Closer Look: At The New Dietrich SD-1 Tropic Green – Gnomon Exclusive

As a rather young brand that has only been around since 2010, Dietrich is a fascinating watch manufacturer that explores a whole new perspective on watchmaking with artistic timepieces that are organically different. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, a beautiful city renowned for its highly innovative arts and creative scene, creative French designer and brand founder Emmanuel Dietrich expresses his lifelong love for watches with his unique design signature of producing phenomenal watches which are delicate but bold, powerful yet sensual. With over 20 years of experience in designing watches, Dietrich watches beautifully echoes a visually artistic scope of Dietrich’s concepts.

In an endeavour to create mid-size traditional diver’s watch infused with the design philosophy of Emmanuel Dietrich, the SD-1 Skindiver combines the brand’s organic visual cues with a retro style inspired by 1960s recreational dive watches, giving birth to a seriously impressive avant-garde dive watch that is in a class of its own. Apart from the ‘Suave Black’ and ‘Pacific Blue’ models of the Dietrich SD-1.