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The Aquascaphe MK2 39.5mm fits my 16.5mm wrist perfectly. The rice grain strap is truly stunning. It lacks micro-adjustment capabilities. The warm white dial in the MK2 version, along with the printed hour markers on the dial and bezel, makes reading the time instantaneous. The lume is excellent, with Super-LumiNova on the hands, the 12 o'clock marker, and the bezel.

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Founded in 2017 by &Eacute;tienne Malec and his partners, Baltic is a French watch brand that quickly established itself on the international scene thanks to its neo-vintage inspired watches. Combining classic design and modern know-how, Baltic offers timepieces that appeal to both novices and experienced collectors.
<h3 dir="ltr">Origins and Foundation</h3>
The history of Baltic finds its roots in &Eacute;tienne Malec's passion for watchmaking, inherited from her father, photographer and watch collector. After the latter's premature death, &Eacute;tienne discovers a suitcase containing a hundred watches as well as a journal detailing each piece of his father's collection. This discovery awakened in him a deep interest in mechanical watches and encouraged him to create his own brand. The name "Baltic" pays homage to his family's Polish origins, evoking the Baltic Sea.
<h3 dir="ltr">Launch and Initial Success</h3>
In 2017, Baltic launched on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform with two flagship models: the Baltic HMS 001, a three-hand watch, and the Baltic Bicompax 001, a chronograph with two counters. These watches, inspired by designs from the 1940s, are distinguished by their refined aesthetic and contemporary dimensions. The campaign was a resounding success, allowing the young brand to make a place for itself in the world of watchmaking.
<h3 dir="ltr">Philosophy and Design</h3>
Baltic takes a "neo-vintage" approach, combining classic aesthetic elements with modern manufacturing techniques. The watches are designed in Paris and assembled in Besan&ccedil;on, the cradle of French watchmaking. The brand focuses on transparency regarding the origin of its components: the pieces are mainly made in Hong Kong, while the bracelets come from Italy. This organization allows Baltic to offer high quality watches at affordable prices.
<h3 dir="ltr">Main Collections</h3>
Notable Baltic collections include:
Baltic Aquascape: Launched in 2018, this diver's watch is inspired by models from the 1960s. Water-resistant up to 200 meters, it combines robustness and elegance, with details such as a unidirectional bezel and a double-domed sapphire crystal.
Baltic MR01: Presented in 2021, the MR01 is a manual-winding watch with a micro-rotor movement. Its refined design, with a grained dial and applied Breguet numerals, gives it a sophisticated look. This model quickly won over the public and found itself out of stock shortly after its launch.
Baltic Prismic: This collection is distinguished by its semi-precious stone dials, offering unique variations to each piece. The models feature stones such as green jade, red agate or blue lapis lazuli, paying homage to big cities like New York, London and Paris.
Baltic Hermetic: Launching in 2023, this versatile watch is ideal for everyday wear. Its 37mm diameter case is made of 316L stainless steel with water resistance up to 150m. Its integrated crown offers comfort and style, allowing the watch to be worn on the left or right wrist, as desired. The diversity of dial colors makes this collection attractive to the greatest number of people.
<h3 dir="ltr">Engagement et Perspectives</h3>
Baltic is committed to offering quality watches, combining vintage aesthetics and contemporary watchmaking techniques. The brand favors direct distribution via its website and showrooms, particularly in Paris, London and New York, allowing a privileged relationship with its customers. This approach allows it to offer timepieces with attractive value for money, while remaining attentive to the feedback and expectations of watch enthusiasts.
In less than a decade, Baltic has forged a strong identity in the watchmaking landscape, seducing with its authentic creations and its respect for watchmaking traditions, while integrating modern innovations. The brand continues to expand its range, exploring new designs and complications, while remaining true to its neo-vintage DNA.
Baltic is part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">ranking of the most popular French watch brands</a>.
Get inspired by Dialicious owners reviews to choose the Baltic watch that suits you and find out <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/baltic/why_customers_choose_baltic">why watch enthusiasts choose Baltic</a>?
