This symbolic pole is composed of two azure zones. The vanishing point is centred on the date at 6 o’clock. What you see is an orb with parallels and meridians, imaginary longitudes and latitudes, an apt symbol for the global reach of Krayon’s complications. In both versions, the dial shows the same motif as on Everywhere, the result of an extensive search for an aesthetic, and it is echoed on the face of the crown. The gadroon on the applied, subtly plunging lugs further accentuates their slimness. With a thickness of just 9 mm, Krayon’s Anywhere is eminently wearable. The hollow thus created further emphasises how thin the case is. The elegant shape of the 39 mm diameter case is highlighted by a flange along the bezel’s underside and over the back cover. After all, no place is more important than where you are now, where your eyes and thoughts roam, where your memory or your heart takes you.Īnywhere is available in two interpretations: one in white gold, with blue the dominating colour the other in 18K rose gold, with creamy white the dominant tone. Seemingly simpler, not only in its appearance, but in its use as well, more balanced. The second opus in a family of unusual ‘hyper complications’, Anywhere is the natural next step from Everywhere, and at the same its opposite.
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It requires only five quick, straightforward annual adjustments, which can be made directly with the crown and in both directions.Ī concept all its own, full of meaning and aesthetic details, the design of Krayon’s Anywhere is implicitly linked to the nature of its functionality.Īnywhere by Krayon is an ideal of beauty, a marriage of pure elegance, legibility and technical sophistication in 432 components.
It is a simple calendar, for which every month lasts 31 days. To do this, Krayon Anywhere indicates the date and month with a hand-counter at 6 o’clock. The relative position of the two sapphire discs is determined not only by the reference position, but also by the calendar. At the customer’s request, a Krayon watchmaker will make a simple adjustment to the movement, as often as desired. To integrate this geographical factor, Krayon devised a mechanical positioning system based on racks and yokes rather than a fixed, complex and not very cost-efficient cam. The North-South position determines the length of the day, which is equal to the night at the equator and gradually expands towards the white night near the Arctic Circle. These periods are intimately linked to latitude. The respective lengths of the sectors constantly change, indicating by their position the sunrise and sunset times that can be read from the fixed indicator ring. The annular zone has two sectors: day (sky blue) and night (dark blue). It is surrounded by an annular zone upon which a small sun circulates in perpetual motion, indicating the time over 24 hours. Krayon’s Anywhere indicates the hours and minutes with dedicated hands, placed in the centre of a dial that seems suspended at the heart of the watch. Anywhere, building on the same patent, goes to the core of a personal ephemeris. It is the logical progression from Everywhere, a ‘hypercomplication’ capable of indicating the time of sunset and sunrise anywhere in the world – it was awarded the Innovation Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève ( GPHG) in 2018. Anywhere by Krayon takes the opposite tack, espousing the unique vision, aspirations and dreams of its wearer. Watches with universal time or astronomical indications impose specific cities, chosen by arbitrary conventions deeply ingrained in watchmaking custom. As the day evolves, its length and colour change, and with them the face of the watch. Anywhere’s large peripheral ring separates the day into two sections, joining its own rhythm to the wearer’s life rhythm. It is like each morning and evening, never identical, always lived in a personal way. This watchmaker’s interpretation of time takes the form of a timekeeper that goes beyond conventions and habits. This emotional dimension of time and space, at the intersection of an intimate yet concrete landscape, is Krayon’s vocation. It is the time of our connection with Earth. It is the time when animals drink, fish feed and predators hunt.
When nature awakens at dawn, or prepares for rest at dusk, when it comes closest to its pristine state and allows itself to be approached. When the sun rises or sets is a decisive moment of the day. These essentials are personal information, defined in the circle of relations and personal memory, never before given such a deeper meaning by a watch. These moments and places that matter are never recorded on a standardised watch, or even by a classic complication.