FIVE WINDOWS Mid size Leather Model Stone-clamped (Diamond) [VM07-C12SDD]

MINASE prints the base movement on every spec sheet it publishes, which is more candor than the category usually offers. The FIVE WINDOWS Mid runs the caliber KT8001, and MINASE will tell you it began life as a Swiss ETA 2671 or Sellita SW100.

What the brand adds is finishing, applied by hand before the movement goes into the case-in-case structure, where an inner case holds it beneath a curved dial and a fastened index ring, all enclosed by the outer case. You can inspect the result through the sapphire display back, and light also reaches the dial through the sapphire panes set into the case sides and the front crystal.

Reference VM07-C12SDD is the Stone-clamped (Diamond) FIVE WINDOWS Mid on leather, about 67.3 g, with a case 32 mm wide by 40.3 mm long and 11.6 mm thick including the crystal, a date display, and 5 atm of water resistance for rain and splashes.

Honest about what it is, and unusual in every way that matters.

Perfect for: diamond-set FIVE WINDOWS Mid buyers, Japanese-finished Swiss-base automatics, small square watches with a display back.