Some time every week in my planner is set aside to wander through the world of watches, looking for brands that I haven’t heard about yet. It is fascinating to realize that while already spending two decades in this industry, I still find brands that were previously unknown to me. A few months ago, Hvilina caught my attention. They were founded in 2014 with its main office in Warsaw, Poland, and has built quite a reputation for making stylish watches that are also pleasing to the horological heart. Over the years, this has resulted in quite a trophy cabinet that includes, among others, multiple NY Product Design Awards, iF Design Awards, and German Design Awards.

Hvilina’s latest creation is the Nomro Hybrid, a collection of six watches that are all powered by Seiko Epson caliber PX85A. This is an interesting movement as it is a so-called hybrid or kinetic, meaning that the motion of an oscillating weight is converted into electricity, which is used to power the quartz movement. Such a movement combined the precision and dependability of a battery-powered quartz movement with the heart and soul of a mechanical one. Hvilina most certainly doesn’t hide such an interesting movement behind a closed caseback but shows it in all its glory behind a colored yet transparent insert in the caseback.
According to Hvilina, the inspiration for this collection came from the world of cyberpunk, which represents nighttime skyscrapers and artificial neon light...