Ascent

The Arima Ascent is a Swiss Made integrated-bracelet watch, shipping in 2027 with a 2-year warranty and free shipping.

Made for the eye. Engineered for the wrist.

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Ships in 2027 · 2-year warranty · Free shipping

Is the Ascent your watch?
Answer honestly.

What killed the last watch you almost bought?

A bracelet with no micro adjust. A case too thick it doesn't easily slide under a cuff. A bracelet you'd swap for a strap inside a week. Small things, and they matter to you.

When did a watch last make you look twice?

You couldn't say why on paper. The shape did it. The way it caught the light. You bought it anyway, and you were right.

Yes to both

If you answered both without thinking, keep reading.

You notice the details most people miss, and your eye decides before the spec sheet does. That's the collector we built the Ascent for: a few microbrands in the box already, and room for one that looks like nothing else.

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Before you decide

Four things we'd rather say now than later

Resale is a bad reason to buy

Watches can lose money. Buy the Ascent because you want it on your wrist in three years' time.

We're new, and you've never heard of us

That's true. So we put our names, contact details and supply chain on this site. Read them before you spend anything.

We built the specs to back up the design, not sell it

The hardened case and the La Joux-Perret movement are rare at this price point. Buy the Ascent for the case, dial, and bracelet, then enjoy finding out what's underneath.

Want to hold it before you commit?

Fair. Ask us anything, wait for the wrist shots, or find us at a show. Your trust matters more to us than one sale.

At a glance

The Arima Ascent at a glance

The Arima Ascent is a Swiss Made integrated-bracelet watch from Arima Watches, a microbrand founded by two engineers. It costs 800 CHF excluding VAT, ships in 2027 and includes a 2-year warranty and free shipping.

Price 800 CHF excluding VAT, never discounted
Ships 2027
Warranty 2 years on movement and function
Shipping Free
Returns 14 days for a refund

Arima Ascent specifications

Arima Ascent specifications, part 1
Case	39.5mm diameter, 41.5mm lug to lug, 9.8mm thin
Movement	La Joux-Perret G100 automatic, date
Power reserve	68 hours
Water resistance	100 m
Crystal	Sapphire with 5 layers of AR coating
Case hardening	Nitrided, about 800 HV
Dial	Sandwich construction in Slate, Moss, Fog, Dark Blue or Light Blue

Arima Ascent specifications, part 2
Lume	Super-LumiNova BGW9 on hands and dial
Bracelet	Stepping stones, screw links and half-link sizing
Clasp	Self-adjusting, up to 4mm
Caseback	Matterhorn engraved caseback
Origin	Swiss Made
Delivery	Ships 2027

Questions about the Ascent

The Arima Ascent is a Swiss Made integrated-bracelet watch. It ships in 2027 because lead times on movements, cases and bracelets run five months or more, and a new brand cannot jump the queue. It comes with a 2-year warranty on movement and function, plus free shipping.

The Arima Ascent costs 800 CHF excluding VAT. Arima says it will never discount it, because discounts hurt the people who paid full price. Shipping is free worldwide. Pre-ordered watches are delivered by 31 August 2027 at the latest.

The Ascent uses a La Joux-Perret G100 automatic movement with date and a 68-hour power reserve. The case is 39.5mm wide, 41.5mm lug to lug and 9.8mm thin, nitrided to about 800 HV, with a sapphire crystal and 100 m of water resistance. Any watchmaker can service the movement.

Yes. The clasp is spring-loaded and self-adjusts by up to 4mm as your wrist changes, so it needs no traditional micro-adjust links. The stepping-stone bracelet also sizes with screw links and a half-link, and it costs more to make than the case.

The Ascent is designed in Neuchâtel, engineered in Biel/Bienne and assembled in Neuchâtel, with a La Joux-Perret movement and a dial from the Swiss Jura. The case and bracelet come from China and the hands from India. Arima prints the full supply chain rather than dodging the question.

Arima Watches was founded by two engineers, Kokilan and Joshua Don Bosco, who met on a hike at Oeschinensee. Kokilan is a manufacturing engineer in Switzerland who produced complex components for an independent movement maker. Joshua is an automotive engineer in Stuttgart and the managing director of Arima Watches UG, based in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Yes. You can withdraw within 14 days of receiving the Ascent and get a refund to your original payment method, with return shipping at your cost. The warranty covers movement and function for two years. You can try it on in Manchester in November 2026 and at Micro Praha in Prague in November 2026.

The Ascent puts the bracelet first instead of treating it as an afterthought. Its stepping-stone bracelet costs more to make than the case, the clasp self-adjusts by up to 4mm, and the faceted decagon case is only 9.8mm thin.

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The founders

We started with what annoyed us.

Two engineers, one from Swiss watch manufacturing, one from the German car industry, met on a hike and got talking about watches. We agreed on one thing: on most integrated bracelet watches, the bracelet is the afterthought. So we built one where it comes first.

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