SEELAND Skeleton Pocket Watch cal.18 / A. Schild Lineage

— A forgotten name —

SEELAND was a name in circulation from the end of the 19th century into the early 20th.

It used mainly FHF and A. Schild mechanisms and operated in the middle price range.

Traces of company registration are scarce, so it appears to have been a distribution name rather than a manufacturer, and this piece belongs to that lineage.

Name and construction never quite meet; they simply share the same train of wheels.

A one-of-a-kind design in which the mechanism itself is beautifully exposed. A striking numeral arrangement with a Roman numeral at twelve alone. Cal. SEELAND 18, in the A. Schild lineage, with high durability and serviceability. A beautiful structure whose decorative ripples change expression quietly with the angle of the light. A discreet resonance from the watchmaking history of the late 19th century.

— Visible structure —

This is a skeleton pocket watch.

Indexes on the dial are done away with and the mechanism itself appears.

A Roman numeral stands at twelve alone, with Arabic numerals elsewhere — a three-dimensional arrangement that could hardly be called familiar, but that becomes this watch's way of speaking.

— Cal. SEELAND 18 —

Inside is Cal. SEELAND 18, a calibre in the A. Schild lineage.

Highly serviceable, and designed to withstand long use.

It responds to winding, transmitting the start of the drive to your fingertips.

— Waves cut into the mainplate —

The skeleton construction makes the technical intent visible, and holds a quiet variation that never tires the eye.