Our Limited Edition is a thoroughly modern and Hodinkee-tweaked take on the original reference 87013. Guillaume Laidet, Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of the revived Nivada Grenchen, points to that same 1960s example as the direct inspiration for the resurrection of the Antarctic GMT line. The mainline version arrived in 2024, but as always, we found room to make it our own.
At 36mm in diameter and 40mm lug-to-lug, the previous black and tropical dial variants have proved to be a success with collectors. This 225-piece limited edition builds on the motifs from the “Grey Glow” Hodinkee exclusives, while high-contrast design changes simplify the look and make for a more robust, go-anywhere GMT.
What stays is the reliable, automatic, and self-winding SOPROD C125 movement, with 42 hours of power reserve and a frequency of 4Hz. With that comes a 24-hour rotating inner bezel, adjusted via the crown at 2 o’clock. The crown at 4 o’clock independently adjusts the GMT hand and date in the first position and the 12-hour time in the second. Most importantly, we’ve upgraded the crystal to sapphire, which doubles the water resistance from 50 to 100 meters, a feature exclusive to our Limited Edition and more in line with the Antarctic’s hard-wearing history.