At a Glance
- Outback Songlines — the second Edition by Furlan Marri and Time + Tide
- CHF 1,850, sold through Time + Tide alone: twenty-four hours online from 19 September, then its boutiques
- 39 mm hunter case in 316L steel, 100 m water resistance, double caseback
- La Joux-Perret G100 automatic, 68-hour power reserve, rose gold-plated rotor
- A dial drawn from the Songlines, the sung navigation system of Aboriginal Australia
The Outback Songlines reached collectors on 19 September through a single
retailer and a single window: twenty-four hours online with Time + Tide, then its boutiques
alone. It is the second Edition the two houses have made together, it carries the
reference price of CHF 1,850, and its dial takes its subject from a system
of navigation that predates every map in the Western sense of the word.
A map that is sung rather than drawn
For millennia the Aboriginal peoples of Australia crossed vast territories without charts
or instruments. They navigated by Songlines: sequences of melodies and chants that
describe the landscape and mark the position of waterholes, shelters and resources across
the land. Sung in order, they retrace a route over great distances. They are considered one
of the oldest memory systems in the world, and they remain in use, carrying with them a
detailed understanding of the country’s ecosystems passed from one generation to the
next.
The dial answers that subject rather than illustrating it. Deep brown and rose gold tones
draw on the arid lands where these chants are still transmitted, in a grained and lacquered
finish, with applied curved indexes and half-spheres in stainless steel beneath a domed
outer ring. A memory carried forward, a story that gathers people around it: Furlan Marri
and Time + Tide both recognised something of their own practice in it.
A hunter case, scaled up
The Outback Songlines returns to the hunter case first seen on the Red Hunter, the house
anniversary piece, and takes it from 36 to 39 mm. The form pays its respects
to the pocket watches favoured in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by hunters,
riders and officers, who needed protection for the glass and legibility above all.
The case is 316L stainless steel, 12.06 mm thick and 47 mm from lug to lug, alternating
polished and brushed surfaces with deep engraving. Its water resistance reaches 100 metres
and its crown screws down. Sapphire covers both faces, with five anti-reflective layers and
a fingerprint-resistant coating.
The caseback is double: a discreet side notch opens the hunter cover to reveal a sapphire
crystal, a dedicated Time + Tide engraving, and the rose gold-plated oscillating weight first
introduced on the Red Hunter.
La Joux-Perret G100
The movement is the automatic G100 from Manufacture La Joux-Perret, made
in La Chaux-de-Fonds and already familiar from the Cornes de Vache collection. Its tungsten
rotor carries a 4N rose gold coating and distributes weight for an even winding action. The
power reserve runs to 68 hours, the frequency to 28,800 vibrations per hour,
and precision is held to seven seconds a day either way across 24 jewels.
The finishing matches the Cornes de Vache: Geneva stripes, snailing, blued-steel screws,
and the engraved inscription the house applies to its calibres — Furlan Marri,
crafted with care, designed for details.
Two straps, one box
The Edition ships with a three-row stainless steel bracelet and its adjustment tool, and
with a brown calf leather strap. Both use a quick-release system, and the signed steel pin
buckles carry a brushed interior finish and an engraved reference number. The presentation
box is brown, matched to the watch, and holds the certificate, the archives and a cleaning
cloth.
Specifications
| Reference | Outback Songlines — Furlan Marri × Time + Tide |
| Retail price | CHF 1,850 |
| Case | 316L stainless steel, 39 mm, 12.06 mm thick, 47 mm lug to lug |
| Caseback | Double — sapphire beneath a hunter cover, side notch |
| Water resistance | 10 ATM / 100 metres, screw-down crown |
| Movement | La Joux-Perret G100, automatic, 24 jewels |
| Power reserve | 68 hours |
| Frequency | 28,800 vph (4 Hz), ±7 seconds per day |
| Dial | Deep brown and rose gold, grained and lacquered |
| Straps | Steel three-row bracelet and brown calf leather, quick release |
| Distribution | Time + Tide exclusively — 24 hours online, then boutiques |
About Furlan Marri
Furlan Marri was founded in 2021 by two friends: Andrea Furlan, from Switzerland,
and Hamad Al Marri, from Saudi Arabia. The house is Swiss and its second land of
origin is the Kingdom, a market we follow closely in our Saudi price guides — a duality it has made explicit, most recently with the Sahra
Edition launched in Riyadh, and one it carries into its communications, which appear in
Arabic alongside French and English.
Like Unimatic, it belongs to the generation of independents that built an audience before it built a boutique: the brand opened on Kickstarter, reaching its target in thirty-five seconds, and was
awarded the Horological Revelation Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de
Genève in its first year. Its stated values are transparency, creativity and
accessibility, and it shares each stage of a project with the community that follows it.
Images courtesy of Furlan Marri.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the Furlan Marri Outback Songlines cost?
The reference price is CHF 1,850. The Edition is sold exclusively through Time + Tide — online for twenty-four hours from 19 September, then in its boutiques.
Which movement powers the Outback Songlines?
The automatic La Joux-Perret G100, made in La Chaux-de-Fonds, with a 68-hour power reserve, a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour and 24 jewels. Its tungsten rotor carries a 4N rose gold coating.
What does the dial represent?
The Songlines — sequences of melodies and chants by which the Aboriginal peoples of Australia have navigated vast territories for millennia, marking waterholes, shelters and resources. The dial answers that subject in deep brown and rose gold rather than illustrating it.
