The Archi Works × AVW The Diplomat 1.87
Archi Works and Amsterdam Vintage Watches (AVW) have collaborated on The Diplomat ref. 1.87, a new watch available in two limited editions. The collaboration leverages the expertise of both entities in the vintage watch market, with a focus on refined specifications and design details.
- Limited to 100 pieces per variant
- Price: €2,250 (excluding VAT)
- Water resistance: 50m
- Power reserve: 50 hours
The watch features a 35mm case with a 10.05mm profile and 19mm lug spacing, housing a hand-wound La Joux Perret D100 movement based on the Peseux 7001.
The La Joux Perret D100 movement is the Soigné-grade, featuring Côtes de Genève decoration, sunburst-finished bevels, polished wheels, and blue screws, visible through a transparent case back.
Design elements include sleek, elongated lugs with a brushed mid-case finish, a thin polished bezel, and vintage-inspired drilled lug holes.
The Aurora dial features a cream base with eight lab-grown diamonds and three lab-grown emerald baguettes as hour markers, a light yellow minute track, and a railway-style chapter ring.
The Azure dial uses faceted sapphire baguettes instead of emeralds, with gray tones on its rings and sub-dial, complementing the silver chapter ring.
Both versions include leaf hands and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, with "Amsterdam Vintage Watches" following the sub-dial's curve.
The reference number 1.87 is a nod to Amsterdam Vintage Watches' founding year, 1987.
The watches are available exclusively through the Archiwatch website.