Perception V3 - Piao

Delivery In December 2026

Following on from Perception V2, which refined the case and bracelet proportions, Atelier Wen is pleased to announce the release of Perception V3, the fullest expression yet of the brand's Sino-French identity.

For the first time, the Perception collection is powered by a French independent calibre: Pequignet's EPM03, customised with decorative finishing that incorporates Chinese cultural motifs directly into the movement.
Three variants are offered. Two returning favourites include 缥 (Piāo) in iceblue and 霞 (Xiá) in salmon. And a first: 筠 (Yún) in bamboo green – the collection's first new dial variant in four years.

Case:
-40mm diameter x 47mm lug-to-lug x 10.4mm thickness (incl. crystal)
-Sapphire box crystal with 10 layers of internal anti-reflective coating
-Open-display caseback with sapphire crystal window coated with 10 layers of internal
anti-reflective coating
— 904L stainless steel case with brushed and mirror-polished
surfaces, and exceptional attention to finish

Dial:
-Ice blue hand-crafted guilloché dial with intricate écaille de poisson patterned, and applied rhodium-plated hands.
-Crafted by Cheng Yucai — China’s first guilloché master craftsman

Crystal:
-Double-domed sapphire crystal with 10 layers of anti-reflective coating.

Caseback:
-Hammered texture surrounding raised stone lion motif.
-Semi-display sapphire crystal window showing balance bridge/rotor.
-Deeply CNC-engraved, 3D lettering on all text.
-10 layers of anti-reflective coating.

Movement:
-Heavily-customised Pequignet Calibre EPM03
-3/4 bridge filled with blue aventurine lacquer
-Bi-directional, automatic winding
-21 jewels
-28,800 bph
-65 hour power reserve
-4/+6s per day (with an average of +/-2s per day)
-Adjusted in 6 positions and to three temperatures.
-Hacking seconds

Bracelet:
-Tapering from 22mm at the case to 18mm at the clasp, and thinning gradually from 3mm
at the case to 2.6mm at the clasp
-Quick-release spring bars
-Proprietary, patent-pending on-the-fly micro adjustment system
-Telescopic deployant blade system for enhanced comfort and wearability
-904L brushed stainless steel bracelet with individually chamfered links and
exceptional attention to finish