(Updated March 2025)

La marque&nbsp;Serica a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;e en 2019 par J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Burget et 3 amis &agrave; Paris, en France. Le nom Serica vient d'une r&eacute;gion perdue au bout de l'Extr&ecirc;me-Orient que les Grecs et les Romains avaient baptis&eacute;e ainsi. Ce lieu fait &eacute;cho &agrave; la gen&egrave;se de la marque, qui vise &agrave; concevoir des montres m&eacute;caniques de qualit&eacute; au style n&eacute;or&eacute;tro, pr&ecirc;tes &agrave; vous suivre aux confins du monde.
La gamme comprend des montres telles que la <a title="Page Serica 4512" href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/4512">Serica 4512</a>, la <a title="Page Serica 5303" href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/5303">Serica 5303</a> et la <a title="Page Serica 8315 GMT Chronom&egrave;tre" href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/8315">Serica 8315</a>. L'une des particularit&eacute;s de cette marque est que son nom n'appara&icirc;t nulle part sur le cadran, afin de pousser le passionn&eacute; &agrave; acheter un design, des finitions et des proportions, et pas seulement un nom. En juillet 2023, Serica a lanc&eacute; la Serica 5303 COSC une version chronom&egrave;tre certifi&eacute;e par le Contr&ocirc;le Officiel Suisse des Chronom&egrave;tres.
Leur avant-dernier mod&egrave;le est la <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/6190">Serica 6190</a> surfant sur les bases de la 1&egrave;re r&eacute;f&eacute;rence de la marque, la Serica 4512. Cette 6190 &eacute;pouse les codes stylistiques de la marque, des anses lyres, un choix de cadrans diff&eacute;rents et la possibilit&eacute; de choisir la position de la couronne &agrave; 3 heures ou en mode "Destro" &agrave; 9 heures. Cette Serica 6190 est &eacute;quip&eacute; du calibre Soprod M100 certifi&eacute; COSC (Contr&ocirc;le Officiel Suisse des Chronom&egrave;tres) &agrave; l'intar des productions actuelles des autres mod&egrave;les 5303 et 8315.&nbsp;
La Serica Parade est quand &agrave; elle une collection audacieuse lanc&eacute;e en novembre 2024...&nbsp;Une montre habill&eacute;e sortant des sentiers battus nomm&eacute;e "Parade" sous la r&eacute;f&eacute;rence 1174. Ces 4 chiffres, comme toutes les autres r&eacute;f&eacute;rences Serica, propose une symbolique issue du nombre d'or ou divines proportions dont le ratio entre la longeur et la largeur sont de 1,174... Une montre tr&egrave;s &eacute;l&eacute;gante propos&eacute;e &agrave; 1,490 &euro;.
Mars 2026 est une date importante avec le lancement d'une nouveaut&eacute; attendue par les collectionneurs... Enfin une Serica avec la fonction Date. La&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/5330">Serica 5330</a> reprend les codes de la 5303 avec de multiples &eacute;volutions esth&eacute;tiques permettant d'int&eacute;grant le guichet date tout en subtilit&eacute;, comme Serica nous en donn&eacute; l'habitude. Patience, les pr&eacute;-commandes viennent d'ouvrir pour une 1&egrave;re livraison pr&eacute;vue d&eacute;but mai 2026, au prix de 1,690 &euro;.
L'ann&eacute;e 2026 ne s'est pas arr&ecirc;t&eacute;e l&agrave;, avec lancement en Mai d'une <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/7505">nouvelle collection Serica nomm&eacute;e 7505</a>&nbsp;et proposant une d&eacute;clinaison de la filed watch 6190 dans un format plus petit en 35mm, plus adapt&eacute; aux petits poignets. Serice ne fait rien &agrave; la l&eacute;g&egrave;re et accompagne cette nouvelle collection d'un nouveau bracelet Bonklip plus robuste. Le signe de la maturit&eacute; pour la marque qui r&eacute;pond ainsi &agrave; une demance clairement exprim&eacute;e par ses clients.
