The Solent 40 Midnight
£5,800
Available
- Case
- 40mm Stainless steel 316L, brushed top surfaces, polished flanks, 11.8mm thick
- Dial
- Matte midnight black with vertical brushed texture visible only at close range. Applied polished-steel indices filled with aged Super-LumiNova BGW9 (cream tone, blue glow). Date window at 4:30, matched black disc with white print. Sword-style hour and minute hands, lollipop seconds.
- Movement
- A&F calibre HF-301 (Sellita SW200-1 (Top grade))
- Power reserve
- 38 hours
- Water resistance
- 300m
- Crystal
- Flat sapphire, single internal anti-reflective coating
- Strap
- Brushed steel bracelet with diver's extension, or hand-stitched black tropic-pattern rubber. Both supplied; quick-release springbars on each.
Heritage
The Solent collection is named for the stretch of water Harold sailed growing up — between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Midnight was the first Solent, introduced in 2022 after Harold spent eighteen months developing a case that could pass a proper 300m pressure test without looking overbuilt. The result is 40mm across and under 12mm thick — modest by modern diver standards, which is deliberate.
Design
Harold's brief to himself was: a diver you can wear under a shirt cuff without apology. The 40mm diameter and 11.8mm thickness are hard limits he refused to relax, which cost the collection two full movement revisions before the silhouette worked.