The most significant story in independent watchmaking in 2025 belongs not to Geneva or Glashütte but to Chongqing. Fam Al Hut became the first Chinese independent to win the GPHG Bold Design Prize, and the Mark 1 Möbius justifies that distinction immediately. Three simultaneous firsts: the smallest bi-axis tourbillon ever made, the first wristwatch to pair that complication with a jumping hour and double retrograde hands, and the first use of amorphous zirconium in a case. That last material - bulk metallic glass - is nearly as light as titanium with a Vickers hardness of 600, and no one in watchmaking had attempted it before.
The 42.2 × 24.3mm dimensions are the result of three years of in-house movement development. The tourbillon axes rotate every 60 and 150 seconds respectively. Production is capped at 50–70 pieces annually, already allocated through 2027. At $32,000, it undercuts comparable Swiss complications by a factor of three or four. The case for this being the world’s most interesting watch at any price is entirely reasonable.
$32,000 - thelimitededition.co.uk