Five Eye-Catching Irregular-Shaped Watches

Unique and exclusivity are paramount when selling luxury watches, due to the appeal to the wealthy people able to purchase these products, but the shape has caught on to be somewhat of a trend for being different to a regular circular watch, and being 'quirky', so in this 2ND Source Blog, we will take a look at Five Eye-Catching Irregular-Shaped Watches from a range of price-points and brands, some micro-brands, and some big names in the watchmaking industry.

Irregular watches have been around for a long time, due to the USP of the shape and ability to stand out as the wearer, with early Irregular-Shaped Watches such as the Cartier Tank Asymetrique, Hamilton Ventura and Pre-Gerald Genta Patek Philippe designs from Gilbert Albert, such as the Asymetrie, Reference 3424.

 

First is the most affordable watch on this list, which is the Grandeur Strange - a collection of watches from the Microbrand Grandeur, an American brand which is arguably not a microbrand anymore, with it's large following and high-demand for pieces which offer more complex finishes and complications for a reasonable price.

The Strange Models are irregular-shaped watches which are currently sold out due to high demand, but they are presented with a variety of different dials and case materials, for example the 18K Gold Collection of Stones Dials, which were limited to 25 Pieces Each and Have since sold out, yet the current collection of Regular Stainless Steel Models have also sold-out too, but are more affordable and easier to find on the secondary market, with the 18K Gold Cases being more of a novelty release than a main collection.

The Strange is not only Irregular-Shaped, but also uses the Crazy Hours Movement, invented by Franck Muller, making this watch a unique piece in any collection, and that isn't even including the variety of dial colours and patterns on offer, with stones such as obsidian and lapis lazuli, to vibrant blues, pinks and purples.

Inside this piece is the quartz movement, making this piece incredibly accurate, but not something that mechanical watch collectors would be particularly interested in for the movement reasons, it is very much design-heavy, and I think that the rest of the specifications make up for it.

The quartz movement does allow for a slim case profile, making it only 8mm thick and 39mm in diameter, allowing a large variety of wrist sizes to wear this watch comfortably. The rest of the specifications don't disappoint too, with triple-layered anti-reflective coating on the sapphire crystal, 50ATM water resistance and 2 straps supplied - leather or rubber.

The price of the Strange at retail is from £449-£524 for the regular Stainless Steel case editions, with the price varying from the dial materials, with the rare stones costing more than the sunray colours. Yet due to the Strange being sold out at retail on the Grandeur site and the popularity generated around this watch, the pieces are ranging up to around £3,000, and even on the secondary markets they can be hard to find.

 

Next is the Nectere 'Order from Chaos' Collection. Nectere are a Microbrand from Hong Kong founded in 2024 by James Wong and Tony Yip, and this 'Order from Chaos' Collection is their first set of pieces that lead their Kickstarter campaign that reached 1326% funding in 30 Days - hitting a spot with the watches community and showing demand for irregular watches like these.

The Order from Chaos Collection is fully sold out other than 'The Eclipse' Model as shown below, a Stainless Steel PVD Gold Model, as opposed to the other pieces in the collection which were regular 316L Stainless Steel with a Mirror Polish.

The irregular shape is more triangular than the other watches on this list, but offers a different type of irregular so is great for customers with a more classic and dress-watch, formal taste, rather than the modern-style of the Grandeur Strange.

The dial is a very clean small seconds layout with irregular proportions to fit the unusual shape of the case, with an obscured logo and hands at uneven lengths to add to the aesthetic of irregularity.

Inside the case is the Seagull ST-17 Ultra-Slim Movement, which provides a power reserve of 38-40 Hours, and it is the manual-winding variant of this particular movement, and this can be seen through the small K1 Crystal Open Heart caseback.

This minimalistic and classic piece is fit for many wrist sizes, as the case comes in at 38mm, with a thickness of 8.5mm, with the stepped bezel and domed-sapphire crystal.

Outside of the case, the Eclipse arrives with a intricate and well-executed Steel Mesh Bracelet and a complimentary black leather strap, with both options working well with the colours of the watch and are both versatile options, with the mesh bracelet being more appropriate for formal events and the leather strap more suitable for daily wear.

With the Eclipse limited to only 100 Pieces, this watch could be a rare piece in the history of Nectere as it is also their initial collection of watches.

 

Next on this list is the Pedral Contour. Pedral are a microbrand from Sweden which started out on Kickstarter in 2018 like many micro-brands. Founder Kevin Pedral set out with a mission to prove the people at the Stockholm Watchmaking School that denied him wrong.

This particular watch collection is the Contour, a limited edition piece of 60, much like the other collections produced by the brand, creating exclusivity at a reasonably-affordable price-point.

The Contour is pitched to be 'designed as a watch and built like jewellery' - it wraps the wrist more than it sits on-top of it, due to the integrated bracelet design which uses hundreds of tiny links rather than larger rows for the jewellery-look and 'wrist-wrapping' comfort as well as the slim-dimensions of the actual case, being 35mm across by 6.9mm thick which also helps the comfortability aspect. This piece takes inspiration from the early 70s shift from watches being purely functional and the traditional 'tool-watch', to pieces that were eye-catching for their flashy nature over reading time.

