Sprezzatura Automatic Watch — 40mm Steel Jubilee Bracelet

The Sprezzatura

Punctuality is a virtue. Nonchalance is an art.

The Sprezzatura takes its name from the Italian art of studied nonchalance — the effortless ease of a man who never appears to be trying. Its silver-white dial wears a quiet joke in cobalt script — “Who cares, I’m already late” — while the hour numerals scatter across the face as though time itself had loosened its tie. Beneath the humour sits a serious piece of engineering: a genuine automatic movement, wound by the motion of your wrist and visible through the exhibition caseback.

Specifications

• Movement: Automatic mechanical, self-winding — visible through the exhibition caseback
• Case material: Polished stainless steel with a fluted bezel
• Case diameter: 40mm
• Dial: Silver-white with hand-script lettering and scattered cobalt-blue numerals
• Date: Magnified date window at 3 o’clock
• Crystal: Hardened mineral glass, impact resistant
• Water resistance: 3ATM — splash and rain resistant
• Bracelet: Stainless steel five-link Jubilee with folding safety clasp

No Battery. Ever.

The Sprezzatura is a true automatic. There is no battery inside it — the movement winds itself from the natural motion of your wrist, and holds its charge for as long as you keep it on.

Turn it over and the exhibition caseback reveals the mechanism at work: the oscillating rotor, the jewelled bearings, the quiet choreography of a watch that lives because you do.

The Detail

Most watches take themselves very seriously. The Sprezzatura does not. The scattered numerals and the cobalt aside — “Who cares, I’m already late” — turn a classic dress-watch silhouette into something with a sense of humour, without giving up the fluted bezel, the Jubilee bracelet, or the presence of a proper mechanical piece.

How to Wear It

Dressed up, it undercuts a suit with a wink. Dressed down, it finishes a white tee and linen with the kind of ease you can’t rush. It is the watch for the man who is always, charmingly, a few minutes behind.

In the Box

• Sprezzatura Automatic Watch
• presentation box
• Microfiber cleaning cloth
• User manual
• Link removal tool, to adjust the bracelet at home