NAOS XS Automatic gold / Classic 16 dark brown

Gold and dark brown is the pairing that makes a small watch look inherited rather than bought.

The Naos XS is the Sternglas answer for slimmer wrists, and the Automatik version gives it a mechanical heart. Sternglas has designed in Hamburg since 2016, and the Naos dial is deliberately spare: fine markers, slim hands, a date, high contrast, nothing else. Bauhaus-inspired, without any claim of Bauhaus descent.

At 33 mm with 16 mm lugs, this gold-toned Naos XS Automatik runs the Miyota 6T15, a self-winding caliber beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour that can also be wound by hand. The date sits on the dial and the movement sits behind a six-screw glass caseback. Sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective coating, 5 bar. The Klassik 16 leather strap arrives in dark brown.

Warm, compact and quietly mechanical, it suits someone buying a first automatic who does not want it to look like a first automatic.

Perfect for: small automatic watches, gold and brown leather pairings, first mechanical watch buyers.