Sevenfriday SF M2/02

Sevenfriday SF M2/02

Imagine, for a moment, an object that exists on the border between art and function, a machine built not only to mark time, but to exist as a sort of silent manifesto of what time represents: this is, in a sense, the essence of the Sevenfriday SF M2/02. Now, the fact that this specific watch, in a complex and seductive color play between deep black and shimmering rose gold, comes inside a wooden box – a curiously traditional choice, like an ancient reliquary designed to hold something contemporary – is only the beginning of the story.

The case, and here we get into the technical details, measures 47 x 47.6 mm, an almost perfect square that seems to challenge the aesthetic conventions of wristwatches, and it is not simply stainless steel, but stainless steel polished and treated with rose gold PVD, which is, for those who don't know, a complicated process that uses metallic vapor to create an extremely resistant and seductive surface. The bezel, then, is not just a decorative element, but a conceptual element, a dark mirror in PVD-treated stainless steel, which captures and reflects not only light, but the very idea of ​​light. The caseback, again stainless steel polished with rose gold PVD, completes an aesthetic that seems to oscillate between industrial minimalism and an almost baroque opulence.

Finally, the strap is a small masterpiece of brown suede calfskin, with brown stitching that seems like an echo of some invisible craftsman and a subtle Sevenfriday imprint which, for those who know how to look for it, speaks of authenticity.

And the engine, the beating heart: a Miyota 8215 automatic movement, with a 40-hour power reserve, which seems to say to its owner: “Time, as a concept, is both linear and cyclical, and I am here to remind you.”