<h2>Quel est le prix d'une montre Serica ?</h2>
Les prix des montres Serica &eacute;voluent et diff&eacute;rent selon les mod&egrave;les. La plupart co&ucirc;tent entre 990 &euro; et 1,890 &euro; selon les mod&egrave;les et finitions. Le mod&egrave;le GMT de la marque, Serica 8315 GMT Chronom&egrave;tre co&ucirc;te 1,890 &euro; tandis que le dernier mod&egrave;le lanc&eacute; par Serica, la r&eacute;f&eacute;rence <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/serica/6190">6190</a> est propos&eacute;e &agrave; 990 &euro;.
Serica est ind&eacute;pendante et produit environ 5,000 montres par an, tous mod&egrave;les confondus. Serica fait partie du <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_francaises">Top 10 des marques de montres fran&ccedil;aises les plus populaires</a>, ainsi que du <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_micro_marques_de_montres">Classement des meilleures micro-marques de montres</a>. Pour choisir le mod&egrave;le Serica qui vous correspond le mieux,&nbsp;les avis clients Dialicious sont une ressource essentielle pour &eacute;valuer les diff&eacute;rents mod&egrave;les &agrave; travers l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients
(Mise &agrave; jour Novembre 2024)

The brand&nbsp;Serica was created in 2019 by J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Burget and 3 friends in Paris, France. The name Serica comes from a lost region at the end of the Far East that the Greeks and Romans named it like this. This place echoes the genesis of the brand, which aims to design quality mechanical watches in a neo-retro style, ready to follow you to the ends of the world.
The range includes watches such as the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/4512">Serica 4512</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/5303">Serica 5303</a> and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/8315">Serica 8315</a>. One of the particularities of this brand is that its name does not appear anywhere on the dial, in order to encourage the enthusiast to buy a design, finishes and proportions, and not just a name. In July 2023, Serica launched the Serica 5303 COSC, a chronometer version certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute.
The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/6190">Serica 6190</a> surfing on the bases of the brand's first reference, the Serica 4512. This 6190 follows the stylistic codes of the brand, lyre lugs, a choice of different dials and the possibility of choosing the position of the crown at 3 o'clock or at &ldquo;Destro&rdquo; mode at 9 o&rsquo;clock. This Serica 6190 is powered with the Soprod M100 caliber COSC (Official Swiss Chronometer Certification) certified, like the current productions of the other 5303 and 8315 models.&nbsp;
The Serica Parade is a bold collection launched in November 2024... A dress watch that breaks the mold, named &ldquo;Parade&rdquo; and bearing the reference number 1174. These four digits, like all other Serica reference numbers, embody the symbolism of the golden ratio&mdash;or divine proportions&mdash;where the ratio of length to width is 1.174... A very elegant watch priced at &euro;1,490.
March 2026 is an important mark with the launch date of a new model eagerly awaited by collectors... Finally, a Serica with a date function. The <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/5330">Serica 5330</a> builds on the design of the 5303 with numerous aesthetic updates that allow for the date window to be seamlessly integrated, as we&rsquo;ve come to expect from Serica. Be patient&mdash;pre-orders have just opened for a first shipment scheduled for early May 2026, priced at &euro;1,690.
But 2026 didn&rsquo;t stop there: in May, the brand launched <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/7505">a new Serica collection called 7505</a>, featuring a smaller 35mm version of the 6190 watch, better suited for slimmer wrists. Serice doesn&rsquo;t do anything halfheartedly, and has paired this new collection with a new, more robust Bonklip strap. This marks a sign of maturity for the brand, which is thus responding to a demand clearly expressed by its customers.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does a Serica watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Serica watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between &euro; 990 and &euro; 1,890 depending on the models and finishes. The brand's GMT model, Serica 8315 GMT Chronometer costs &euro; 1,890 while the latest model launched by Serica, the reference&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/6190">6190</a> is offered to &euro; 990.
Serica is independent and produces around 5,000 watches per year, all models combined. Serica is part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://preprod.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">Top 10 most popular French watch brands</a>, as well as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_micro_watch_brands">ranking the best micro watch brands</a>. To choose the Serica model that best suits you, <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/5303">Serica 5303 reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/4512">Serica 4512 reviews</a>, <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/6190">Serica 6190 reviews</a> or <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/serica/8315">Serica 8315 reviews</a> are an #1 resource for evaluating different models through real customer experience.
(Updated December 2025)

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