It is a truth universally acknowledge in watchmaking that the more complicated the movement, the more high-tech the materials and the more complex the dial design, the higher the price tag. And that’s no bad thing, innovation requires expenditure. Then you see a something that turns all that thinking on its head. Code 41, the Swiss-based crowd-funded member-designed manufacture, is a brand known for breaking boundaries but, with the NB24, it created a timepiece to challenge convention. The Creator Edition sold out but it’s now back for a second edition.
Originally launched in January 2020,