The Quartz Model retails for a price of £895 for the Solaire and Nacre models, and £1,000 for the Aurum model, likely due to the Gold Plating on the bracelet over the stainless steel of the other two models. The Quartz models use the Ronda 1063 Movement, which is a Swiss-Made outsourced movement that is popular and reliable.

The mechanical models include stone dials of Onyx, Nebulese and Lumiere materials, with single sheets of stone cut to the irregular case-size. The movement used in these mechanical models is the ETA-7001, a hand-wound Swiss-Made outsourced movement, providing 45 Hours of Power Reserve, and fits to the slim dimensions of the case being only 2.5MM thick. The manual versions of the Contour retail for 1,950 Euros each, considerably more than the quartz models, but a more interactive experience with the watches.

 

The next watch on this list is the Cartier Crash, a classic and one of the most well-known irregular-shaped watches, being adorned by celebrities and famous faces all over the world, due to the exclusivity, high-price and unique styling of this watch.

The Cartier Crash has a unique story due to the popular culture myths and blurred origin of the timepiece. Many people initially believed it was a Cartier watch model that was involved in a car crash, or an inspiration taken from a painting of melted-style clocks, yet the design was confirmed to be a deliberate act, rather than accidental as these stories suggest.

The Cartier Crash was released in 1967, making the watch a classic piece that has been relatively unchanged over the years, and has maintained a low number of watches in circulation compared to more mainstream models from Cartier such as the Santos de Cartier, making the Crash an extremely valuable and collectible piece. The original London-Made pieces are worth anywhere from £200,000-£900,000 in today's market, due to the low numbers, especially of these original watches.

Since its conception in 1967, the Cartier Crash has had a few different versions released, with the white gold models in 2015, then the desirable Platinum models in 2018, which elevates the Cartier Crash due to the exclusivity of not only the watch but the Platinum crafting process. Then in 2020 the Crash returned in yellow gold, remaking the classic look of the Crash. Finally is the Cartier Crash Skeleton which was introduced in 2021, arguably the most stand-out piece from the iconic collection, which was also the best model for power reserve, with an impressive 72 hours.

There were also some extremely exclusive pieces reported to be produced as a result of the CPCP, Cartier's ultra-limited group of collectors, and around 200 Cartier Crash models were produced for this group, with refined movements and finishes.

The Crash is so popular due to this exclusivity, therefore has had an appeal to celebrities expanding the publicity of the Cartier Crash, making it one of, if not the most famous irregular-shaped luxury watch right now.

 

Finally on this list is the Berneron Mirage, an independent brand that has stormed to popularity through this unique, ultra-luxury and highly-exclusive design of their Mirage, the independent's debut collection.

While this watch looks irregular at first glance, each component of the movement is carefully shaped and sculpted to this irregular layout, with the movement undergoing a two-year development process to perfect it. The case is inspired by the curves of a Fibonacci Spiral, and the hands are shaped to match this aesthetic.

The extensively developed movement inside the Mirage 38 is the Calibre 233, which is 2.3mm thick to fit the thin case profile, and provides a power reserve of 72 Hours. The Mirage 38 has two colours on offer - the Sienna and the Prussian Blue.

In the Mirage 34, it features the Calibre 215, which provides the same 3-Day Power Reserve, but fits the smaller 34mm case size with it being smaller in every dimension, thus fitting Berneron's brand aim to create unique movements for each of their collections, not just reusing the Calibre 233 from the Mirage 38. The Mirage 34 also has the option of two colourways - this time being rare stone dials, improving the minimalism and unique aspect of these watches - and this 34 Model is available in Lapis Lazuli or Tiger's Eye, with the Tiger's Eye Model's Case crafted from Yellow Gold, while the Lapis Lazuli's case is made from White Gold, further differentiating these watches.

The newest edition to the Mirage Collection is the Mirage Miroir, an openworked version of the previous Mirage pieces, yet it cuts the small seconds to optimise the view of the movement, and it keeps the slim profile at only 2.83mm thick by inverting the handset with the hour-hand on the top of the handstack, while keeping the 3-day power reserve with a bigger barrel after conserving space from removing other components. It features the Calibre 283 to maintain this unique movement for each line of watches, but takes inspiration from previous generations of the movement.

The Mirage Miroir arrives in 38mm, and is also available in two colours, yellow gold and white gold, with a yellow or white gold 7-link bracelet an option for these new pieces. The Miroir with the bracelet at retail costs CHF 130,250, and on leather strap costs CHF 72,500.

The secondary market prices of Berneron Mirage Watches are hard to find with the limited number of all watches produced with retail lists full until 2028 on original Mirage 38 Models, yet even the original Mirage 38 exceeds over £200,000 as of Mid-2026, showing the exclusivity and collectible nature of this stunning Collection of Watches, with customers holding these Pieces.

 

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