Lundis Bleus 1100 watches

The Lundis Bleus Ref. 1100 is a 40 mm steel three-hand watch with a date, and it was the first line from a brand founded by two watchmakers whose careers took in La Joux Perret, Richard Mille and Corum. The name means Blue Mondays, after the 19th-century habit among watchmakers of taking Monday off to drink, a day they felt their long hours of skilled work had earned.

The case is built in two parts. The lugs and the screw-on caseback are one piece, and they wrap around the polished, bowl-shaped middle case without touching it, leaving a deliberate gap you can see from the side. The lug tops are brushed. The case measures 11 mm thick including a box sapphire crystal that steps up at the edge and domes over the dial, and it runs 46 mm from lug to lug. The lugs take a 19 mm strap. The display back is tinted dark blue under a polished version of the brand's logo, which is drawn from the alcohol molecule.

Inside is a Miyota 9015 that the brand regulates itself, changing the date discs and pad-printing the rotors. The dial has two levels: a coarsely textured centre, and a radially brushed upper ring carrying an applied logo at 12, thin applied baton markers and a printed minute track. The date sits in a round window just above 6. There is no lume, and water resistance is 3 ATM.

The references differ in colour, and each name gives the dial first, then the markers. The 1100-01 is silver on silver, the 1100-04 silver with rose, the 1100-02 grey with silver, the 1100-05 grey with rose, and the 1100-03 and 1100-06 pair a rose dial with rose and silver markers. On the 1100-04 the applied batons are rose-gold plated and the hands and date-window surround are rose gold to match, and the date disc is customised for each version.