Atelier Wen Ancestra 蛟 JIĀO Launch Edition (Pre-order)

This is a pre-order. 7-day limited order window, ending August 5, 2025. Delivery expected Q3 2026. Watches will ship from Collective within the US. Pricing includes all import duties and express shipping.

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Limited Availability: 7-day limited order window, ending August 5, 2025.

The Atelier Wen Ancestra JIĀO is a 38mm dress watch cased in 904L steel, featuring a hand-hammered silver dial layered with grand feu enamel in a cobalt fumé gradient. Its sculptural case incorporates detached lugs inspired by ancient Hongshan jade dragon carvings, secured with engraved huí wén bolts. Powered by a customized French-made Pequignet EPM03 movement with a laser-engraved bridge bearing passages from the Chinese classic Tianwen, the watch blends Chinese mythological themes with fine watchmaking craft. The dial is completed with baguette-cut diamonds and either Chinese or Western-Arabic numerals, framed by custom rhodium-plated leaf hands. Available only during a seven-day order window, the JIĀO is a refined statement of cross-cultural design and artisanal execution.

Note: The final production version of the Ancestra JIĀO will feature several refinements over the prototype, including flush-set diamonds in laser-cut recesses, sharper printing on the numerals, improved hand finishing, and crisper transitions between brushed and polished surfaces.

Key Details

Case

• Material: 904L stainless steel
• Diameter: 38 mm
• Lug-to-Lug: 46 mm
• Thickness: 11.3 mm (including crystal)
• Lug Width: 20 mm (strap tapers to 16 mm)
• Lug Construction: Detached lugs inspired by Hongshan jade dragons, externally screwed with huí wén motif bolts
• Finishing: Mixed brushed and polished surfaces
• Crown: Screw-down
• Water Resistance: 100 meters (10 ATM)

Crystal

• Front: Double-domed sapphire with 5 layers of anti-reflective coating
• Back: Sapphire display caseback with 5 layers of anti-reflective coating

Dial

• Base: Hand-hammered (martelé) 925 silver
• Enamel: Five-layer grand feu enamel in fumé gradient (white center to deep cobalt edge)
• Numeral Variants:
  • Chinese calligraphy by Elaine Wong (odd markers)
  • Western-Arabic numerals by Lee Yuen-Rapati (even markers)
• Hour Markers: Alternating baguette-cut diamonds
• Hands: Rhodium-plated custom leaf hands (0.45 mm thick, frosted mid-plane, concave mirror-polished bevels)

Movement

• Calibre: Customized Pequignet EPM03 (France)
• Type: Automatic, time-only
• Power Reserve: 65 hours
• Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
• Jewels: 21
• Accuracy: Chronometer-grade (–4 / +6 s/day), adjusted in 6 positions and 3 temperatures
• Special Decoration: Micro-etched bridge with passages from Tianwen (Questions to Heaven)
• Rotor: Skeletonized tungsten, plated in 5N rose gold
• Hacking Seconds: YesWinding: Bi-directional Pellaton-style system
  

Strap

• Material: Full-grain leather with Epsom upper and Zermatt calfskin lining
• Width: 20 mm tapering to 16 mm
• Buckle: Stainless steel, hand-finished with mirror-polished bevels and lacquer seal

Warranty

• Collective is an Atelier Wen authorized retailer. All new Atelier Wen watches are covered by a 5-year international warranty

Terms & Conditions

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