Well-known to the most passionate watch aficionados thanks to their experiments with Damascus steel, the Swedish craftsmen Johan Gustafsson and Patrik Sjögren have just presented their new baby.
Called Ice GoS 007, the new watch looks even more impressive than their previous offerings -called the Predator, Fire, Dragon, Lava and Explosion- that sported dials and rotors made of Damascus steel with different colorful accents. This particular model comes in complete monochrome looking like there is a piece of a real blade installed behind the sapphire glass. The impression is further enhanced with a shuriken-style seconds indicator at 6 o’clock.
However, the gold-wrapped diamonds that serve as hour indices somehow make the watch look too— soft. To my taste, a set of twelve screws with polished heads would have done a better job.
I am also not sure about the timepiece’s legibility, because the matte-finished hour and minute hands may lack the needed contrast against the grayish dial.
However, I REALLY like the watch. If it would be possible to remove the diamonds and if it wasn’t priced at around $8000, I would be standing first in line to get a copy of my own.
As to the movement, everything is simple here. The Ice GoS 007 is powered by a time-proven ETA 6498-1 hand-wound caliber, which is both reliable and accurate, with some modifications done by Soprod. A similar mechanism also powers the a.b.art MM series of watches, which is about eight times less expensive.
Gustafsson & Sjögren Ice GoS 007 watch’s specification:
Price range: N/A yet
Movement: ETA 6498-1, hand-wound
Complications: none
Power reserve: N/A, but usually around 56 hours
Case material: Stainless steel
Case size: 44 mm
Case height: 12 mm
Dial: Grayish Damascus steel
Water resistance: N/A
Strap: Polished stainless steel mesh bracelet
Crystal: Sapphire, flat
Called Ice GoS 007, the new watch looks even more impressive than their previous offerings -called the Predator, Fire, Dragon, Lava and Explosion- that sported dials and rotors made of Damascus steel with different colorful accents. This particular model comes in complete monochrome looking like there is a piece of a real blade installed behind the sapphire glass. The impression is further enhanced with a shuriken-style seconds indicator at 6 o’clock.
However, the gold-wrapped diamonds that serve as hour indices somehow make the watch look too— soft. To my taste, a set of twelve screws with polished heads would have done a better job.
I am also not sure about the timepiece’s legibility, because the matte-finished hour and minute hands may lack the needed contrast against the grayish dial.
However, I REALLY like the watch. If it would be possible to remove the diamonds and if it wasn’t priced at around $8000, I would be standing first in line to get a copy of my own.
As to the movement, everything is simple here. The Ice GoS 007 is powered by a time-proven ETA 6498-1 hand-wound caliber, which is both reliable and accurate, with some modifications done by Soprod. A similar mechanism also powers the a.b.art MM series of watches, which is about eight times less expensive.
Gustafsson & Sjögren Ice GoS 007 watch’s specification:
Price range: N/A yet
Movement: ETA 6498-1, hand-wound
Complications: none
Power reserve: N/A, but usually around 56 hours
Case material: Stainless steel
Case size: 44 mm
Case height: 12 mm
Dial: Grayish Damascus steel
Water resistance: N/A
Strap: Polished stainless steel mesh bracelet
Crystal: Sapphire, flat
