The Ardea
Four years in the making, the Ardea is Taylor's first watch with an in-house movement and dial. Calibre 475RS features a playful retrograde seconds complication developed in the workshop, a solid gold gear train, a titanium and platinum balance wheel, and a fine silver dial with guilloché executed on a restored rose engine. The applied numerals are machined from solid platinum and individually polished by hand. Rounded, romantic shapes run through the entire watch, each surface designed to hold the light differently.
Ardea (ar-DAY-uh) is Latin for heron. Taylor named the watch after the herons he observes near his workshop on the river, their quick strike reminiscent of the snap of the retrograde seconds.
