Tefnut

With the Tefnut, Moritz Grossmann brings its own in-house high watchmaking toward more compact cases, designed for smaller wrists and for a largely female audience, without however turning the collection into a simple scaled-down version of the men's models. The name recalls Tefnut, an Egyptian deity linked to moisture and associated in mythology with Shu as a complementary pair — once again a reference to ancient Egypt, in continuity with Benu and Atum — and the line shares with the rest of the catalogue the constructive architecture of Grossmann's in-house calibers, adapted to a more compact case diameter, typically around 37 mm.

Alongside the more classic executions, with a silvered or mother-of-pearl dial and small seconds at 6 o'clock, the Tefnut has hosted one of the most original technical solutions developed by the brand: the Tefnut Twist model, which replaces the traditional winding crown with a system that allows the mainspring to be wound by twisting the lug positioned at 6 o'clock, while time-setting remains entrusted to a conventional crown at 4 o'clock. The mechanism, unprecedented in the contemporary watchmaking landscape, was selected among the finalists of the 2018 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in the Ladies category.

Over time the line has expanded with executions that also revive the manufacture's more elaborate finishes, such as the friction-silvering technique applied to smaller dials, confirming the brand's intention not to sharply separate women's from men's watchmaking on the level of constructive quality, while still offering proportions and aesthetic details designed specifically for smaller wrists.