NAOS XS Edition mother of pearl white silver / Classic 16 dark brown

Dark brown leather takes the shine off mother-of-pearl in the best possible way, grounding it in something everyday. This Sternglas NAOS XS Edition Mother of Pearl is the version made for ordinary Tuesdays.

Sternglas draws its dial language from Bauhaus thinking, which is to say it removes rather than adds. What remains here is a natural mother-of-pearl surface whose iridescence does the decorating, sans-serif markers, hands and a date. It was the first Naos XS to include Luminova, so legibility holds after dark.

The case is 33 mm in polished steel with a silver-tone finish and 16 mm lugs, a size the brand positions squarely at slimmer wrists. Movement: Ronda 784 Swiss quartz with date. Crystal: domed sapphire, double anti-reflective coated. Water resistance: 5 ATM. It comes on the Klassik 16 leather strap in dark brown, which turns the whole watch warmer and considerably more casual.

An unshowy way to wear a genuinely unusual dial material, and easy to live with year-round.

Perfect for: understated shell dial watches, dark brown leather straps, small everyday watches with date.