This watch has a beautifully unusual power reserve indicator

A year on from the relaunch of watchmaker Breva Geneve in 2025, the company has revealed a striking new dial colour for its Segreto di Lario.

The watch still has the same elegant, cushion-shaped titanium case and the same intriguing use of two retrograde hands to display power reserve. But what’s new is the dial colour, which has shifted from the dark blue of the original to a pale powder gold.

This might sound like a bold move for a classically attractive timepiece, but the softness of the gold is what makes this new model work so well. It’s paired smartly with a new silver-toned finish for the grade five titanium case, and a light brown leather strap.

In case you’re not familiar with the Segreto di Lario – Italian for Secret of Lake Como – the movement and dial are worth a closer inspection. Firstly because the caliber 45N09E hand-wound mechanical movement has a huge seven days of power reserve, but also because of how that figure is displayed.

Whereas most automatic watches have a single dial that sweeps from full to empty, or which sometimes notes how many hours’ power reserve is available when full – 48, 60 or perhaps 72 hours – this watch uses two separate hands.

Stationed at the foot of the dial, the right-most power reserve hand sweeps downwards from seven days to one. Then, for that final day of power, the left-most hand comes into play, counting down from 24 hours to zero. This clever movement both reminds the wearer of how much power the watch can hold, then neatly offers plenty of warning ahead of a wind being required.

The dial features a retrograde seconds complication at the 12 o’clock position, and a set of conventional, centrally-mounted hour and minute hands. Turn the 41 mm case around, and you’re greeted by a large exhibition case back affording a view of the two-barrel, 29-jewel movement within. Water resistance is 50 metres.

Breva says how the unusual dial arrangement “transforms the traditional power reserve into a refined instrument, inspired by the precision tools of part explorers.

Limited to 25 pieces (the same as the original blue-dial variant), the new power gold version is priced at €46,000 plus tax (about £48,000 all in). Pre-orders are open now.