Pinion Pure watches

The Pinion Pure is a hand-wound watch from Pinion, the British brand the designer Piers Berry founded in 2013. It is one of the company's earliest designs, first released in 2014 in stainless steel and in bronze, and Pinion designs, assembles and tests its watches in England. The original Pure is a 42 mm watch built around the Unitas 6498, a hand-wound calibre first developed for pocket watches, with a 45-hour power reserve.

The Pure Stainless Steel LE (PU01) and the Pure Bronze LE (PU02) are limited editions of 50 pieces each, both with a black dial under sapphire. The Pure's black dial is built in several levels, with differing finishes that give it subtle contrast. On the bronze watches the case back, crown and buckle are steel, so the bronze stays off the skin.

In 2016 Pinion widened the line. The Pure Pro has a 42 mm case, 13 mm high, with the Unitas 6498, 100 metres of water resistance and a 22 mm strap, and adds a stepped superdome bezel first seen on Pinion's limited R1969 chronograph. The Pro Black (PU22) has a black DLC-coated case with bright green luminous hands and indexes; the Pro Bronze (PU23) and Pro Steel (PU24) use a faux-patina lume. The Pure GG (PU21) takes the same dial as the 2014 watches in satin-finished hunter green and puts it in a brushed steel case treated with gunmetal-grey DLC, which gives it the GG name. It is limited to 50 pieces.

Pinion has since brought the name back for a smaller watch. The current Pure is 38 mm across and 11 mm deep, in steel or bronze, and runs on a hand-wound Sellita SW261-1 with a 45-hour power reserve. Its dial has applied numerals filled with Super-LumiNova X1 and a recessed small seconds at 6 o'clock.