Krayon / PAC-MAN
Key Highlights
- Limited series of 15 platinum Krayon PAC-MAN watches, each with a distinct dial composition.
- Powered by Krayon’s Anywhere-based calibre C030, indicating sunrise and sunset for a personalised location.
- Onyx dial recreating the 1980 PAC-MAN maze with hand-painted ghosts, fruit and a pixelated Krayon cartouche.
- PAC-MAN serves as the 24-hour day–night indicator, turning the complication into a narrative display.
- Métiers d’Art treatment that fuses arcade nostalgia with independent watchmaking.
A New Chapter in Krayon’s Story of Time
From its first creation, Everywhere, Krayon has explored our relationship with time, the sun and the daily light cycle. With the Krayon PAC-MAN series, that idea is expressed through a universally recognised arcade icon, treated with the same mechanical discipline that has defined the Neuchâtel-based Maison since 2017.
Limited to 15 PT950 platinum pieces, the series is driven by the Anywhere-based calibre C030, which calculates sunrise and sunset for a location chosen by the wearer. In this Métiers d’Art interpretation, that complication becomes a PAC-MAN level, where the transition between day and night is read through the motion of a yellow character circling the dial.
Translating Gameplay into High Watchmaking
Calibre C030, a manually wound movement derived from the Anywhere collection, offers central hours and minutes, sunrise and sunset indication, a 24-hour display, a simple calendar and month indication, all reimagined through the visual language of PAC-MAN.
PAC-MAN becomes the hour indicator on the 24-hour dial, replacing the former sun of the Anywhere display and tracing the passing of the day. Dots, fruit and ghosts appear and recede with calculated sunrise and sunset times, animated by superimposed sapphire discs above the onyx base.
The “great cookie” marks sunset; when PAC-MAN reaches it, the watch shifts into night mode. At midnight, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde and Inky turn blue, then regain their colours as dawn returns, while the direction of the ghosts’ eyes points towards sunrise and, on equinox days, the dial becomes symmetrical with twelve hours of day and twelve of night.
A Dial Suspended Between Arcade and Onyx
The PAC-MAN series returns to the original 1980 game, reproduced to scale with its proportions intact on a polished onyx disc, while the maze appears in translucent pad printing that reveals itself only at certain angles to the light.
Around the periphery, each ghost and fruit is hand-painted against the mineral background, with MIDDAY, MIDNIGHT, MARCH and SEPTEMBER written in pixelated typography and the Krayon logo recast as a PAC-MAN-style cartouche.
No two of the 15 pieces share the same arrangement of ghosts, fruit and symbols, with legs, colours and shapes varying slightly from watch to watch so that individuality is built into the structure of the edition.
Platinum Architecture and the Anywhere Lineage
The PT950 case measures 39 mm in diameter and 9.5 mm thick, and is water-resistant to 30 metres, housing the onyx dial and painted sapphire discs with finishing aligned to the Anywhere family.
A hand-stitched black alligator leather strap with PT950 pin buckle anchors the watch, while within Krayon’s trajectory alongside Everywhere, Anywhere, Anyday and Métiers d’Art editions such as Anywhere Métiers d’Art Azur and Anywhere Aurora, the PAC-MAN series channels complex mechanics and decorative crafts through a pop-cultural lens.
Why It Matters
For collectors in the GCC, the Krayon PAC-MAN series combines platinum watchmaking, sunrise–sunset complication and culturally resonant Métiers d’Art in a run of only 15 unique pieces. It signals Krayon’s maturity as an independent maison while showing how serious horology can adopt a playful, shared visual language without losing depth.
For those seeking independent watches that link personal geography, memory and enduring mechanical substance, it stands out as a focused, collectible expression of the Krayon Anywhere philosophy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes the Krayon PAC-MAN watch dial unique among the 15 platinum pieces?
Each of the 15 platinum Krayon PAC-MAN watches features a distinct dial composition with hand-painted ghosts, fruit and symbols in varying positions, colours and arrangements, ensuring no two pieces are identical and individuality is built into the structure of the edition.
How does the calibre C030 movement display time in the PAC-MAN watch?
The manually wound calibre C030 uses PAC-MAN as the 24-hour indicator, circling the onyx dial to trace the passing of day and night, while dots, fruit and ghosts appear and recede with calculated sunrise and sunset times, and the character reaches the “great cookie” at sunset to shift into night mode.
What is the case material and water resistance of the Krayon PAC-MAN watch?
The PT950 platinum case measures 39 mm in diameter and 9.5 mm thick, with water resistance to 30 metres, paired with a hand-stitched black alligator leather strap and PT950 pin buckle.
