Automatic Dress Watch

Nº 1953 Black

Automatic dress watch limited to only 100 serial numbers (request number at checkout).

Designed and assembled in-house by WT Author.

Built in 10 working days and shipped from our UK workshop with free worldwide shipping.

Key Details

Available Variants

It marks the coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey, London. Our signature silhouette adopts an elegant mesh watch band referencing dress timepieces from the time.

Case

Satin Stainless Steel
with Polished Bezel

Power Reserve

Miyota Nº 9015 Automatic
42 hours

Strap

Black Stainless Steel Milanese or Handmade Italian Leather

Water Resistant

100m or 10 ATM

Automatic Dress Watch

Our Craftsmanship

Movements

Pioneering Watch Calibres

Each automatic dress watch is assembled around a highly-reliable movement to give you the ability to maintain the watch with us directly or with another service.

The Miyota Nº 9015 calibre is an analogue automatic movement, assembled in Japan. 

It is produced in-house by high-speed automatic assembly lines and undergoes strict quality checks to ensure long-lasting design.

The component includes repairable metal clockwork with a very powerful stepper motor and fixed pulse.

Materials

Type 316L Stainless Steel

With its extra-low carbon content and added Molybdenum, type 316L stainless steel is incredibly strong and extremely resistant to corrosion from seawater or acidic liquids.

It’s also magnetic resistant, unlike the general-use stainless steel grade of 201 or 304L.

We select 316L as the choice of material to provide an affordable, unique automatic dress watch without ever having to compromise on quality.

Every watch is built with British and imported parts and assembled in our workshop.

Automatic Dress Watch

Technical Specifications

Case

NO-1953-K

Nº 1953 Black

Limited to 100 serial numbers only

37.5mm

12.5mm

Type 316L stainless steel

Silver-tone

Silver-tone

100m or 10ATM

Solid Sapphire

Screw down seal with enamel “poker ship” detailing. Etched serial number.
Signature red, anodised aluminium

Dial

Black

Satin

Signature red labelled trademark. Gloss silver painted “tuning fork” hour markers & minute track.

Polished stainless steel hour / minute hands.

Movement

Nº 9015

Automatic

42 hours

Hours, minutes, central seconds

28,800

-10/+20 seconds per month

Parashock anti-shock

Strap

Milanese 20mm

Leather 20mm

Milanese mesh strap,
fastened directly onto the case

Italian oil-tan leather,
riveted directly onto the case

Polished silver-tone stainless steel

Black & Black

Automatic Dress Watch

The Presentation

Packaging

Recyclable, Renewable, Reusable, Biodegradable & Sustainable

The innovative cardboard packaging has been engineered as a lightweight solution to reduce wasteful distribution.

With a recycling rate of over 80%, corrugated cardboard has the best UK recyclability record of any packaging material, saving an area the size of Greater London from landfill every 4 months.

We endeavour to use recycled stock at every possible opportunity.

Our well-designed ‘right sized’ solution provides maximum protection with minimal use of material to eliminate waste, as well as reducing storage & transportation costs.

The inherent beauty of this repurposed material is adorned by our own exclusive artwork.

Artefacts

The Story of WT Author
Artefact 1: Numbered & Signed Screenprint

A signed and numbered limited edition map print, pressed on the finest certified ethically-sourced stock.

The exclusive artwork is a map detailing the route of the Queen’s Coronation.

Artefact 2: Chapter 6 from the Book of WT Author

The story of the Nº 1953 visualised within a beautifully formatted book that includes stunning photography of the full watch chapter. 

Automatic Dress Watch

What Our Followers Say

When it comes to our watches, we always want to hear what our followers think.

Rated 5 out of 5
December 11, 2022

The watch face is elegant and easy to read and I loved how I could choose between a leather strap and a mesh strap.

Mitchell

Automatic Dress Watch

What the Press says

“We come barreling right out of the gates with our own unique vision” and roll from there…

We’ve been featured in some of the world’s top publications, and they just can’t get enough of us.

Wristwatch Review UK
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"The finishing on the WT Author Nº 1953 is exceptional. Every angle, every facet has been polished or brushed to perfection. It looks and feels every bit as good as watches costing five times as much. I love the quirky design, which rather than a circle, reminds me of a flower.“
The Wristwatch Review
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“We’ve reviewed (and written about) a number of watches from WT Author (you can see those here), but with today’s review, we’re leaving behind the trench watch aesthetics of the prior models, and are getting into something a bit more modern – and dressy – with the WT Author 1953.“
Wristwatch Review UK
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“First place and our award for Watch of the year 2021 goes to the WT Author No. 1953. It’s entirely bespoke and British-built, which we believe justifies its asking price. There’s nothing else quite like it on the market, and the fact it comes from a tiny brand adds to the appeal. We hope the new WT Author 1973 model is just as good: hopefully, we’ll get our hands on one in 2021.”
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The Making of Nº 1953 Black

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