Back in December, we told you about one of the most curious projects to come across our desks in a long time. A new watch from a new brand, Kollokium, began making the rounds on social media and the watch-internet in the days and weeks following Dubai Watch Week. Everything about it seemed almost intentionally mysterious and vague, and their marketing materials, if you could even call them that, pointed to the watch?s so limited it?s impossible to buy friends and family run, and didn?t even guarantee a second installment. Obviously, this worked hugely in Kollokium?s favor, and watch enthusiasts with adventurous taste have been anxiously anticipating a follow up. Now it?s here, the aptly titled Variant ?B?. 

A brief refresher on Kollokium for those who need it: it?s the brainchild of Manuel Emch, Barth Nussbaumer, and Amr Sindi, three watch industry veterans who each come from a different side of the larger watch world. Emch will be familiar to many as the CEO of Louis Erard, and has guided that brand to new heights in the last several years with a string of popular limited editions and smart collaborations. Nussbaumer might be less well known by name, but is someone you?ve almost certainly encountered through his watch designs – he?s worked for many brands over the years, including TAG Heuer, Hautlence, Peterman Bedat, Jaquet Droz, and many others. And Sindi is better known by his Instagram alias @thehorophile, one of our favorite spots to look at great pho...