Anywhere Aurora, Titanium

From the earliest sketches in his workshop, when this watch was yet a dream, Rémi Maillat pursued a singular vision: to render the poetry of sunrise and sunset in horological form. As he later put it, ‘In designing the movement, we always consider it as a painting. When you look at a painting, you want to put your eyes somewhere that attracts your attention . . . On our movements, we use different materials, creating reflections, textures, bringing out the different colours of the material or the metal to create that picture.’ That ambition—of marrying mechanics with a sense of artistry—lies at the heart of Krayon’s identity. An engineer by schooling and watchmaker by trade, Maillat relentlessly pioneered the ability to mechanically track sunrise and sunset times for any place on earth—a world first. This is the Anywhere Aurora, 1 of 25 examples made with this luscious green dial in titanium. 

Where the Krayon’s debut Everywhere calculated longitude and latitude from the crown, the Anywhere simplifies that complication by allowing its watchmaker to set the geometry for calculation during assembly. This distilled version of the complication creates a more svelte proportion and less cluttered dial, an all-around more useable package thanks to ingenious mechanics. As such, the Anywhere won the Calendar & Astronomy prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2022.

The 432 component calibre C030 is just 5.0mm thin, a remarkable achievement. At its heart lies an adjustable cam with a dynamically adjustable eccentricity profile which encodes the annual equation of time for any given region. These are calculated by and at the watchmaker. This cam rotates once a year, feeding a series of U-shaped sliding racks. These rack levers are in fact two layers deep, as is the cam: as sunrise and sunset times vary at differ rates throughout the year due to Earth’s oblique eccentric orbit around the sun. These rack levers push the sunrise and sunset tracks to be longer or shorter, respectively. This innovative and mechanically-arresting complication comprises the bottom half of the calibre, while the top half is focused on traditional Swiss conventions for timekeeping. 

Despite the innovative complication, the aesthetic choices are equally contemporary. Its calibre balances traditional fishing techniques with innovation. The Genevan stripes are curved—a uniquely challenging finish only Krayon produce. Their curve follows a graph of sunset times over Neuchâtel over an entire year. The bridges themselves are shaped after the contours of Lake Neuchâtel itself. These openings create many angles, which are all finely resolved thanks to an extremely and time intensive anglage. The broadness, evenness, and resolution of the anglage is quite impressive. Both treatments give calibre C030 a unique beauty and sense of place. 

When launched in October 2023 as a limited edition of 25 pieces, the Aurora marked Krayon’s first foray into titanium cases—combined with a green dial treatment achieved through atomic layer deposition (ALD). The choice of Grade 5 titanium, soldered lugs (a rare feat in titanium work), and complex case finishing (stepped lugs and subtly beveled concave bezel) all underscored Krayon’s commitment to skilled, contemporary watchmaking. 

What makes the Aurora particularly beautiful—even beyond its technical cleverness—is how every functional decision has aesthetic consequence. The ALD green surface shifts gradients of emerald and teal across its field; the peripheral day/night sectors use mother-of-pearl for the daytime half and a star-speckled lacquer for night, so the boundaries between light and dark feel fluid rather than imposed. The small sun pointer glides around a 24-hour track, crossing zones in a daily arc that mirrors what one sees at the horizon. On the back, every element is clearly highly considered, let alone reiterating that this is a world-first complication. While perhaps deceptively simple at first glance, this is a watchmaking masterclass which makes a remarkably complex problem feel entirely mastered with grace. The simplicity of the Anywhere is what makes it not just a watch, but something more akin to mechanical painting mimicking the sun’s dance.

This Anywhere is in exceptional overall condition. It is what many would call virtually new. The example includes its entire original set, as well as strap and pin buckle.

This example is modelled on an average-sized 7-inch wrist. Sale includes its original strap, the green strap pictured in the black case photo. The copper-tone strap is