2018 Pinion Axis II Gunmetal Grey Automatic Blue Dial
Ref: Axis II Black

Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its original Pinion box and paperwork. The watch comes paired on a 22mm Pinion leather strap with a signed buckle. In the box, we have two additional Pinion 22mm straps. The watch is from November 2018 and is sold in worn condition, but overall great condition as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Month Warranty.

The Watch

Founded in 2013 by Piers Berry based in South Oxfordshire, where he has British Horology Institute members in his assembly and service center. They are part of the resurgence in British watchMakers. Pinion's ethos is “grounded in building small quantities of unique and individual timepieces for discerning gentlemen''.

Here we have a 2018 Pinion Axis II with a 41.5mm Gunmetal Grey DLC case. The case curves over your wrist with tapered lugs. A lug to lug length of 50mm and a case thickness of 12.5mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a signed crown with deep knurling for extra grip. The Gunmetal Grey DLC bezel holds the domed sapphire crystal and has an AR coating on the inside above a matte blue dial. An outer minute track with applied plots of luminescence, large Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6, and 9 coated in Superluminova SLN C1-GL with the smaller minute numerals in-between. Between the 4 and 5, we have a date window. The sword hands are made of brass coated in  Superluminova complemented by a tapered arrow point second hand. At 12 o’clock we have the Pinion motif and at 6 o’clock “Axis Automatic”. On the reverse a screw-down case back with deep engraving. Inside an Automatic Movement. The watch comes fitted on a Pinion 22mm leather strap with a signed buckle. In the box, we have two additional Pinion 22mm straps. The watch comes with its Pinion presentation box and papers.

Personal Note