“Rough Conviction” – Pontos Décentrique GMT by Kris Van Assche, Creative Director at KRISVANASSCHE

“Doing a watch is quite interesting because it’s such a symbol. So I thought it was kind of a challenge. I knew it was going to be well made - and if you’re going to make a watch, it had better be well made.”

The weathered textures and stainless steel detailing of Van Assche’s watch reflect his belief in the masculinity of men’s fashion. “Whether designing shoes, belts, jewellery or a watch, it should never be too fancy on a guy,” says Kris Van Assche. The proceeds of the sale by auction of Kris Van Assche’s watch will go to Sidaction, www.sidaction.org.

Technical data

Movement: hand-decorated automatic mechanical movement ML 121, 30 jewels.

Functions: off-center hours, minutes and seconds displays, off-center day-and-night display for second time zone, brushed, skeletonized date display in black gold at 6 o’clock.

Case: brushed stainless steel; on the dial side, convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating; screwed case-back with sapphire crystal; water-resistant to 50 m (5 atm), diameter 43 mm.

Bracelet/leather strap: stainless steel bracelet combined with genuine light brown calfskin.

Dial: black gold hand-hammered (external section); special oxidized effect (1^st time zone section) ; engraved hours and minutes markers; rhodium-plated hands (hours/minutes) luminous at night; Yellow-gold plating with black spots hand-painted on second time-zone ring and related hands (hours/minutes); metal-coated sapphire crystal over the date indication (at 6 and 2 o’clock).

Unique Watch: 1/1

About Maurice Lacroix

Since the launch of its first watch model in 1975, Maurice Lacroix has to become a sought-after Manufacture brand. With its own workshops producing complex components for mechanical calibres, Maurice Lacroix joined the exclusive league of Swiss Watch Manufactures at the end of 2006. Thanks to continued innovative development in both technical fields and design, Maurice Lacroix has registered several patents and trademarks. Maurice Lacroix is one of the few independent watchmakers and employs more than 200 people worldwide, the majority of whom are based at the international head office in Zurich and the production facilities in Saignelégier and Montfaucon in Switzerland.

For further information, please visit Maurice Lacroix