Linde Werdelin SpidoLite DLC-coated skeletonized titanium watch

One of (if not THE) youngest Swiss watch makers on the market, will soon reveal its new Linde Werdelin SpidoLite series of watches powered by vintage Caliber AS 1876 automatic movements.

Featuring a skeletonized case and a dial made of solid titanium with lots of holes drilled in them and powered by a vintage NOS Swiss-made movement, the watch is by far one of the most exciting timepieces there is.

I would even say, the most exciting.

The watch’s main point of attraction is its modified “new old stock” movement.

Manufactured some time in 1970s, the caliber was recently modified by the famous independent watchmaker Svend Andersen of Andersen Geneve Atelier, which is to the world of watchmaking as Carroll Shelby and his Shelby Automobiles to the world of extreme motoring (i.e. he takes a rather average product and triples its value -as well as price- by modifying it and turning it into a real masterpiece.)

The old movement has not only been retouched by the Danish-born craftsman, it has also received a new titanium rotor plate decorated with Linde Werdelin and Andersen Geneve logos.

The SpidoLite’s exterior design is based on the still fresh Biformeter model, which is supposed to be used with either the Sea or the Land digital instruments keeping data on its owner’s health status, outside temperature, barometric pressure, altitude, confirmed crude oil reserves in Saudi Arabia and so on, and so forth.

The SpidoLite will, too, be mated to its own compact computer called The Rock, which will soon also be available with diamond-hard DLC coating.

As you can see on the photos above and below, the watch will be available in three versions: pure titanium or titanium with DLC treatment, featuring with a skeletonized and a solid dial respectively.

Although in this particular case I would’ve preferred to have a completely skeletonized timekeeper, the watch with a normal dial is also absolutely gorgeous looking like a pocket-sized Lamborghini Reventone.

And, available soon at a price of about €9000, it is about 100 times less expensive than the Italian monster of a supercar.

The watch will start selling in April 2009 and will be available in all titanium (only 222 pieces), titanium with black DLC coating with yellow coated sapphire crystal (only 44 pieces) and in titanium with skeleton dial limited just to 22 pieces.

Photos: Linde Werdelin

Linde Werdelin SpidoLite DLC-coated skeletonized titanium watch’s specification :

Price range: €9000
Movement: NOS, automatic, caliber AS 1876
Complications: N/A
Power reserve: 42 hours
Case material: Gr.5 skeletonized titanium, also available with DLC coating, with transparent caseback
Case diameter: 46 x 49 mm
Case height: 12 mm
Dial: Gray (skeletonized), with four Super LumiNova filled indexes and hands
Water resistance: 300 meters
Strap: Spidolite textile strap with titanium ardillon buckle
Crystal: Sapphire (clear or yellow-coated)