DeWitt - Academia Slide - No reserve price - AC.SLD.001 RPB - Men - 2020-2025

DeWitt Academia Slide Automatic – Ref. AC.SLD.001 RPB

DeWitt is a Geneva-based Swiss haute horlogerie manufacture founded by Jérôme de Witt in 2003. From the beginning, the brand chose a very different path from traditional mass-market watchmaking, combining highly technical mechanical movements with bold architectural designs. DeWitt’s watches are recognizable by details such as the characteristic imperial columns and sculpted cases. The Academia collection is where the manufacture presents some of its most unconventional mechanical creations.

The Academia Slide is an especially unusual example. Rather than displaying the time with conventional central hands, the watch uses a three-dimensional mechanism in which the hours, minutes and seconds are presented through moving elements on the dial. The mechanism was developed and manufactured by DeWitt and gives the watch its distinctive character.
The watch has an impressive 49.2 mm titanium case with a thickness of 15.3 mm. Titanium keeps the large watch relatively light while giving the case a contemporary technical appearance. The black dial is protected by scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, and the open sapphire case back allows the mechanical construction to be viewed.

Inside is DeWitt's automatic DW 0101 movement, featuring 22 jewels, 276 components and a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour. The movement provides approximately 42 hours of power reserve and drives the three-dimensional hours, minutes and seconds display.
The black leather strap is 23 mm wide and is fitted with a deployment clasp. Water resistance is rated at 30 metres.

Specifications
Reference: AC.SLD.001 RPB
Collection: Academia Slide
Movement: DeWitt DW 0101 automatic
Jewels: 22
Components: 276
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: approximately 42 hours
Case material: titanium
Case diameter: 49.2 mm
Case thickness: 15.3 mm
Dial: black
Crystal: scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Case back: open exhibition case back with sapphire crystal
Crown: pull and push
Strap: black leather
Strap width: 23 mm
Clasp: deployment clasp
Functions: three-dimensional hours, minutes and seconds
Water resistance: 30 metres
The watch is sold with its original DeWitt box and original warranty card. In addition, the watch comes with a 1-year Mehr Watches warranty.

This DeWitt is not a conventional Swiss automatic watch. The enormous titanium case, three-dimensional time display and in-house DeWitt mechanical movement make the Academia Slide a remarkable example of independent Swiss haute horlogerie and an interesting piece for a collector who appreciates unconventional watchmaking.