First, we set out to make a Jump Hour. We didn’t quite succeed (at least, not yet), but the quest this watch sent us on drove us to invent a whole new design language that expanded what is possible for our collection. The Chronograph was the child that overtook the parent; debuting earlier this year, it became the first example of the Jump Hour’s legacy rendered in hardened stainless steel.

The Chronograph and the Jump Hour are different from the ‘Go-Anywhere, Do Anything’ sport watches in our collections in that they both have complications. It’s always been on the back of our minds that these could form part of a whole new collection, a complicated collection, if you will, that sits alongside our sport watches (the Freediver, Commuter, and Summiteer).

So, where does the Venturer GMT come into this?

Like the Chronograph and the Jump Hour, it has a complication… a GMT complication, of course. Naturally, we got to wondering, should we upgrade this watch to bring it to the level of the Chronograph and Jump Hour?

One could argue that the Chronograph was a risk. At $1650, it was by far the biggest commitment we’ve ever asked for one of our pieces. It made sense to throw everything we had at it, to make it a noticeable step up in both form and function from the rest of our collection.

The Venturer, on the other hand, is already a proven quantity. It remains popular, and we’re immensely proud of it. The logical and easy thing to do would be simply to focus on making as many of these as possible and putting them out into the world as soon as we can.

Our brand is a consequence of our worldview, and our worldview is one that insists on doing hard things for their own sake. The easy things? They just don’t feel right in the long term. For example, I could have loaded a few notes into ChatGPT and copied and pasted whatever it spat out for you to read. Instead, I’m sitting here with my third coffee of the morning, rewriting this sentence for the fourth time, because this way I get the satisfaction of really engaging with the why behind this watch, and you get the experience of reading something a fellow human cares about and has labored over, for you.

Likewise with our watches. We don’t make noise with unnecessary design flourishes or gimmicks or trends, but at the same time, we never turn down any opportunity to make our collection just that little bit better. Even if it means delaying the release of our most popular model by months. Even if it means huge costs. Even if it means changing something that is already far beyond “good enough.”

So we did it. We put the Venturer GMT under the knife. For the first time ever since its original release in 2022 we gave it a total and complete revamp. Everything is different, literally, not one thing is the same as the previous evolution. But its essence remains unchanged. It’s still the Venturer GMT people have come to know and love.

Let’s break it down.

We begin with the dial.

Like the Chronograph and the Jump Hour, the Venturer GMT now features an applied logo. The multi-faceted indices feature a waterfall design; the lume ‘pours’ out of the innermost edge, creating a radiant effect when the lights go out. The date window has also evolved. Instead of an applied frame, the new color-matched date wheel is now revealed by a diamond-cut circular aperture with polished chamfered sides.

Now to the internal rotating bezel. The diameter of this has been increased ever so slightly to make the second time zone’s 24-hour scale more legible than ever. The screw-down crown at the 10 o’clock position that controls this bezel, as well as the regular time-setting crown, have both been refined subtly and are now a smidgen thinner than before.

Turning to the case and bracelet architecture, we see some of the most obvious and tangible changes. The case and bracelet architecture pioneered for the Jump Hour and debuted on the Chronograph are now inherited by the Venturer. Polished concave cut-outs surround the flanks of the midcase and lower portion of the bezel, and the bracelet features shorter, thinner links with polished chamfers wrapping around the outer surface of each.

Finally, we end on something that can’t be seen but, we think, is still worthy of mention. A 100% transparent anti-fingerprint coating has been applied to the exterior of the crystal to help reduce the need to wipe off the smudges that, otherwise, all too often find themselves on there during the course of daily life.

And there you have it. The Venturer GMT has always been a watch you can wear without fear, everywhere. Everything you love about the old version is still there — the hardened stainless steel enhanced to 1200 HV, the 24-hour rotating bezel that allows you to take in two time zones at a glance, the minimalist design, the lacquered enamel dials that add elegance to every journey.

While we didn’t know it all those years ago, we can’t help but wonder if this is where the Venturer GMT was heading all along. Each of these changes once seemed impossible. Now, they feel inevitable. We never know where this journey will take us, but we’re honored that you have chosen to join us for the ride.