INITIAL POWER RESERVE: THE FIRST AUTOMATIC CHARLIE WATCH WITH COMPLICATIONS

September 19, 2017

Charlie Watch Company

Founded in spring 2014, Charlie Watch is the French watch brand – ambassador of a certain French art of living, both elegant and intelligent, and which qualifies the watch not only as a measuring instrument, but also as a fashion, luxury and identity item. Guarantee of quality and authenticity, Charlie Watch watches are assembled in the heart of Paris in the purest tradition and the unique know-how of watchmaking workshops with expertise, flexibility and responsiveness as key assets.

A new automatic watch with complications : Initial Power Reserve

Ambroise and Adrien wished to draw a watch that one could keep for years with an elegant and timeless design. Developed with interchangeable buffalo, lizard or ostrich straps, this new watch embodies their desire to progressively move upmarket and to offer a wider collection of automatic watches.

Quality and Modernity

Equipped with the 9132 movement of the Japanese manufacturer Citizen Miyota, the Initial Power Reserve offers in addition to the hour, minute and second functions and the date, the power reserve indicator with the digits 0and 40 in red and the 24-hour counter on the dial.

To affirm the identity of this model, its harmonious shapes are slightly more angular, the horns as well as thehands of the hours and minutes have more character and have more definite forms than their previous pieces. However, Charlie Watch managed to keep its favorite details: on the sandblasted white dial, affixed fine chrome-plated indexes stand out perfectly as soon as the light reflects. Distinctive blue needles add a touch of modernity to the set and straps are still interchangeable thanks to Flash pumps. Finally, a transparent background reveals the wheels of the movement and offers the opportunity to appreciate all the complexity and finesse of this jewel. To sum up, this watch is a real piece of horology available from €595,-, still designed and assembled in Paris.