16Buying guide
Choosing a mechanical watch
Twelve things that make a watch easier to live with, from its movement to the way it sits on your wrist.
01 Local Time · Russia
Mechanical watches Collection 01/09Local time
Nine Russian cities — nine mechanical watch models.
Each city has its own image and construction. Every release is limited to 99 watches.
- Cities in the collection
- 9
- Watches per release
- 99 watches
- First release
- Arzamas
00 Collection principle
How a city becomes a watch
Every release follows one route: from a city story to drawing, materials and movement.
- 01
A story of place
We begin with a story or local symbol that the city’s own people recognise.
- 02
An artistic image
We translate that image into the colour, graphics and construction of a future model.
- 03
A mechanical watch
We build a mechanical watch. Every release is limited to 99 watches.
01/09 Arzamas · Nizhny Novgorod Region
Artistic image · Release 01
The Arzamas goosethe collection’s first image
The first Local Time release is dedicated to the Arzamas goose, a local breed that became one of the city’s trading symbols. For now, we are showing the artistic direction: clear geometry, saturated colour and silhouette. The watch itself will be presented in December 2026.
The story behind the image- Edition
- 99 watches
- Release
- 01/09
- Presentation
- December 2026
02 Release map
Nine releases
Arzamas is now open. The next cities will be revealed one by one. Every release is limited to 99 watches.
- Release 01Open ArzamasThe Arzamas gooseGo to the release details
- Release 02ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 03ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 04ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 05ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 06ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 07ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 08ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
- Release 09ClosedCity not announcedTo be revealed in sequence
03 Release news
Hear aboutthe presentation
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04 Watches and places
All articlesJournal
We write about movements, local history and the work behind the collection.
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- 17Care
When to service a watch
How to recognise a change in a mechanical watch and decide when to take it to a watchmaker.
- 18Troubleshooting
Mechanical watch stopped
A calm way to restart a stopped watch, with clear signs that it needs a watchmaker instead.
- 19Care
Condensation under the crystal
What to do when mist appears beneath the crystal, and why clear glass does not always mean the moisture is gone.
- 20Storage
How to store a watch
Where to leave a mechanical watch overnight or for a few months, and when a rotating watch box is useful.