun watches the progression of sunrise on the light blue disc, and sunset on the dark blue disc as the sun rises.
Two 24-hour rings surround the two indications to show when the sun rises and sets. According to the picture, the sun is rising at approximately 5:30 a.m. and setting at approximately 6:30 p.m. It is possible to adjust the calendar at 6 o'clock with the crown in both directions and requires just five annual adjustments.
The case size is 39 mm by 9 mm (vs. 42 mm by 11.70 mm of the Everywhere), the power reserve is increased from 72 to 86 hours, the movement components have been reduced from 595 to 432, and the dial is clearer and better finished. Krayon’s original latitude indicator is also missing from the Anywhere.
In addition to the innovative sunrise/sunset function, Maillat's design suggests that he may have more tricks up his sleeve, and we are excited to see what he comes up with next. With an engineering prowess honed during his time at Cartier, where he built movements for its fine watchmaking collection, he is poised to enter the independent watchmaking elite, combining unique engineering with aesthetic prowess.
