No. 02
Niello
Built, set, measured, and confirmed to one standard.
Technical specifications
REFERENCE
OT-N17-GR
CASE
17 × 24 mm
THICKNESS
5.8 mm
MATERIAL
925 sterling silver
CASE BACK
Stainless steel
DIAL
Graphite, sunburst
SETTING
Round brilliant stones; four crystal indices
CRYSTAL
Multi-faceted toughened mineral crystal
MOVEMENT
Japanese quartz
STRAP
Leather, 8 mm
The origin
Where silver is cut, it does not scar. It learns to hold the dark.
For five centuries, silversmiths engraved sterling, fired black alloy into the lines, and polished the metal back until it held its own shadow. The craft was called niello, from nigellus: blackened.
The Niello carries that shadow on the wrist. An octagon of corners cut, not curved, in metal engraved to hold what others polish away. The darkness is not applied. It is earned.
Niello is black alloy, fired into engraved silver and polished back until the line holds its own shadow. That is the craft this piece is named for.
5.8 millimetres, in profile.
17 by 24 millimetres, worn.
Seen from every side.
The dial. Graphite sunburst, brushed so light spreads.
01 / 06
Finished on every surface. Including the ones you will never see.
Examine the object.
Each piece is modeled in three dimensions for examination here. The model of this piece is in preparation at the atelier; until it arrives, the stage holds the OTMOS bezel signature. Drag to turn it.
The signature bezel. Sixty indices, one standard.
Offered when the standard is met.
Viewings are arranged from the Rajkot atelier. State your requirement; the piece answers for itself.
THE REGISTER
Those on the register hear of it first.
