A modern classic

Contemporary

Presented in a case of Grade 5 Titanium with contrasting high polish and straight grained finishes, and featuring a transparent smoked sapphire dial with cool blue luminous accents on the hour indices and on the tips of its hands and pointers, Oileán HB-1 has a clean and modern aesthetic, which is individual, distinctive and beautifully designed.

Elegant

Of all the possibilities of the mechanical timepiece, there are few if any more elegant and practical complications than the classical triple calendar, with its configuration of day and month windows, pointer date and moon phase display, complemented with the practicality of the chronograph to round off a full suite of everyday functionality. Oileán takes this wonderful and emotive combination of features to life in a beautiful modern wristwatch, but one which remains true to a tradition of old school horologic innovation..

Classical

Central to the Oileán HB-1 is the magnificent and legendary Valjoux 88 movement which beats within. A historic calibre which has been used by some of watchmaking’s true Grande Maisons, it is a quite beautiful piece of twentieth century horologic engineering, and one which the Watchmaker has gone to exceptional lengths to ensure that no part of it is concealed from sight. This manual wound technical masterpiece has been reduced to its component form, and then part by part, painstakingly finished by hand to John McGonigle’s uncompromising standards of Haute Horlogerie, before being rebuilt as an even more exquisite mechanism.

Expressive

Throughout Oileán, there are nuances of celtic inspiration and the symbolism of a proud island nation to be found. Little details which make it so unique, distinctive and original, and which are all extensions of the Watchmaker’s own personality, and distilled from the rich cultural influences which surrounded him as a child and young man growing up in rural Ireland.