SEVEN WINDOWS Rubber model [VM15-RBKNBK-SSD]

All black, all week. On rubber, the SEVEN WINDOWS stops being a watch you save for occasions.

MINASE still builds it exactly as it builds the others. The exterior is designed to come apart: case, lugs and fittings can be disassembled, repolished or have parts replaced and then reassembled, which is the basis of the brand's long-term service commitment and the reason a watch worn hard is not a watch used up.

The black dial here is finely textured and three-dimensional, set inside an inner case with the hour markers on a ring above it. Around that, the square outer case carries six faceted sapphire panes and the crown is split into two at the side, seven windows in total, so light enters from the flanks and the back as well as the front.

Steel case at 37.4 by 46.5 mm and 13 mm thick with the crystal, on a black rubber strap at around 98 grams. The self-winding KT7002 with date runs on a Swiss ETA 2892 and Sellita SW300 base finished by MINASE. Rated 5 atm, so rain and splashes rather than swimming.

Perfect for: stealth black watches, rubber strap daily wearers, collectors who want a serviceable and rebuildable watch.