ochs und junior Annual Calendar

For those familiar with Watch Vault, you’re probably aware of our adoration for ochs und junior.

If you're not familiar with ochs und junior, they operate on an ethos of radical simplicity, creating amazing complications with as few moving parts as possible. Backed by the amazing brain that is Ludwig Oechslin, they're simply some of the coolest watches in the world. They're also easy to service, comfortable, and extremely limited in production. Each watch can be fully customised and custom built, and can also be modified post-sale at any point in the future which makes them endlessly versatile and interesting.

As it's name suggests, this particular piece houses their astonishing Annual Calendar complication, using only an additional 3 components over the base ETA movement to achieve this; incredible. Being so simple in design ,all operations are executed via the crown. No need for pesky pushers.

They make about 40 of these Annual Calendar pieces a year, so you’re unlikely to bump into someone at your local watch meet with the same watch, and given the endless customisation, even if you do, it’ll probably be quite different!

This particular example is presented in their Brass execution, with brass dial, date disk, day disk and month disk with the rest being formed in their patina finish. It’s housed in a 42mm titanium case machined by the same company which produces the Titanium components for the Sauber F1 team, and powered by a modified ETA 2824 meaning easy servicing and reliability.

Condition is excellent. There's a few light marks on the case, some rub marks on the case back, and some strap change marks near the rear of the lugs. Looks to have been worn fairly carefully. The dial has some darker patina spots that have developed which you get with naturally formed dials with no finishing. See images for full details.

For those familiar with ochs und junior, you'll know that then aren't accompanied with large boxes or cases in the pursuit of simplification, and ship attached to cardboard or in a travel case. This piece ships in the original leather pouch provided, and also comes with a second dark brown leather ochs strap in addition to the near-new strap fitted recently by the previous owner.

An absolute classic ochs execution, and one of our very favourite independent watches.

Brand: ochs und junior

Model #: Annual Calendar

Case Material: Titanium

Strap: ochs brown leather - short

Case details: 42mm x 11mm

Movement: ETA 2824-2 automatic base modified by ochs und junior

Dial: Brass

Hands: Patina

Paraphernalia: ochs und junior travel case and dark brown ochs strap

TZ Grading: Excellent

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