Buying Guide Revisiting Some Of Last Year’s Best New Indie Brands
Looking back at some of the finest new independent watchmakers we discovered last year.
The independent watchmaking scene is not only important to MONOCHROME, but also gains the attention of an ever-growing number of people in the watch community. To us and probably to many of you, it’s the creative freedom, the attention to detail, the artisanal craftsmanship that’s more often than not on full display that excites us. It catches our eye, tingles our senses, gets under our skin and leaves us wanting more, time and time again. Within the indie scene itself, we see superbly cool stuff being done, from established names but also by newcomers. And that’s exactly why I thought it would be a good idea to look back at some of the new independent watchmakers we discovered and shared last year!
Dunselman Black Tulip
The Black Tulip is Annelinde Dunselman’s breakout watch, launching her own watchmaking atelier in the process. It’s not often we see new watchmakers from the Netherlands like this, so we were quite excited about this one! The Black Tulip is a time-only watch with a ton of details. It starts with a 38mm case with recessed flanks and a special inscription between the lugs. The silvery-white dial is finished with a pattern of tulips, applied steel dots on the minute track, flower bulb tips on the hour and minute hands and a tulip-shaped small seconds hand. The movement is developed in-house and manufactured with the help of a befriended specialist, and the attention to detail continues here, too. We see individual openworked bridges, bevelled edges, polished screw heads, frosted surfaces and so on. Only 10 will be made in this configuration, for a price of EUR 38,000.
For more information, please visit DunselmanWatchmaking.com.
Quick Facts – 38mm x 11.9mm – stainless steel case, brushed, blasted & polished – black tulip decoration on the bezel – inscription between the lugs – recessed flanks – decorated crown – 50m water-resistant – silvery-white dial with tulip pattern – raised logo – steel dot hour markers – floral tipped hands – Calibre D202.5, developed in-house – manufactured with specialist movement maker – hand-wound – 21,600vph – 100h power reserve – alligator leather strap – limited to 10 pieces – EUR 38,000
