A1 Prehistoric

The A1 Prehistoric recreates the beauty of early human tools, such as arrowheads and hand axes.I have always been drawn to them for their primal energy — the way you can feel every violent incision of the human hand, every brutal scar left thousands of years ago. The A1 Prehistoric begins with the essential, sculptural form of the A1 and collides it with the force of the human hand.Each stainless steel case and buckle is hand-chiselled over the course of five hours by Steven Brunel, a traditional French engraver whose work has been displayed at the Louvre. Brunel works from a remote workshop in Mornand-en-Forez, a village of 500 inhabitants in the Loire region of France. The dial receives the same artisanal treatment. Each line of the sunburst pattern, approximately 600 in total, is individually cut by hand into the brass dial base. It is then finished in a deep anthracite colour, evoking the monochromatic appearance of early human tools made from stone and flint. Case material: 316L stainless steel Case diameter: 39mm x 39mm (wears like 37mm, due unique shape & lack of lugs) Lug to lug: 45mm Thickness: 9.45mm (wears thinner, due to the bottom 3mm curving inwards) Lug width: 20mm Glass: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating Dial finish: All-lume White Dial Movement: Swiss automatic Sellita SW100 Power reserve: 42 hours Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 meters / 164 feet Strap: Grained Italian Leather Warranty: 2 years Made in Switzerland