Kollokum Projekt 01 – Variant E2, a very limited series of 250 pieces only, and sold out globally in less than 5 minutes of its release.
The most brutalist iteration of Projekt 01
After the initial three variants featured black dials with different second hands and lume emission colors, it was time to go deeper and darker. Variant E2 features a subtle contrast between the grey dial with blue emission Super-LumiNova and black applied pins. The E2 version features fluorescent yellow hour and minute hands filled with the same lume as the dial, with a black seconds hand.
The Dial
A work of transhumanism. Lo-fi yet three-dimensional. Is it one of those pin art boards from the 80s? A graphical representation of a ripple? A miniature cityscape? The dial is actually a 3D reconstruction of an intentionally pixelated image rendered by Adobe Illustrator. If you squint your eyes, you can clearly make out 12 “maxi” hour markers, with batons for the cardinal hours and circles for the others.
Set with 468 individually hand-applied cylindrical hour markers (is that a world record?), which come in six different diameters and heights. Each of these cylinders is sandblasted then treated with black PVD, then filled with grey paint with Super-LumiNova that glows with a blue emission.
With so many elements on the dial, ensuring easy readability was factored into the equation very early on in the genesis of Projekt-01. Almost like an optical illusion, the oblong-shaped hour and minute hands are black with Super-LumiNova outlines, seemingly floating above the dial. And while there is no visible branding on the dial, there is a little signature of sorts. The second hand features an open triangle counterweight, as if it were a single strip of metal that was bent into form.
The Case
There’s beauty in rawness and imperfection. And that’s precisely what Kollokium wanted to convey through Projekt-01, starting with the case.
Without trying hard to be outlandish for edginess’ sake, the case is literally crafted like no other watch out there. Forged from 316L stainless steel, the case is not made using typical milling and machining processes at all, though the process is in fact industrial and rather old-school: die casting steel. Why? Well, because they said it couldn’t be done. And because the desired result was one where the case would boast practically no finishing or embellishment, and instead feature a uniform, industrial heavy duty steel tool-like appearance with a specific texture that can only be produced when injecting molten steel into a cast form.
It’s neither matte nor frosty, but somewhere in between. And as rough as it looks, it’s unexpectedly soft to the touch. Because of the die-casting process, the edges and angles are slightly rounded off, while the steel has a surface that is neither entirely matte nor sparkly.
It’s simply die-cast steel in all its industrial glory – and quite the antithesis to the neatly polished and delicately satin-brushed finishes you’d find in just about every other watch.
The Movement
The Projekt 01 houses Swiss movement manufacturer La Joux-Perret’s G101 automatic movement with a power reserve of 68 hours, so you can take it off on Friday and wear it again on Monday, without having to worry about the watch running out of the power reserve.
Condition Statement
The timepiece is offered in brand new, unworn and unused condition and comes as a complete set as delivered from Kollokium, with the balance of factory warranty.
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