Basel Order N°01

Volume I · MMXXVI47°33′N · 7°35′EAn origin story

A prologue

Beyond timekeeping.A symbol of permanence.

N°01 The Glacier. A 38 mm case, a hand-sprayed dial and two hands, nothing more. Hand-finished in Basel.

Order N°01 · CHF 750 Discover the watch

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FoundedBasel, 2026

OriginA student's thesis

First pieceN°01 · The Glacier

Delivery1–2 months

I · The origin01 / 06

September 2024

“Can I design and build a wristwatch entirely of my own?”

A Matura thesis at the Wirtschaftsgymnasium Basel. Most students choose safe, academic topics. I chose the question that had been there for years.

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II · The first piece

N°01 — The Glacier

Plate I — elevation and profile

Case: 38 mm; 45 mm lug to lug · 11 mm high · 316L, CNC-milled
Crystal: Sapphire; Anti-reflective on both sides
Dial: Glacier; Hand-sprayed texture, no two alike
Movement: Seiko NH38A; Automatic · 21'600 vph · ca. 40 h reserve
Indices: None; Two hands. That is all.
Strap: Italian calfskin; Standard spring bars, swappable
Water resistance: None; Keep away from water and moisture
Includes: Certificate & box; Numbered certificate stating the warranty

The movement

Six beats every second.

Inside N°01 sits a Seiko NH38A automatic. Its balance swings back and forth 21,600 times an hour, and every swing moves the hands a little further. No battery, no quartz. Wear it and it winds itself.

0beats since you arrived

21,600vibrations per hour

~40 hpower reserve

The dial

1/1An accident of spray paint, kept on purpose. Every dial comes out different, so yours exists only once.

III · The philosophy

Three ideas, one watch.

01 · The designer

Gérald Genta.

Genta proved that a watch could be architecture: proportion, line and restraint carrying a design across decades. Not to imitate, but to measure every INFINI sketch against.

“The best designs look like they have always existed.”

02 · Nature

The Glacier.

Frozen rivers that move a centimetre a day and forget nothing. The dial emerged by accident; its resemblance to glacial ice became deliberate. A quiet homage to Alpine permanence.

03 · The method

02hands on the dial
zero complications

By reduction.

No numerals. No date window. No applied indices. Reduction isn't minimalism for its own sake: simplicity is the hardest thing to execute, and the only thing that ages without complaint.

IV · The journal

Field notes from the workshop.

Essay 01 · Feature8 min read

A morning at Horage.A workshop visit with an independent Swiss maker who still builds their own movements, and what it taught me about building something small, slow and entirely on purpose.

Essay 02 · Process5 min

Six prototypes before the watch.Why iteration is the most underrated skill in watchmaking, and what each wrong turn taught me.

Essay 03 · Reflection6 min

Why Basel, not Geneva.On choosing a city known for chemicals and medicine to start a watch brand, and what that means for the work.

V · The reservation

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VI · Questions

Everything about N°01.

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Portrait coming soonDylan Sendt

Founder · Basel

VII · The founder

One person, one watch at a time.

I'm Dylan, 20, from Basel. Before INFINI there was @diamondials, where I buy and sell vintage watches for a community of more than 41,000 followers. Every watch that passed through my hands taught me something about proportion, and about what lasts.

INFINI began as my Matura thesis at the Wirtschaftsgymnasium Basel. Today I design every piece myself, from the first sketch to the CAD file to the final finish, and I answer every message personally.

Based inBasel

Founded INFINI2026

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