Projekt 01 - Variant F

Let there be (violet) light. Far more than a cosmetic makeover, Variant “F” is the first true alternative rendition of Projekt 01 since the initial “Friends, Family & Fools” edition from the end of 2023. With what is quite possibly a world-record amount of Super-LumiNova in a rarely seen violet light emission provided by Lichtblock™, a ceramic-resin hybrid packed with violet emission Super-LumiNova. kollokium Projekt 01 Variant “F” takes chromatics and luminosity to new heights in this limited edition of 399 pieces.

Technical Specifications
Case & Strap
- Two-part die-cast 316L steel case
- cylindrical sapphire glass box
- Diameter: 40.0 mm
- Height without sapphire crystal: 7.0 mm; Height with sapphire crystal: 11.9 mm
- Solid case back
- Valve-shaped crown
- Water-resistant to 5ATM (50m)

Dial
- Textured violet dial
- 488 applied  cylindrical markers in Lichtblock™ with violet Super-LumiNova
-  Violet hour and minute hands with applied violet Lichtblock™ elements
- white seconds hand 

Movement
- La Joux-Perret G101 automatic movement
-  Diameter: 26mm
-  Height: 4.45 mm 
-  Frequency: 4Hz / 28’800vph
- 24 jewels
-   Uni-directional unsigned  winding rotor 
-   Power reserve: approximately 68 hours 

The Dial 
It's no secret. The more Super-Luminova you have, the longer and brighter the glow. Especially with light emission colors that naturally don’t have the same impact as green and blue and are less easily perceptible to the human eye, the amount of Super-Luminova present can have a drastic impact. But how to improve beyond just having the hollowedtips of the metal pins filled with the stuff? Simple: make the pins entirely out of lume. Except of course, it’s never that simple.

After nearly two years of trial and error to offer maximum luminosity with a consistent output across all 488 pin elements in 6 different sizes, and also ensure the correct translucency of the material, kollokium is proud to present Lichtblock™ (German for light block), a ceramic-resin infused with Super-LumiNova. Lots and lots of it. So much so in fact, that the Projekt 01 Variant “F” requires the equivalent amount of Super-LumiNova you would find in around 500 traditionally made dials with painted or pad-printed Super-LumiNova.

Like all kollokium Projekts and variants, there’s a certain kind of industrial, brutalist craftsmanship. Each dial is painstakingly put together, pin by pin, in an unforgiving process where one faulty pin or misalignment means having to chuck away the dial and start all over again.

The Case 
There’s beauty in rawness and imperfection. And that’s precisely what we wanted to convey through Projekt-01, starting with the case.

Without trying hard to be outlandish for edginess’ sake, the case is literally crafted like no other watch out there. Forged from 316L stainless steel, the case is not made using typical milling and machining processes at all, though the process is in fact industrial and rather old-school: die casting steel. Why? Well, because they said it couldn’t be done. And because the desired result was one where the case would boast practically no finishing or embellishment, and instead feature a uniform, industrial heavy duty steel tool-like appearance with a specific texture that can only be produced when injecting molten steel into a cast form. It’s neither matte nor frosty, but somewhere in between. And as rough as it looks, it’s unexpectedly soft to the touch. Because of the die-casting process, the edges and angles are slightly rounded off, while the steel has a surface that is neither entirely matte nor sparkly. 

It’s simply die-cast steel in all its industrial glory – and quite the antithesis to the neatly polished and delicately satin-brushed finishes you’d find in just about every other watch.