Model History
Renaissance is the line through which Aerowatch showcases its skeletonization expertise (the art of revealing the movement's bridges and main plate instead of hiding them beneath the dial) — unlike "1942," it has no well-documented official launch date, but it has been in the range for years and is, alongside "1942," one of the brand's most identifiable collections.
At the heart of the collection is a large hand-wound calibre derived from pocket-watch movements (the classic ETA/Unitas 6498-1, originally designed for pocket watches and adapted to the wrist), skeletonized and often hand-decorated. Around this base, Aerowatch offers numerous different decorative executions — Skeleton Classic, Skeleton Wheel, Black Tornado, Fir Tree, Cobweb — which vary the skeletonization pattern and finishing while keeping the same underlying architecture.
It positions itself as an accessible entry point into the world of skeleton watches, a segment normally associated with much higher prices — while still offering genuinely open-worked finishing, not a simple dial printed with a skeleton effect.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions of the Collection
The name "Renaissance" fits more aptly than it might seem: the collection literally revives calibres born for 19th-century pocket watches, such as the 6498, bringing them back into fashion on the wrist and showing them off rather than hiding them — a true "rebirth" of a historic mechanical architecture.