Zeitwinkel 39mm Midsize watches

The Zeitwinkel 39mm Midsize watches are the Saint-Imier brand's 39 mm steel models, sold under degree-style names: 081°, 082°, 083° and 188°. Zeitwinkel was founded in 2006 by three friends. The German name translates as "time angle", after a measure used to calculate true local time, and the workshop assembles about 100 watches a year by hand.

The 082° was first introduced in 2009. Its movement is the ZW0102, Zeitwinkel's own self-winding calibre, designed and built in Saint-Imier, with a three-quarter plate in untreated German silver, an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc that is harder than brass. It runs at 28,800 vibrations per hour on 30 jewels and holds about 72 hours of reserve. Zeitwinkel updated the 082° in late 2025 with a three-part dial and kept the ZW0102; the new version comes in 39 mm or 42.5 mm steel cases, 11.6 mm and 11.7 mm thick, with a screw-down crown with two O-rings and 50 m of water resistance.

The 39 mm watches share an 11.6 mm steel case with a sapphire crystal, so what separates them is the dial layout behind the name and the dial colour. The 188° moves the seconds to a small subdial. The models come with black, blue, silver or rhodium dials, and the 082° émail grand feu has a white enamel dial. The 032° Black is larger, with a 42.5 mm case and an 11.7 mm profile.