It seems like Baltic, the increasingly high-profile indie watchmaker from Paris, can do no wrong. After a year of well-received, commercially rock-solid releases, the brand is kicking off 2024 with an entirely new collection:Â the Baltic Prismic.
Inspired by “geometric shapes and luminous refractions of the prism,” these 36mm Prismics are a pretty big departure from Baltic’s usual order of operations.
The brand is better known for its dive watches and vintage-inspired chronographs, but this collection gives enthusiasts yet another way to play; with its most intricately finished and visually specific run of timepieces yet.
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Even from the press images, you can immediately tell that these Prismic watches are a substantial departure in terms of colour alone. Available with purple, green, salmon, and greyish-blue dials, these tones serve as a prismatic springboard for the many features and design cues that you can see playing out.
The centered part is executed with a guilloché motif, and as your eye moves outward, you’ll catch sight of the radial brushed sector containing eight very interesting pyramid-shape indices. There are no precious gems in sight (at this price point, why would there be?) yet the array of metal finishes — variously consisting of engine-turning, polishing and chamfering — lend these Prismic watches a touch of icy extravagance.
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Collectors can choose to purchase these new Prismics on bracelets and/or leather straps; and even here it’s worth stopping to reflect. Somewhere between a mesh and beads-of-rice construction, the bracelets are in fact a serial reproduction of the style that was utilised for Baltic’s experimental perpetual calendar (released at Only Watch 2023).
Rounding out the stats deck is the watch’s movement: an ETA Peseux 7001, to which Baltic has applied its “top finishing.” One of the thinnest pre-fab Swiss movements available on the market, the Peseux 7001 solidifies the Prismic’s angle as an affordable dress watch with a radical design.
Baltic is already taking pre-orders for all four models and shall continue to do so until February 25th. Intriguingly, the first 100 pieces of the grey-blue variant will be numbered — so be sure to get in fast if that’s your sort of thing.
