SpotlightVintage Meets Adventure: The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40MM Bronze Anthracite
The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite is a limited-edition, vintage-inspired watch, featuring a bronze case, an anthracite dial, and practical features like a second time zone and date display
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Embracing the joy of outdoor adventures, Norqain based their whole identity on their logo’s mountain peak motif. The Swiss watch brand are known for their rugged and durable watches designed specifically for daring escapades. This is evident in the forms and functions of their iterations that promise robust construction, significant water resistance, adventure-inspired aesthetics, and practical features such as chronographs and compass functions. Their Freedom 60 collection is a line-up of sturdy sports watches, hosting some of the most accessible high-frequency chronographs and GMT references. Joining the collection this year is the newest Freedom 60 GMT, which takes forward the vintage-inspired design of these sporty timepieces. Evoking the aesthetics of the 60s, the Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite is a limited edition of 300 pieces. While the golden-black look of the watch gives it a classic appeal, its chronometer automatic movement proves its modern-day engineering, featuring a second time zone with a jumping hour feature to easily set the local time and change the date forwards and backwards.
Conquer The Great Outdoors: The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40MM Bronze Anthracite
The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite features a polished and satin-finished bronze case on the top and a stainless steel caseback with a bronze PVD coating. The limited-edition watch features an engraved and satin-finished bronze plate on the left side of the case, etched with ‘Norqain’. Just like with other Norqain watches, the wearer can customise the engraving on the plate.
Water-resistant up to 100m, the bronze case is equipped with a screw-down crown with the Norqain logo and packs an open case back featuring the engraving ‘Limited Edition One of 300’, coupled with a scratch-resistant sapphire glass. A double anti-reflective, scratch-resistant, and box-type sapphire glass on top protects the domed dial, which is executed in anthracite with a sunray finish.
The dial side of the Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite offers great attention to detail. The gold Norqain logo on the anthracite dial gives a lively contrast to the watch face, whereas the sandblasted flat GMT hand in bronze colour with a red tip makes it even more suave. While the second time zone with a 24-hour indication in midnight black and white ring adds more depth to the vintage shades of the watch, the sandblasted flat indexes, central second hand, and faceted hour and minute hands in bronze unify its vintage-inspired colour palette. A date window also appears at three o’clock.
Complementing the watch, Norqain offer a choice between a black perlon rubber strap or an ebony alcantara strap.
A Reliable GMT Movement
Powering the Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite is the GMT manufacture Calibre NN20/2 movement by Kenissi—a Swiss manufacture for high-performance mechanical movements. This automatic movement enables the second time zone function with a jumping hour. Featuring a patented clutch system, the Calibre NN20/2 allows the date to be changed at any time without compromising the timekeeping mechanics. This COSC-certified engine beats at a frequency of 28,800vph and delivers a 70-hour power reserve.
The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Anthracite sits on the wrist, serving as a reminder that exploration drives progress and understanding of our world. It emphasises a spirit of exploration and adventure in a package that is both functional and stylish.
The Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40MMBronze Anthracite in a nutshell
- Case: 40mm; polished, satin-finished bronze; steel case back with bronze PVD coating; up to 100m water resistance
- Functions and display: Second time zone with 24-hour indication in midnight black and white ring; date window; anthracite domed dial with sunray finish; indexes, hands with old radium Super-LumiNova®
- Movement: Norqain manufacture Calibre NN20/2 by Kenissi; COSC-certified; self-winding; 28,800vph; 70-hour power reserve
- Strap: Black perlon rubber or ebony alcantara
- Limited edition: 300 pieces
FAQs
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What are the key features that define the Norqain Freedom 60 collection?
The Norqain Freedom 60 collection hosts watches with time-and-date displays, as well as GMT and chronograph complications. The collection blends vintage aesthetics with robust functionality, making the Freedom 60 sports watches perfect for everyday wear and outdoor adventures. Featuring retro-styled dials and durable steel cases, these watches are built to last. Many iterations in the collection are COSC-certified for precision and include the signature Norqain plate that wearers can customise.
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What is a GMT watch?
A GMT watch lets you track two time zones simultaneously using an additional 24-hour hand and a separate time scale. It's perfect for travelers or anyone needing to monitor different time zones. The 24-hour scale helps distinguish between day and night in the second zone.
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What is the relevance of COSC Certification?
An COSC certified watch means that it features a high quality movement that can deliver exceptional timekeeping performance. This certification verifies a movement's accuracy, precision, and consistency. For a movement to receive the COSC certification, it is tested rigorously for chronometric precision, temperature variations, and performance in different orientations.
