Jules Verne’s scientific attention to detail, along with his sense of exploration and visionary thinking inspired this collection. By fusing elements of the past with modern craftsmanship and machinery, I have tried to capture the spirit of Jules Verne’s literary worlds stretching from the bottom of the oceans to the moon and beyond.

The Verne Bi-Compax is a 40mm hand-wound chronograph powered by the Seagull ST190 calibe. The rounded case comes in a mirror-polished finish and features the signature Raconteur wire-lugs.

Embellished on top you will find a scratch proof, AR-coated, double domed sapphire crystal.

The ST1901 movement was originally made by Swiss watch company Venus in the 1930s- and 40s and was then called Venus Calibre 175. In the early 1960s, Seagull was commissioned to start producing chronographs for the Chinese airforce. As Seagull did not have any chronograph calibre of their own at the time, they bought the blueprints, machinery, and tooling from Venus.

Later they refined the original design and released it commercially as the ST1901.