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Designing the Meridian GMT

From a blank dial to a travel-ready sport watch — the colour studies, the bezel geometry and the decision to keep it to a single, numbered release.

Min butik· July 24, 2026

A GMT complication is, at its core, a promise — that you can carry one place with you while standing in another. The Meridian GMT was born from the idea that a travel watch should feel less like an instrument and more like a companion.

The starting point

Most GMT watches lean heavily on their bezel. We wanted the dial to do the talking. The metallic blue sunburst was chosen because it shifts — deep navy in low light, bright cobalt in sun — and that shift mirrors the way time itself changes character when you're crossing zones.

The bezel should feel like a tool. The dial should feel like a place.

The bezel

The two-tone blue and orange rotating bezel isn't decorative. The orange quadrant marks the hours between six and nine — the stretch where, on a long-haul flight, you're most likely to lose track. A small kindness, built into the geometry.

What's next

The Meridian GMT is part of our launch collection, available in a steel case with an oyster-style bracelet. A second reference with a blacked-out dial is in development.

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