Ophion Miguel Morales Ribas trained as an architect in Madrid, spent years studying neoclassical design, and co-developed his watch brand alongside a classmate from

Avantist Keeran Janin was born in Brunei in 1981, raised across Brunei and Singapore, and spent formative adult years in Geneva — where, walking

Vayth Yudian founded Vayth in Indonesia in 2022 after years of collecting at the level most micro-brand founders never reach — Urwerk, De Bethune,

Valimor Raymond Jones spent fifteen years in watch industry roles across Dubai, Japan, the United States and Switzerland, watching brief after brief reject the

Infantry Co. Founded by a Hong Kong–Canadian designer, Infantry Co. was built on a conviction about what military-style watches could be — not military-surplus

Jack Turner Jose “Manolo” Martinez named his brand after two of the most influential figures in his career: Jack Patrukio and Winston B. Turner,

EZA Automatic EZA’s automatic chapter is the heart of what makes the revival meaningful. When Adriaan Trampe brought the brand back to life in

Wicked Watch Co. Pascal — a Basel-born finance and banking graduate — describes himself as “a real watch enthusiast, not a professional designer, marketing

Humism David Sze spent fifteen months prototyping before the first Humism left his hands — fifteen months calibrating the exact weight distribution of rotating

Furlan Marri Andrea Furlan — a Swiss industrial designer trained at ECAL with stints at Chopard, Hublot, and alongside high-complication specialist Dominique Renaud —