For Him

An STR Labs Project · AV86 × Smiths × Tokei Ronin

«الكَشّافة» هي الفصل الأخير من STR Labs — المختبر الذي يجمع سميثس مع Tokei Ronin في إصداراتٍ قصيرة تُصمَّم بحرّية تامة وتُصنع مرّةً واحدة ولا تُعاد. وبعد هذه الساعة يُغلق باب هذا التعاون إلى الأبد.

ميناءٌ بنيٌّ بلون القهوة يغمق عند أطرافه، تعبره خطوطٌ رملية ذهبية ترسم خريطة تضاريس مجرّدة — لا مكان بعينه، بل هيئة الأرض حين تُختصر إلى خطوط. المؤشرات مطبّقة بالأسود اللامع داخل أُطُرٍ فولاذية: نقاطٌ حول الميناء، وقضيبان عند الثالثة والتاسعة، ومثلثان عند الثانية عشرة والسادسة. وأسفل المركز سطران بالخط الرمليّ نفسه: ‎N 29° 22.714' E 047° 59.438'‎، و‎200 m = 660 ft‎. والإحداثيات ليست زخرفة؛ إنها موقع مكتب سميثس في مدينة الكويت.

وحين يغيب الضوء تنقلب الخريطة كلّها إلى توهّج: كل خطٍّ من خطوط التضاريس مضيء، فتُقرأ الأرض في العتمة أوضح مما تُقرأ في النهار. يحيط بالميناء إطارٌ أسود غير لامع، تتوسّطه نقطة مضيئة واحدة عند الثانية عشرة، فوق علبة فولاذية بقياس 40 ملم بتشطيبٍ مصقول بالفرشاة.

مئة قطعة مرقّمة فقط، وكل قطعة قابلة للنقش. تصلك الساعة على حزام نايلون أسود واحد؛ أما السوار الشبكي وأحزمة FKM التي تراها في الصور فهي أمثلة على ما يليق بها — والساعة تتبدّل تماماً مع كل حزام.

STR Labs is where Smiths and Tokei Ronin build without a brief — short runs, made once, never repeated. Al-Kashafa closes it. After this watch, nothing else will carry the STR mark. Not a pause. The last one, forever.

The dial is coffee brown, deepening toward the edge, crossed by sand-gold contour lines that map no real place — terrain as an idea rather than a location. Applied indices sit in polished steel surrounds: dots around the hour track, batons at three and nine, triangles at twelve and six. Below centre, two lines in that same sand-gold — N 29° 22.714' E 047° 59.438' and 200 m = 660 ft. The coordinates are not decoration. They are the Smiths office, Kuwait City.

Kill the light and the map turns on. Every contour line lumes, the whole topography glowing at once while the dial falls away behind it. A matte black bezel frames it, broken only by a single luminous pip at twelve, over a 40mm brushed steel case. Two hands, no seconds — time read, not counted.

One hundred numbered pieces. Engraving available. It arrives on a single black NATO strap; the mesh bracelet and FKM straps shown in the gallery are suggestions, not inclusions — Kashafa changes character completely with a change of strap.

On the second of August, Kuwait does not celebrate. It remembers — a day that wounded the country, and the same day that belongs to its heroes: those who were lost, and those still among us.

This is the first Arabic edition in William Wood's history — the only watchmaker in the world building timepieces from decommissioned firefighting material, and a house whose every release has been a salute to those who stand in the front line. Smiths has been its first partner in the Arab world for five years. That a Kuwaiti company should be the one to bring this piece home felt inevitable.

It takes the form of a diver because Kuwait is a country of sea and pearl-diving — and because the sea teaches what this people already know: patience, a long breath, and the certainty of surfacing again. The mirror-silver dial is heat-treated to graduate from the blue of the sea below to the clarity of the sky above, ringed by applied Arabic numerals in sunburst blue. At its centre sits the Kuwaiti boom — the dhow once carried on the nation's currency — with the word الكويت engraved and gilded at its heart.

The crown holds brass stamped from a retired firefighter's helmet. The strap is cut from genuine upcycled fire hose. Nothing on this watch sits far from the story it tells.

Fifty pieces. Not simply a watch for the wrist — something to carry.

Caseback commemorative coin — after the words of the late Amir, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah: "From Kuwait we begin, and to Kuwait we return."

An STR Project

STR — Smiths × Tokei Ronin

United We Are · A tribute to the Smiths community in the United Arab Emirates

Some tributes are spoken. This one is worn. United We Are is the opening chapter of STR — Smiths × Tokei Ronin — a limited run of thirty pieces, created as a gift from us to the Smiths family across the Emirates. At its heart sits an artisan black aventurine dial: a captured fragment of night sky, scattered with countless points of light that deepen and shift as they meet the sun. Upon it rests the United Arab Emirates' official emblem of 1973 — applied by hand and finely moulded for this project alone — beside a single applied Hindu-Arabic ٧, drawn for the seven emirates and the unbreakable bond between them. Thirty watches. Seven emirates. One quiet promise: united, we are.

Bnaider Watch

Warm as the sand along Bnaider's shoreline at golden hour, the 1956 Marine Automatic carries the calm confidence of a true diver's watch. A scratch-resistant ceramic bezel, 200m water resistance, and a dependable Japanese automatic movement — built for the coast, refined for everyday life. Vintage soul, modern grit.

Duke Watch – Large Model

A quiet nod to the 1980s, when watches spoke louder with less. The rectangular case sits confidently on the wrist — bold without trying, elegant without excess. Swiss precision, sapphire clarity, and an ultra-slim profile for the man who understands that true presence needs no announcement.

إصدار محدود من تعاون AV86 مع WWF الدنمارك، مستوحى من صورة «شروق الأرض» الشهيرة. ميناء مضيء بالكامل يحاكي توهّج كوكبنا في ظلام الفضاء، وإطار منقّط بالنجوم، وعجلة تاريخ تعرض كائنات مهدّدة بالانقراض بدل الأرقام.

A limited edition from AV86's partnership with WWF Denmark, inspired by the iconic Earthrise photograph. A full-lume dial echoes the glow of our planet against the dark of space, paired with a star-dotted bezel and a date wheel that shows endangered species in place of numbers.

A hand-wound mechanical watch honouring the last golden age before quartz. A sand-and-black dial with vintage character, a small-seconds register, and a 39mm steel case beneath domed sapphire crystal. For those who enjoy the small ritual of winding each morning.

Wandering Hour

A bold wandering hour complication with micro chain drive, housed in a refined 316L steel case. The ocean blue dial glows with Swiss Super-LumiNova for night visibility. Available in three colors: Black, Green, and Blue — each a numbered limited edition of just 35 pieces.

Movement: Miyota 8215 Automatic (hand-winding capable) Complication: Wandering Hour (micro chain drive) Jewels: 21 Beat Rate: 21,600 bph Power Reserve: 36 hours Accuracy: -20/+40 sec/day

Case: 316L Stainless Steel Diameter: 41.2 mm Thickness: 12.3 mm (excl. crystal) Crystal: Sapphire with AR coating Caseback: Exhibition sapphire Water Resistance: 5 ATM (50 m) Lume: Swiss Super-LumiNova

Strap: 20–18 mm Leather with Steel Buckle Limited Edition: 35 Pieces per Color 2-Year International Warranty Includes Travel Packaging Box