We‘ve grown a lot in our first seven years, and to celebrate, we’ve created an extremely small-batch 39.5mm watch, only ten pieces, for the inaugural Chicago Windup Watch Fair.
With a hand-cut brass bezel, hand-finished dial and a sandblasted rotor we are confident that the Humboldt Seven Year combines true craftsmanship with our iconic design. Cheers to the last seven years and to the next!
Like a distillery that has had enough time to craft an exceptional aged bourbon, we’re releasing the Humboldt Seven Year to highlight what we’re capable of making. To build the Seven Year, Nathan Bobinchak, our Director of Watchmaking, is individually hand-machining bezels out of a special brass alloy for a watch that looks like nothing else we’ve ever made.
The bezels are precisely hand-cut to fit the case, with tolerances that are barely a fraction of a human hair. Each piece is individually made on a vintage Derbyshire Elect lathe that used to maintain timepieces at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
The bezel is made from 693 Eco Brass, a special lead-free alloy with exceptional corrosion resistance and strength. That means it’s safe to wear, and hard enough to withstand your adventures. Each watch will patina uniquely to you. The brass is completely untreated, which means it will start changing the moment you put it on. Each bezel will have your unique “fingerprint” of patina.
True craftsmanship. Right here in Chicago.
We’ve stripped away the decoration to show the raw materials that make our watches special. Each dial on the Humboldt Seven Year was painstakingly turned to reveal the metal beneath.
It took us years to find the right print partner. Not many folks can print such a tiny area with so much accuracy. But we found someone up to the task, right here in Chicago!
Each Humboldt Seven Year comes with our Horween leather strap and a matching navy nylon strap. Our nylon straps are made of tightly-woven nylon and include custom orange stitching.
The Humboldt Seven Year is presented in a leather watch wallet that was designed in-house and handcrafted by Indiana-based, Woodnsteel. The exterior shell is made using Horween leather and reinforced with wool felt for an added layer of soft protection.
The Humboldt Seven Year has a 39.5mm case, AR-coated sapphire crystal, 20mm lug width and is 46.8mm lug-to-lug. It's gonna fit so nicely on your wrist.
Powering the Humboldt Seven Year is the Sellita SW300. A Swiss-made, rugged, workhorse caliber with a 42-hour power reserve and our iconic 4-star rotor design. Time-tested dependability and remarkable accuracy on your wrist.
