Meridian.
The instrument that tells you where you are.
The meridian is the line from which all position is calculated.
It does not move. It does not change with fashion. It is simply correct. Der Meridian is the Furtwängler flagship. It carries the full weight of what this name demands.
Lacquered ivory. Not cream. Not off-white.
Ivory — with the depth and character that only a multi-coat lacquer process produces. Printed in dark charcoal: hour markers, minute track, and the single line of text. The result is a dial that reads differently under every light condition — warm in candlelight, precise under fluorescents, severe in direct sun. This is not a dial that photographs well. It is a dial that rewards being looked at in person.
40 mm. A single millimetre larger than the Observator.
Deliberate, not careless. Case material: 316L steel, or white gold (limited allocation). Profile: slightly more architectural than the Observator. The case flanks carry a single chamfer, hand-finished. Thickness: 10.1 mm. Still flat by any meaningful standard.
Decorated as though it will be examined.
The Movement
In-house calibre, Swiss ébauche with proprietary regulation. 28,800 vph. 38 jewels. Côtes de Genève rotor, perlage plates, bevelled bridges. Power reserve: 72 hours — indicated at nine o'clock. The only complication.
The Caseback
Solid steel or white gold, engraved: LORENZ FURTWÄNGLER & SÖHNE · UHRENFABRIK · EST. 1836. Edition number beneath: 001/388 through 388/388.
The Strap
Black leather, stitched in silver-grey thread. Option: dark green leather, stitched in ivory. Option: riveted steel bracelet, brushed.
Edition-numbered. Engraved by hand.
001/388 through 388/388. The piece bears its place in the edition for as long as the watch exists.
Der Meridian.
- Diameter
- 40 mm
- Thickness
- 10.1 mm
- Case
- 316L steel or 18k white gold
- Finish
- Satin flanks, chamfered & polished edges
- Crystal
- Flat sapphire, double AR-coated
- Dial
- Lacquered ivory, charcoal print
- Hands
- Blued steel, sword profile
- Movement
- Proprietary regulated automatic
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph
- Jewels
- 38
- Power Reserve
- 72 hours (indicated)
- Caseback
- Engraved solid case, edition-numbered
- Edition
- 388 pieces worldwide · permanent
Der Meridian.
- Steel / Ivory dial
- € 12,800
- Steel / Anthracite dial
- € 12,800
- Steel / Midnight Blue dial
- € 13,800
- White Gold / Ivory dial
- € 22,500
- White Gold / Inaugural (001–038/388)
- € 26,000
388 pieces total across all variants. The white gold allocation is managed by private correspondence only.