Paula Reis UNIVERSE AUTOMATIC / PINK GOLD 3™

A dark dial on a pink gold case — and a movement that runs on nothing but your arm.

There is no battery in this watch and there never will be. A weighted rotor inside turns with every movement of your wrist and winds the mainspring. That is the whole mechanism: motion in, time out.

The dark dial keeps the pink gold from tipping into flashy. In daylight it reads almost black; closer up you see it is not flat. The hands and markers are luminous, so it stays legible in a dim restaurant or a car at night.

If you have only ever worn quartz watches, two things will surprise you. The second hand sweeps rather than ticking. And it will stop if you leave it in a drawer over a long weekend — that is normal for an automatic. A few turns of the crown and it picks up again.

What you get for 99,90 €

• Self-winding automatic movement, no battery
• 13 mm case
• Coated mineral glass
• Dark dial, luminous hands and markers
• 22 cm strap, folding clasp with safety catch
• Water resistance 3 bar — rain and handwashing, not swimming

Buying it here

Registered company in Spain, return address in Madrid, three-year legal guarantee, thirty days to change your mind. Free tracked shipping, delivered in 2 to 3 weeks.