SevenFriday introduces their new collection of timepieces, the V-Series. Clearly inspired by engines and industrial design, the SevenFriday V-Series will shake up the entry market of mechanical timepieces once again. We had our worries, that the new collection would become ‘too expensive’ and therefore competing in a totally different league of watch manufacturers, but the price of the V-Series is more than comforting.Both V-Series watches, the V1/01 and V2/01, are priced at just below $1000 Euro (~ CHF1055 Swiss Francs). For this, you will get a unique designed watch by SevenFriday, powered by a mechanical movement made in Japan (Miyota 82S7). There is more than price and movement of course, so here we go!SevenFriday V1/01 Specifications:Stainless steel case with sunray brushed top bezel.Fast Strap Changer (FSC) equipped. (pushers at 9H side).4 levels dial construction Galvanic hollowed out plates with alternate finishing: Deep stamped Silver ?azurage?/ Vertical brushed rhodium / Vertical brushed Silver white / Opalin silver white Circular brushed Gun metal dial ring.12 applied galvanic parts120 angle hour reading with ?additioner? principle, turning central disc ?0, 4, 8? to be added to fix ?0, 1, 2, 3, 4? scale.Customized with special Day & Night display (white & dark blue) and white small second indication (?additioner? principle)Specially hardened and anti-reflective treated domed mineral glass3 ATM water resistantBlack soft mat calf skin leather strap (123/85mm) – tone to tone stitchingChip that allows authenticity verification (with NFC technology).SevenFriday V2/01 Specifications:The specifications for the V2/01 are similar to the V1/01 but with the following differences:Stainless steel case with vertical sunray brushed top bezel.4 levels dial construction. Galvanic hollowed out plates with alternate finishing: Deep grey cast-iron pattern / Vertical brushed ?concrete color? / Vertical brushed Rhodium / Opalin black Circular brushed 4N dial ring.Customized with special Day and Night display (4N & black) and 4N small second indication (?additioner? principle).Brown semi-mat Calf skin leather strap (123/85mm) – tone to tone stitchingBoth SevenFriday V-series watches have the following dimensions and movement specifications:Case Dimensions: H 44.3mm X W 49.7mm, Thickness: Case: 11,3mm, Incl. case back: 12,85mmLeather Strap:?Taper 28 to 24 mmDial opening:?Dial ring: 38.7mm, Dial: 31.5mmMovement:?Open balance wheel movement Miyota 82S7, 40H power reserveReassuring AuthenticityThe V-Series (and all other new watch models from SevenFriday from now on) will have a NFC chip on board. This new way of authenticating a timepiece (to tell fakes from authentic ones) is a nice step forward in watchmaking. Where digital technology meets mechanical engineering! Each watch with NFC chip can be scanned with a NFC enabled phone using the SevenFriday app. The app will immediately indicate whether the watch is authentic, or not.Additioner PrincipleThe V-Series offer a new way of displaying (and thus reading) time, with an hours and seconds additioner principle. There is one large scale for the minutes, like a normal watch. As you can see the scale of the hours and seconds is limited, so an extra disc with +X numerals will help to indicate the correct time. I can’t wait to get my hands on this watch to give it a try and see how long it takes before you get used to this way of reading time. Furthermore, the V-Series comes with a day/night indicator.So how does it work exactly? Look at the watch below, the hour scale is the big 0 till 4. So we have to use some increments when it is later than 4 o’clock. On the image below you’ll see that on the hour scale, there is a disc saying +4. The +4 is somewhere between the big 3 and big 4 on the hour scale, so that means 7 hours. The minute hand is just before 30 minutes, about 28 (can’t see it exactly on this image, but let’s assume it says 28). So this means it is 7:28. The day/night aperture indicates whether it is 7:28 or 19:28. The seconds counter works in the same way as the hour ‘additioner’. 8 o’clock is interesting, as this can be indicated with 4+4 but also with 8+0.However, don’t be afraid, the SevenFriday V-Series watches come once again in a very impressive package, with a manual in 10 different languages.More information can be found on SevenFriday on-line.More images of the SevenFriday V-Series