A Closer Look At Armin Strom’s New Tribute 1 Limited Editions

It has been just over two months since Armin Strom released its smart, post-modern take on a high-end dress watch, the Tribute 1 First Edition. The 25-piece limited edition rapidly sold out, and no wonder; it had plenty going for it.

In light of that success, the Bienne-based independent brand boasting its own manufacture has launched two new Tribute 1 models – one with a black dial, the other with a blue dial – each in 100-piece limited editions.

The gray dialed Tribute 1 First Edition hit the spot with collectors for a number of reasons.

For a start, it looks great, with its off-centered sub-dial displaying hours, minutes, and seconds via manufacture-made, polished hands, counterbalanced by an exposed, highly decorated mainspring barrel supported by Armin Strom’s signature finger bridge. Those elements are surrounded by a dial plate that has been hand-frosted to contrast nicely with the sub-dial’s concentric groove motif.
 

The dimensions of the Tribute 1 also make it extremely comfortable to wear for both men and women, with the stainless-steel case just 38mm in diameter and 9mm thick, and the winding and time-setting crown placed at 2 o’clock to free up space for wrist movement.

And inside, the smartly finished, hand-wound Calibre AMW21 powers the HMS indications. This in-house movement is visible through the transparent display back and packs an extremely generous 100-hour power reserve.
 

The cherry on the cake of the first edition was the CHF 13,900 price tag. It made the overall proposition really appealing, especially when you take into account that this superb-looking dress watch was a very limited edition of only 25 and packed in-house-made hands and finely finished mechanics.