Sarek Frost

Inspired by frosty works of art on wintery window panes, the GoS Sarek Frost is offered in two dial options, Midnight Blue or Ice Blue. Both feature a sunray finish enlivened with an artistic representation of frost paired with a bewitching sapphire crystal hour track. Housed in a new stainless steel case measuring 41.5mm in diameter, the Sarek Frost tastefully combines highly polished and satin-finished surfaces. A Swiss automatic movement completes this horological ensemble. It is produced by Manufacture La Joux and personalised to GoS’s exacting requirements.

The typical Swedish summer is characterised by everlasting days, while the winter months are accompanied by perpetually dark nights. Likewise, the balmy temperatures of July eventually give way to the biting cold of December. To those individuals more accustomed to temperate climates, this extreme weather may elicit feelings of unease, however, for Swedish-born Patrik Sjögren, a Master Watchmaker and the owner of GoS, it seems quite normal. Indeed, he has grown accustomed to the unique climate of his home nation. Sweden’s unique climate, along with its remarkable flora and fauna, has provided a rich source of inspiration for the brand, manifest with its distinctive range of timepieces.

In 2016, GoS released the inaugural Sarek, a name that honours the landscape of the Sarek National Park located in the north of Sweden. This watch proved a resounding success and over subsequent years, GoS has released further versions of the model. Now, there is a new Sarek and the brand’s latest generation of nature-themed watches. These timepieces incorporate a number of refinements while still retaining the elegant, smooth lines of the former model.

Sweden’s vast landscape provides the perfect antidote to the hubbub of city life. There is an absence of distractions, just nature presented in all of its many splendid forms. Inspired by the natural phenomena in his midst, Patrik has repeatedly sought to replicate it in horological form. This time, Patrik´s inspiration came from a weathered wooden cottage in the countryside to the west of Stockholm in which he spent his early years. The windows of this cottage, framed in sturdy wood, were fitted with an inner extra window during winter to better fend off the biting chill. But this safeguard against the cold had its own charm: it transformed the glass into a canvas for frost and ice.

Patrik's desire to capture the enchantment of those frosted windows from his youth led to a unique watch dial. It's a dial that mirrors the randomness of frost and ice patterns, with the enduring charm of an icy frame serving as indexes.

GoS has a long tradition of working with like-minded parties who share the same passion for craftsmanship and creativity. However, finding a dial manufacturer and suppliers willing to tackle the intricate task of crafting the sapphire ice and frost details proved to be a challenging endeavor. It took nearly a year before manufacturing could be started with a total of five collaborating Swiss artisans that were selected for their specialist knowledge. Each artisan plays an instrumental role in the making of the various dial components, with the curved and polished sapphire pieces being the most demanding to manufacture.

The dials encompass a sunray finish, along with glossy transparent and matte white hues, recreating the sparkling, shimmering appearance of frost. An hour track encircles the dial, but unusually it is formed of 12 sections of sapphire crystal, incorporating Swiss Super-LumiNova® and presented in three-dimensional form. This is a first for GoS and, to the brand’s best knowledge, the first time it’s ever been employed in the watch industry. The spaces positioned in between each block of sapphire denote the hours. By using sections of sapphire, the dial masterfully plays with light, reinforcing the icy theme.

Sarek Frost is limited to a total of 100pcs, with 50pcs in each color Ice Blue vs Midnight Blue.

• Case: 41.5mmx11mm (5ATM) lug-to-lug: 49.5mm
• Lug width: 21mm
• Glass: Domed sapphire glass with double-sided AR coating, extra hard on outside
• Movement: La Joux-Perret G101 made to GoS specification with anthrazite finish. The solid Tungsten rotor is skeletonized and feature a GoS triskele emblem in gold.
• Dial: Sunray finished in either Ice Blue or Midnight blue with a two-color frost printing in transparent and silver white. 
• Index ring/rehaut: The indexes are machined and polished from sapphire frosted back side to emphasize the design. There is a solid piece of Superluminova behind each Sapphire, which glows through the glass and reflects on the inside of the case.
• Hands: GoS spear shape in high gloss polished Rhodium plated finish.
• Crown: GoS design in polished finish with bead-blasted grooves and hand-polished bevels. The 7.5mm crown features an integrated crown guard and has double gaskets.
• Case finishing: Stainless steel, worked and finished with inspiration from viking bracelets. The grooves are polished while the surface receives a horizontal fine satinization for increased contrasts. The case back and lugs are polished except for the top of the lugs that have a straight satinization
• Strap: Handcrafted and tapered 21-20mm strap in premium Salmon leather, fitted with premium GoS 20mm GoS pin-buckle in stainless damascus steel. The default strap has black stitching but silver contrast stiching is also available as is the black GoS Moose leather strap.
• Every watch engraved with “Sarek - Frost  - One out of 100 ” to indicate the limited edition in addition to a serial number.
• Five year guarantee
• A signed booklet that describes the inspiration for the watch and the design process.
• Delivered in GoS presentation box made from hardwood that´s been treated to resemble black oak.