Brellum is an independent brand with fourth-generation Swiss watchmaker, Sebastien Muller, at the helm. Known for impressive design and build quality with mellow pricing, Brellum has just announced their Wyvern Manufacture LE.1 and .2, of which only 23 units will be sold of each. The LE.1 features a domed anthracite dial with steel markers and hands, the movement dressed up in steel and blued screws. The LE.2 builds a two-tone colorway onto a white opalin dial, with its movement?s main bridge coated in rose gold with steel screws and its balance wheel bridge coated in a matte opaline. Both watches will sell for 3,990 CHF (just under $4,000).At 42.5 millimeters across and 13 millimeters thick, this watch is on the large side for a dress watch, though these dimensions are not uncommonly big. It?s not the most unique looking watch at a quick glance, but the details tell another story. The rotated roman numerals at the nine and three o?clock positions, the lack of a date window, and the power reserve indicator mounted at five o?clock make for a classy set of quirks on the dial side.
The plot thickens around back. The movement employs a double-barrel mainspring mechanism that provides over five days of power reserve. Dubbed the BR-18 and boldly referred to as a ?manufacture,? it?s important to clarify that this is not, in fact, an in-house movement. The BR-18 is, rather, a modified Technotime hand wound movement. The main technical modification is a custom hairspring an...