AWAKE Expands the Sơn Mài Frosted Leaf Collection with Blood Moon, Storm and Lagoon

AWAKE returns to its distinctive Frosted Leaf technique with three new additions to the Sơn Mài Collection: Blood Moon, Storm and Lagoon. Introduced in 2025, the technique combines traditional Vietnamese lacquerwork with pure silver leaf to produce dials of considerable depth and texture. For 2026, the French independent has turned its attention to natural phenomena, with each of the three new references interpreting a different … Continue reading AWAKE Expands the Sơn Mài Frosted Leaf Collection with Blood Moon, Storm and Lagoon

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anOrdain Model 1 Porcelain

By Brent Robillard With a handmade porcelain dial, custom typography and beautifully judged proportions, the anOrdain Model 1 Porcelain encourages a different kind of watch collecting Tea cups. That is what I think of when someone says “porcelain.” Ming Dynasty vases, blue-painted dinnerware and the Chinoiserie that found its way into European homes during the 17th and 18th centuries. Watches do not immediately come to … Continue reading anOrdain Model 1 Porcelain

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The AWAKE Sơn Mài Frosted Leaf Royal Blue

By Brent Robillard A touch of gold It is difficult to rank new releases from AWAKE, because each one seems to outdo the last. Case in point: the Sơn Mài Frosted Leaf Royal Blue. I first saw the new Frosted iteration during Watches and Wonders week in Geneva, when AWAKE was displaying prototypes of several new collections, including the recently released Sơn Mài Guilloché Main. … Continue reading The AWAKE Sơn Mài Frosted Leaf Royal Blue