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As the saying goes, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”. This chase for perfection is well exemplified by AkriviA and more specifically, its founder, Rexhep Rexhepi
Since the company was founded back in 2012, AkriviA has continuously proven itself to be uniquely different from the rest in terms of its mastery and craftsmanship. This can be clearly seen in its creations such as the Tourbillon Monopusher Chronograph and the Tourbillon Regulateur, all distinctively different with their own characteristics.
The AkriviA AK-06 is the first non-tourbillon watch of the AkriviA collection, showcasing its mechanical aspects from front to back.
At Baselworld 2017, AkriviA unveiled the much anticipated AK-06 which would be the first non-tourbillon watch of the AkriviA collection. The AK-06 was inspired by Rexhep’s belief that one of the most intimate moments is the act of winding the watch up, the part when human energy is literally “given” to the movement, bringing it to life.
In order to enhance that feeling, the AK-06 was designed in a way that exposes most if not all of the mechanical parts to the user, making it visually attractive especially when you start winding the watch to life. Also, exposing the movement entirely would place a great emphasis on good craftsmanship to ensure all details from the polishing of sinks to the anglage polishing of filed edges are well taken care of.
Case, Dial and Hands
The AkriviA AK-06 comes in a 41 mm case with several options ranging from Stainless Steel, Titanium, Rose Gold to Platinum, all depending on the user’s needs. On first look, the dial is strikingly pleasing with all the small details and unique layout of the components.
The dial surface of the AK-06 showcases the quality of finishing of each mechanical part as well as its beautiful layout.
One of the more noticeable features would be the round dial right underneath the AkriviA nameplate which is the power reserve indicator. The two part sub-dial contains an inner and outer ring and it rotates using a differential gearing to reveal the energy flow of the timepiece.
From a functional perspective, one of the more impressive features of the AK-06 is the inclusion of a combined stop seconds and seconds reset functionality. This combined functionality would help to ensure accuracy of the timepiece whereby the seconds hands would reset to “0” once the seconds stop running. This is not a commonly seen feature these days but is widely known to reduce inaccuracies through a complete reset of the seconds hand.
The AK-06 truly embodies AkriviA’s philosophy of mechanical purity in terms of top-class polishing work.
We would also like to highlight the exceptional finishing of the AK-06 where it truly embodies AkriviA’s philosophy of mechanical purity. To illustrate the quality of finishing, one would only need to take a detailed look at the movement to realize the amount of effort taken to achieve that level of finishing. For instance, the anglage created on the edges of all parts is rounded in a […]
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