In 2024, French watchmaker March LA.B launched its first GMT dual-time-zone product with the March LA.B AM2 GMT watch assortment. Now, in 2025, March LA.B expands the AM2 GMT assortment with a mannequin which will look comparable at first look however is definitely produced from a special materials and has a smaller case form. The product is named the March LA.B AM2 GMT Slim Titanium, and this new four-handed watch is being launched as its “March Millesime” particular product (every March, March LA.B likes to launch a particular restricted version watch set) for 2025. March LA.B might create extra variations of the AM2 GMT Slim sooner or later, however for now, this attention-grabbing and stylish watch is restricted to simply 133 items.
The March LA.B AM2 GMT just isn’t an enormous watch to start with, being 39mm large and 12.25mm thick with a novel rectangular case form. The AM2 Slim GMT, alternatively, is smaller at simply 35mm large, with a case that is a little more sq. than rectangular. Each the AM2 GMT and the AM2 Slim GMT are water-proof to 100 meters, with a sapphire crystal over the dial. Solely the bigger AM2 GMT has a show caseback, however each the AM2 GMT and AM2 Slim GMT have the identical mechanical motion on the within. Mockingly, regardless of the “Slim” a part of the title, the AM2 Slim GMT is definitely 0.25mm thicker (12.5mm thickness whole) than the AM2 GMT (although it has a narrower case diameter).
Right now, all of the bigger March LA.B AM2 GMT watches are solely accessible in metal. Nevertheless, a titanium model of the AM2 GMT might ultimately be a part of this restricted version AM2 Slim GMT Titanium “Millesime Mars 2025.” The AM2 case is very nice in titanium. Not solely is it polished like metal, however it additionally weighs about one-third much less. This titanium is given a useful anti-fingerprint coating, which suggests you must wipe it down together with your shirt far much less usually. Final 12 months, I reviewed the titanium version of the March LA.B AM2 Titanium.
Whereas I typically actually just like the AM2 and AM2 Slim GMT watches on the matching steel bracelet, I do proceed to take problem with the deployant clasp selection. Reasonably than a extra fashionable folding security deployant, March LA.B usually likes to go along with extra conventional jewellery bracelet-style enclosures. Some context first: From the outset, March LA.B has all the time favored to be iconoclastic. The model knew it couldn’t compete in a crowded luxurious watch market by merely constructing lookalike watches. So, all the pieces in regards to the March LA.B product assortment was alleged to be quirky and original-looking to offer the corporate a definite character out there. Early on, March LA.B was making smaller fashionable males’s watches when different corporations weren’t, and it additionally wish to focus by itself particular shapes, textures, and kinds. Considered one of its iconoclastic selections is to go along with the minimalist allure of a standard bracelet enclosure. My problem is that along with these bracelets not being practically as secure on the wrist (secure from by chance falling off and being misplaced, that’s), they’re comparatively onerous to safe with one hand.
Certainly, many ladies appear to place up with tough bracelet and necklace enclosure programs that require very deft arms and persistence. I’m undecided that I’ve seen the identical degree of persistence and tolerance from most males on the subject of how simple or troublesome it’s to placed on a wristwatch. March LA.B does supply straps for the AM2 circumstances, however for my part, they appear probably the most attention-grabbing on the matching bracelet. If something, security deployant clasps are so widespread and anticipated that it deserves mentioning that March LA.B doesn’t pair them with its bracelets. In my view, if March LA.B doesn’t wish to use a inventory deployant and goes with one thing a bit extra avant-garde, then I’m all for it. I simply hope meaning growing its personal tackle the security deployant, versus ignoring the invention altogether. The 20mm large titanium bracelet is hooked up to the case on quick-release spring bars, making it simple to take away. The whole watch with bracelet weighs simply 82 grams, in line with March LA.B.
The AM2 Slim GMT dial is similar to that on the AM2 GMT, however because the measurement of the case is totally different, so are the proportions. The dial is comparatively difficult, given the assorted colours, textures, and layers. The squarish face has an outer peripheral 24-hour indicator scale, coloured black or white to roughly designate AM and PM hours. There’s a symmetrical date window positioned on the 6 o’clock place on the dial, and the utilized hour markers are simple to learn and retro in model. Solely the hour and minute arms have any luminous materials utilized to them. General, the dial does a pleasant job of mixing performance and elegance in a comparatively small house that’s making an attempt to do lots.
Within the March LA.B AM2 Slim GMT Titanium watch is a Swiss-manufactured La Joux-Perret G110 automated GMT motion. This operates kind of like an ETA 2893 however with extra energy reserve. Which means the GMT hand is adjustable in one-hour increments (in a single route), and the “residence time” is extra simply adjustable than the native time. The G110 automated motion operates at 4Hz and has a protracted 68 hours of energy reserve. Provided that this watch case, in addition to the motion inside, are assembled in France, the watch can not have a standard “Swiss Made” designation. Thus, “Made In France” is written on the dial. It’s also price mentioning that the motion doesn’t use the inventory date wheel, however fairly a customized one produced by March LA.B with its personal font and a few dates within the shade inexperienced.
For individuals who like original-looking but smaller-diameter fashionable watches, the March LA.B AM2 Slim Titanium is definitely price a glance. It continues to look each eye-catching and chic on the wrist, and the proportions may even work higher on this smaller 35mm-wide sq. design. That stated, except you usually put on sleeves or desire smaller watches, I might fastidiously evaluate the sporting dimensions of the bigger 39mm large AM2 with the 35mm AM2 Slim, as neither of them is what most individuals would confer with as massive timepieces to start with. I’d wish to see March LA.B work on a bit extra dial luminant and strongly contemplate what its personal method to a contemporary bracelet clasp could be. With that stated, these titanium watch circumstances are glorious, and these watches additionally include real exclusivity, given how they appear and the way few are made. With that stated, the value is excessive sufficient that patrons might want to worth the March LA.B model along with the technical and aesthetic options this watch brings to the desk. Value for the restricted version of 133 items March LA.B AM2 Slim GMT Titanium “March Millesime 2025” watch is 2,595 Euros. Learn more at the March LA.B website.
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