friends & family pre-series

The debut output from Kollokium. This is where it all begins – and maybe ends. We’ll see. Uninspiringly dubbed K,P–n°01 (Kollokium Projekt 01), Kollokium’s first release aims to
immediately and unabashedly lay down the foundation for future projects.
The Kollokium Projekt 01 "friends & family" is a closed pre-series of 99 pieces that was offered to friends and family of the three founders. The first iteration of Projekt 01 will be released in spring 2024.

Projekt 01 - Specs.

+Case in die-cast 316L steel (no CNC machining) with two-part construction and valve-shaped crown
+38.5mm case diameter, 40mm caseback diameter, 10.6mm case height w/crystal
+Bezel-less construction with cylindrical sapphire “glass box” crystal
+Matte black dial set with 468 hand-applied and hand-painted cylindrical markers (in 6 different heights and diameter) with orange emission Super-LumiNova
+La Joux-Perret G101 automatic movement with 68 hours power reserve
+Elastic textile strap with hook fastening system
+Friends & Family pre-series limited to 99 examples
+Price: CHF 2'666.66

//NEUBRUTALIST HOROLOGY

A bit of post-war brutalism, some Kraftwerk synth-pop and a Philip K. Dick retro-futuristic backdrop. For Kollokium projects, it’s not so much about defining a style, but about capturing and conveying a mood.
Some elements might seem familiar, though likely not things you would have encountered in a timepiece. It may appear simple enough on a first glance, but the closer you look, the more details begin to jump out at you. The textures. The depth. The contrast. The interplay of light and dark; of industrial and fantastical. The emphasis on graphics. The controlled chaos. If traditional watchmaking is a classical opera, Kollokium is a gritty sci-fi noir.
Kollokium was founded in 2020 by three friends. After having collectively spent a lifetime contributing to the creations (and creativity) of numerous watch brands, Manuel Emch, Barth Nussbaumer and Amr Sindi’s mutual desire to build something from scratch became too strong to ignore. To create with no established or inherited framework. No existing brand, no defined artistic direction, no rehashed history, no constraints. The freedom to truly, fully manifest objects they envision without the compromises of structure.