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A watch I don't wear very often, but I appreciate its simplicity, efficiency, and distinctly diver-watch feel.

Its main appeal, in my opinion, is its magnificent blue dial, with shades that change dramatically depending on the light, giving it a truly unique character.

I much prefer it on its rubber strap, which enhances its sporty, rugged look and suits it particularly well. The original steel bracelet appeals to me less, as I find it too shiny.



Yema Superman 500 Mysterious Blue

Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Black Matte

Even though it's the second watch in my collection, it's truly the one that introduced me to the world of watchmaking and sparked my passion.

As an aviation enthusiast, I was immediately drawn to its design, inspired by cockpit instruments: a square case, a black dial, excellent legibility, and no frills. Its black ceramic case further enhances its technical, robust, and distinctive character, giving it an instantly recognizable identity.

With my 17 cm wrist, its 42 mm diameter and especially its square case are still quite imposing, which is why I don't wear it very often these days.

But it holds a special sentimental value. I could hardly part with it.



Bell & Ross Br 03-92 Black Matte

In 2021, I chose this Tudor for its sporty spirit, with its successful blend of the Black Bay dive watch aesthetic and chronograph features.

I particularly like its highly legible black dial, its steel bezel, and its robust look, which give it plenty of character without being ostentatious. The chronograph and date functions also make it a complete and functional timepiece.



Tudor Black Bay Heritage Chrono

Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLNR — acquired in June 2023

Purchased without any particular occasion, simply on a whim, this GMT-Master II is, for me, a rugged, versatile, and extremely comfortable watch.

I particularly love its black and blue bezel, which gives it character while remaining discreet enough to be worn in any situation.

It's a watch you can take everywhere, whether traveling or for everyday wear, with a real sense of robustness and quality.

Ultimately, it's quite simple: I find it hard to find a fault with it. It does everything well, without ever overdoing it.

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Serica 6190 California — acquired in December 2024

I am particularly fond of Serica and its philosophy. I love this young French brand for its independent approach to watchmaking: offering watches with a true identity, designed to be worn and used, without seeking to display status or a prestigious logo.

This 6190 California perfectly embodies what I appreciate about Serica. Its California dial, blending Roman and Arabic numerals, immediately gives it a very strong personality, while maintaining excellent legibility and a true tool watch feel.

Being left-handed, I also chose this version with the crown positioned at 9 o'clock. It's an interesting detail. Beyond comfort, it further reinforces the atypical and personal character of this watch.

I also greatly appreciate its restrained proportions of 37.7 mm, its clean design, and its very distinctive metal bracelet. It's a compact, robust watch that is extremely comfortable to wear every day.

What I love most about it is that it's unlike any other. It has a strong identity without being ostentatious. A watch for enthusiasts, discreet to those unfamiliar with it, but immediately captivating to anyone interested in watchmaking.

A brand I'm a true fan of, and probably one of the watchmaking philosophies that resonates with me most.

Serica 6190 California

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 — acquired for my 45th birthday

This Oyster Perpetual represents, for me, the essence of Rolex's simplest and most effective designs. No superfluous complications, no date display, excellent legibility, and a watch that can be worn in any situation, whether with a casual or formal outfit.

I specifically chose this version for its green dial, an iconic Rolex color, both original and timeless. Combined with the steel case and the Oyster Perpetual's clean lines, it adds just the right touch of personality to an otherwise understated timepiece.

But my choice is primarily linked to a special memory: my best friend and I bought the same watch to mark our 45th birthdays. Beyond the watch itself, it symbolizes a long friendship and a moment we wanted to celebrate together.

A simple, robust, and versatile Rolex, made to be worn without a second thought. Probably one of the easiest watches to live with in my collection.

OP 41 intemporal vert

Kurono Tokyo is a Japanese watch brand founded in 2019 by independent master watchmaker Hajime Asaoka. The brand's objective is to offer high-quality mechanical watches, combining refined design with financial accessibility, while highlighting traditional Japanese aesthetics.
<h3 dir="ltr">Brand Philosophy</h3>
Kurono Tokyo stands out for its commitment to bringing luxury watches to a wider audience, without compromising quality or craftsmanship. Each model is designed by Hajime Asaoka himself, reflecting his Art Deco aesthetic and meticulous attention to detail. The watches are made in Japan, guaranteeing exceptional quality and recognized reliability.
<h3 dir="ltr">Key collections</h3>
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Kurono Anniversary Reiwa The Anniversary Reiwa is a watch celebrating the brand's fifth anniversary. It features a two-tone dial, with a lacquered black center and a lapis green metallic outer border, inspired by the beauty of Lake Ruri-Numa in Japan. This intricate design reflects the brand's commitment to traditional Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship.
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Kurono GMT 1 The GMT 1 is the first GMT complication watch from Kurono Tokyo. It's designed for the business traveler, with a sleek design suited to professional attire. This watch was a finalist at the 2023 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix in the &ldquo;Challenge&rdquo; category, attesting to its international recognition.
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Kurono Chronograph II The Chronograph II is an automatic chronograph that combines classic design and modern functionality. Its dial features subtly integrated subdials, providing clear reading and a balanced aesthetic. This watch illustrates Kurono Tokyo's commitment to offering horological complications while maintaining a refined aesthetic.
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<h3 dir="ltr">Design and aesthetics</h3>
Kurono Tokyo watches are characterized by an Art Deco aesthetic, with clean lines and sophisticated details. Dials often feature lacquered or guilloch&eacute; finishes, reflecting light elegantly. The cases, usually made of stainless steel, feature high-quality polished finishes, providing noticeable presence on the wrist while remaining comfortable.
<h3 dir="ltr">Movements and performance</h3>
Kurono Tokyo watches are equipped with reliable Japanese mechanical movements. For example, the Anniversary Reiwa model uses the Miyota 90S5 caliber, an automatic movement known for its precision and durability. The GMT 1 features a "True GMT" GMT movement, allowing independent adjustment of the local hour hand, ideal for frequent travelers.
<h3 dir="ltr">Accessibility and exclusivity</h3>
Although Kurono Tokyo aims to make luxury watches more accessible, the brand maintains a certain exclusivity by producing limited series. This approach ensures careful attention to detail and high quality for each piece, while providing collectors with unique and sought-after watches.
<h3 dir="ltr">Conclusion</h3>
Kurono Tokyo, under the leadership of Hajime Asaoka, has successfully combined traditional Japanese craftsmanship with contemporary designs, bringing high-quality mechanical watches to a wider audience. Each model reflects a deep appreciation of Japanese aesthetics and a commitment to horological excellence, making Kurono Tokyo a respected and coveted brand in the world of watchmaking.
(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)

I chose this Kurono Tokyo Sensu N.O.S. for its modest 38mm diameter, elegant proportions, and beautiful cream dial. I was also drawn to its rarity, with a very limited production run, but above all, by the fact that it was designed by Hajime Asaoka, a renowned Japanese master watchmaker. An original, refined, and rather exclusive timepiece that brings something unique to my collection.

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