Archimede Klassik watches

The Archimede Klassik is a collection from Archimede, the flagship watch brand of ICKLER, a family-owned case maker that Karl Ickler founded in Pforzheim in 1924. Every Archimede watch has an Ickler case made in the company's own Pforzheim works, and the Klassik family also takes in a chronograph, a guilloché special edition and a Doctor's Watch.

The core models are the Klassik 36, 39 and 42, named for their diameter in millimetres and 9.3, 9.9 and 9.8 mm thick respectively. Cases are steel under sapphire, with silver, black or brown dials on leather or suede straps; the 39 also comes on a steel bracelet (UA7969B-A3.3) or a mesh one (UA7969BM-A3.3). The 42 mm TwoTone (UA7929-A2.7, UA7929-A2.8) keeps the steel case but gives it two-tone hands and indexes, and also comes PVD-coated (UA7929-A2.1-SW, UA7929-A2.6-SW). Some Klassik 36 models carry a gold PVD coating over the steel (UA4929-A3.41-G5). The Klassik 42 Special Edition adds a coined-edge bezel, a domed sapphire crystal, a sunray or guilloché dial and an ETA 2824 with a special rotor, and is water resistant to 10 ATM.

The Klassik Chronograph shares the 42 mm diameter but is 13.6 mm thick, driven by an automatic ETA 7750. It comes with a silver dial and blue hands or a black dial and silver hands, on leather or a steel bracelet.