RALF TECH Academie Automatic City 41mm
Not every Académie needs to look backwards. The City brings the collection rather confidently into the present.
RALF TECH combines the familiar 41mm Académie case with a sunray silver dial, polished steel and one particularly distinctive detail: a hand-sewn black-and-white tweed strap.
It changes the character of the watch completely.
The silver dial plays with the light without becoming flashy, while applied steel indices and BGW9 Super-LumiNova® keep everything crisp and contemporary. There is no date window to disturb the symmetry, and the distinctive glassbox sapphire provides just enough vintage softness to remind you where the Académie began.
Underneath that city elegance remains the substance we have come to expect from the collection.
The RTA003 automatic movement provides up to 40 hours of power reserve, while a screw-down crown and caseback contribute to an impressive 200 metres of water resistance. A black Tropic silicone strap is also supplied, giving the City an entirely different personality when tweed is no longer appropriate.
Only 100 pieces will be produced.
Why buy it?
Because the City is proof that a classical watch does not have to feel traditional.
The polished steel and silver dial are elegant enough on their own, but the tweed strap adds something unexpected — a little texture, a little individuality and considerably more personality.
And underneath it all is still a genuinely capable RALF TECH.
A watch that dresses for the city without becoming part of the uniform.