Oktopus Crazy Universe

The Oktopus Crazy Universe celebrates the brand’s coming of age by mastering Titanium Grade 5, an infamously challenging case material, with an intricate blend of satin, polished and microbillé finishing to create a stunning interplay of light reflections, heightening the photorealistic moons in the iconic in-house complication.

This timepiece is the second collaboration with master engraver Johnny Dowell. As with the Oktopus Reef that Dowell worked on, this new project saw him take an existing Linde Werdelin piece and transform it with a full-case engraving. While the Oktopus Reef depicted an underwater scene, the Oktopus Crazy Universe looked up for inspiration, getting lost amongst the stars.

The whole process, from designs to finished engraving, required up to 100 hours of craftsmanship. Adorning the case are drawings of the sun, various planets, including Earth, on the six o’clock facet, Mars, Saturn and Pluto, moons and shooting stars. The space theme is derived from the Oktopus moonphase complication, bringing the scene to life.

This is a made to order piece, please make an enquiry for the lead-time.

• Dial

  Five-layer skeletonised dial
  Réhaut and top dial: titanium colour, circular satin finish
  Lower dial: titanium colour, circular Côte de Genève finish
  Hands blued by heat treatment; polished; cool grey Luminova
  Large numerals 3, 9 and 12 in cool grey Luminova
  Cool grey hour and minute indexes with black frame
  Logo and logotype printed in blue Luminova
  Moonphase
  Photorealistic moon phases visible through aperture at 6 o’clock
  Circular perlage surface on metallic blue moon disc
  Red “0” indicates current moon phase; blue numbers indicate past and future moon phases

• Case

  Outer Case
  Three-part case construction; Titanium Grade 5; satin, polished and microbillé finishing
  Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on the inside
  Crown: Titanium Grade 5; screw-down; rough circular satin; engraved with an octopus icon
  Back Case
  Titanium Grade 5; engraved with a multi-layer octopus motif; circular satin finish
  Limited edition number laser engraved from 1 to 59
  Bezel
  Titanium Grade 5; satin on top surface; polished facet; microbillé in grooves
  Titanium screws with circular satin finish; blue tension discs

• Dimensions

  44mm (w) by 46mm (l) by 15mm (h)

• Movement

  Bespoke LW calibre with in-house photorealistic moonphase complication
  Power reserve: 44 hours
  Balance frequency: 28,800vph (4Hz)
  Jewels: 23

• Strap

  Interchangeable natural rubber strap, with titanium ardillion buckle

• Water Resistance

  300m