Linde Werdelin breaks its silence with the Oktopus III, a watch two years in the making and built with a singular promise – everything Swiss, and nothing superfluous.
The headline is the new LW09 movement, created with Jean-François Mojon and his team at Chronode in Le Locle. That choice says enough. When you want clarity of purpose, you ask a constructor who speaks fluent function.
Outside, the Oktopus DNA remains, but every surface has been rethought – case, dial, hands. The geometry looks familiar, yet the message is stricter: fewer gestures, more intent. This is iteration as craft, not decoration.
Jorn Werdelin notes an almost workshop-level dialogue with Swiss partners, spending extended time on site to guide the process. The goal is unambiguous – exclusively Swiss-made parts, produced by specialists whose focus is workmanship.
Since the first Oktopus in 2010, the line has chased resilience with a designer’s eye. The third generation appears to tighten the brief. No grandstanding, just the quiet satisfaction of components that agree with each other.
Details will follow on the brand’s website, with glimpses already shared on Instagram. For now, the signal is clear: Oktopus III is not a facelift. It is a ground-up reset, built where it ought to be, by people who know why.
Leave a Reply