Alterum Worldtimer Horizon
Our first release of the Alterum Worldtimer, a radically minimalist take on world time watches that won the Dubai Watch Week x Grail Watch Design Competition in 2024, sold out almost immediately. At the time, Revolution and Grail Watch founder Wei Koh called it “most original new voice in microbrand design the industry had seen in a long time.”
We are pleased to unveil its fourth and final iteration — Alterum Worldtimer Horizon. It is priced at CHF 2,850 excluding taxes, and limited to 100 pieces.
“The Alterum story starts with a lesson in simplicity — designing less, cutting away the chaos, to simplify” says Alterum founder Justin Walters. “To me, Modernism is a clear way to define the brand. It challenges norms and embraces cleanliness and simplicity over ornamental design. Modernism plays a major role in what the brand stands for and continually inspires my approach to design.”
The result is a fresh, original-looking watch with a pared-back dial that does away with conventional hands.
Instead, time is presented as efficiently as possible via four concentric disks. The first at the center is marked with a single hash mark for the minutes, while the circle on the next ring tracks the hour. To create a depth of field, the indexes are cleverly marked on the underside of the flat sapphire crystal instead of on the dial. On this latest edition, you see the effect magnified as the indexes cast shadows on the pure white dial, depending on the angle and surrounding light.
The third disk displays the 24-hour scale, half of which are marked out in white numerals for day and black ones for night. They are fringed by the last disk displaying names of 24 cities around the world.
“The white dial brings the design language back to its purest form,” says Walters. “The use of white emphasizes legibility, openness and precision, allowing the world-time display to be clear and present, inviting the wearer to see the world with clarity.”
“Singapore” is highlighted in red on the city disk, an intentional detail created to honor the partnership and collaboration between Revolution and Alterum.
Two crowns sit at 2 and 4 o’clock, slightly recessed into the case and bearing a white line and the Alterum logo respectively. The former lets you set the bidirectional city disk while the latter winds the watch and sets the time.
Its stainless steel case with integrated bracelet carry a similar minimalist aesthetic, shorn of decoration save for the stepped bezel with polished bevels and the engraved lines on the lugs and links. Both case and bracelet are vapor-blasted for a softer, more contemporary finish, juxtaposed against its sleek angular lines.
To ensure quality, Walters partnered with Swiss specialist manufacturer Roventa-Henex, one of Switzerland’s most renowned ‘white label’ watch factories that manufactures timepieces for some of the biggest and most famous brands in the world.
Alterum Worldtimer Horizon
At 38.5mm, it wears well for both genders and as the links are connected by screws, they can be easily adjusted to fit different wrist sizes. It is powered by the automatic Sellita SW330-2 GMT, a reliable workhorse with 56 hours of power reserve and one that can be easily serviced.
The Alterum Worldtimer Horizon is available in a limited edition of 100 pieces, it is priced at CHF 2,850, excluding taxes. For enquiries, email [email protected].
