About this watch

ochs und junior date Sterling Silver 925 42 For those familiar with Watch Vault, you’re probably aware of our adoration for ochs und junior. If you're not familiar with ochs und junior, they operate on an ethos of radical simplicity, creating amazing complications with as few moving parts as possible. Backed by the amazing brain that is Ludwig Oechslin, they're simply some of the coolest watches in the world. They're also easy to service, comfortable, and extremely limited in production. Each watch can be fully customised and custom built, and can also be modified post-sale at any point in the future which makes them endlessly versatile and interesting. As it's name suggests, the 'Date' is their simplest watch showing just the hours, minutes, seconds and date. This particular example sports the wonderful ochs und junior (ouj) blue dial, orange date marker, and white luminous hands, housed in a 42mm sterling silver case. Of all the ochs we've had, we've never had a sterling silver case, and it is quite special in person. Featuring an all polished surface, it has a considerable heft as you'd expect of precious metal, and a sheen not seen on steel or titanium. Powering it is a mo…