Going Green, the Favre Leuba Way

Favre Leuba has a knack for reinterpreting its own history without turning it into a museum piece. The latest Sea Sky Revival Green shows that restraint can be as powerful as reinvention.

The brand has taken one of its most recognisable mid-century chronographs and introduced a dial that gives the design a completely different energy; rich, textured, and deeply contemporary.

A dial with depth and character

The green chosen here isn’t simply fashionable; it’s saturated and sophisticated, more emerald than racing. Under changing light, the sunray finish transitions between gloss and shadow, imparting the dial with a subtle sense of motion.

Three black ribbed sub dials anchor the colour with purpose, and the vintage arrow hands, broad, lume-filled and slightly assertive, echo the tool-watch origins of the original Sea Sky from the 1960s.

Around the edge, a telemeter and tachymeter sit neatly within the inner ring, their fine print a nod to a time when mechanical chronographs were instruments before they were accessories.

Form with substance

The case measures 40 millimetres across, a balanced size that recalls the vintage proportions while feeling modern in the hand. Stainless steel has been finished with alternating polished and brushed surfaces that catch the light in a restrained way.

The ceramic bezel features a clean, matte texture, providing a contemporary counterpoint to the warmth of the domed sapphire crystal.

On the wrist, the watch feels deliberate and well-judged; neither bulky nor fragile, but reassuringly solid. The black leather strap and engraved pin buckle complete the look with a quiet sense of heritage rather than nostalgia.

Inside, something for the purists

The Sea Sky Revival Green runs on the automatic FLC01 calibre, created in collaboration with La Joux-Perret; a detail that will not go unnoticed by those who care about what lies beneath the dial.

The movement uses a column wheel to control the chronograph, producing that subtle, precise click that collectors value.

It beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour, with around sixty hours of power in reserve, and the sapphire back reveals the sort of finishing you would expect from a maison that takes its legacy seriously: Côtes de Genève, perlage, and a skeletonised rotor engraved with Favre Leuba’s emblem and the line “Swiss Made Since 1737.”

A revival done right

What makes this release interesting is that it doesn’t try to overstate its connection to the past. Favre Leuba hasn’t merely repeated an archive piece; it has translated the essence of it.

The green dial provides a new rhythm without disturbing the fundamentals: proportion, clarity, and the pleasure of mechanical precision.

Worn casually, it feels approachable; with tailoring, it looks quietly sophisticated. It’s a watch that doesn’t ask for attention but earns it once noticed.

The Sea Sky Revival Green is, in short, an intelligent piece of watchmaking. It respects where Favre Leuba has come from but speaks fluently to the present. At 3,950 Swiss francs, it offers that rare quality in modern horology: authenticity.