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A1 Prehistoric

A1 Prehistoric

£3,480 GBP
£3,480 GBP
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Orders open 8th July, 14:00 BST

Case hand-chiselled over five hours.
Over 600 hand-engraved lines per dial.
100 pieces in 2026. October delivery.

Delivery Process

Due to artisanal constraints, production is limited to 100 pieces in 2026. Delivery is scheduled for October.

For the USA, tariffs and duties are included and orders ship from within the USA. For the rest of the world, taxes and duties are not included.

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Technical Specifications

Diameter: 39mm x 39mm (wears like 37mm, due unique shape & lack of lugs)

Thickness: 9.45mm (wears thinner, due to the bottom 3mm curving inwards)

Metal: 316L stainless steel

Movement: Swiss automatic Sellita SW100

Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating

Water Resistance: 5 ATM / 50 metres / 164 feet

Strap: grained Italian leather (using regular 18mm springbars, changeable with tool)

Warranty: 2 years

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The Story

The A1 Prehistoric recreates the beauty of early human tools, such as arrowheads and hand axes.

I have always been drawn to them for their primal energy — the way you can feel every violent incision of the human hand, every brutal scar left thousands of years ago.

The A1 Prehistoric begins with the essential, sculptural form of the A1 and collides it with the force of the human hand.

Each stainless steel case and buckle is hand-chiselled over the course of five hours by Steven Brunel, a traditional French engraver whose work has been displayed at the Louvre.

Brunel works from a remote workshop in Mornand-en-Forez, a village of 500 inhabitants in the Loire region of France. 

The dial receives the same artisanal treatment. Each line of the sunburst pattern, approximately 600 in total, is individually cut by hand into the brass dial base.

It is then finished in a deep anthracite colour, evoking the monochromatic appearance of early human tools made from stone and flint.

How does it wear?

The A1 was carefully designed to be as comfortable as possible, on all kinds of wrists. The case measures 39mm by 39mm, but it wears closer to 37mm, thanks to its triangular shape, lack of lugs and hidden crown.

The case is 9.45mm thick, but the bottom 3mm curve inwards, allowing them to disappear into the wrist when the watch is worn. This makes the A1 wear even thinner than its dimensions would suggest.

Due to the soft, rounded profile of the case and the wrist bone holding the watch in place, the tip of the triangle at 3 o’clock does not cause any discomfort.

The circumference of the wrist in photography are 16.5cm (6.5 inches).