Minase
Minase Horizon 42 mm Silvered Quartz
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Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Minase · Horizon
Minase Horizon 42 mm Silvered Quartz
Reference 75985OR.84
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Minase
- Collection
- Horizon
- Model
- Minase Horizon 42 mm Silvered Quartz
- Reference number
- 75985OR.84
- Year / era
- 2005 · 2000s — modern production
- Complication
- Moon phase
- Movement
- Automatic, 24 jewels
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Dial type
- Silvered opaline
- Strap / bracelet
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Water resistance
- 150 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 50 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 42 mm
- Case thickness
- 12.6 mm
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Bezel
- Bidirectional 24-hour Cerachrom
- Crystal
- Anti-reflective sapphire, double-domed
- Dial
- Silvered opaline
- Hands
- Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand
- Indexes
- Printed minute track with applied batons
- Bracelet / strap
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Clasp / buckle
- Pin buckle in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- 150 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 5A — Automatic, 24 jewels
- Movement type
- Automatic with micro-rotor
- Frequency
- 25,200 vph (3.5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
- Number of jewels
- 37 jewels
- Complications
- Moon phase
- Functions
- GMT second time zone, date
- Watchmaker
- Assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker, who signs off the piece before casing.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2005 – 2018
- Limited-edition quantity
- 50 pieces
- Current market information
- Values have stabilised after the 2022 correction; condition and box-and-papers drive the premium.
Designer
Emmanuel Gueit
Emmanuel Gueit came from a family of Geneva jewellers and was barely into his twenties when he drew the oversized Royal Oak Offshore in 1993 — a watch the house's traditionalists resisted and collectors turned into an icon.
Historical significance
Minase Horizon 42 mm Silvered Quartz sits within Minase's Horizon line, introduced in 2005. It carries the house codes established since 2005 — quartz tpt case, silvered opaline dial and automatic, 24 jewels — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
The House
Minase
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 2005
- Founder
- Kyowa Co. / Susumu Kitamura
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Tier
- Japanese
- Major collections
- Divido, Five Windows, Horizon, Masterpiece
- Signature technologies
- In-house hairspring production · Proprietary case-hardening and polishing
- Famous movements
- Automatic, 24 jewels · Eco-Drive solar quartz · High-accuracy quartz · Spring Drive
- Notable watches
- Minase Divido (2000) · Minase Horizon (2001) · Minase Uruga (2002)
Brand history
Minase has spent more than 21 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Divido, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Kyowa Co. / Susumu Kitamura established Minase in 2005, working from Japan at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Minase calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
2005
Kyowa Co. / Susumu Kitamura founds Minase in Japan.
2024
Minase continues to produce Divido, Five Windows, Horizon and other icons in limited numbers.