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Venezianico unveils the Nereide Ti-Damascus, a titanium masterpiece

July 2025


Venezianico unveils the Nereide Ti-Damascus, a titanium masterpiece

In a bold fusion of ancient craftsmanship and cutting-edge material science, Venezianico presents the Nereide Ti-Damascus - a limited-edition dive watch sculpted from titanium and forged with artistry. Limited to just 500 pieces, each timepiece features a kaleidoscopic Damascus titanium dial, uniquely patterned through heat oxidation and layered forging. Water-resistant to 200 metres and powered by a Swiss automatic movement, this watch isn’t just a tool — it’s a wearable work of art that captures the poetry of time in every glint of light.

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rom Venezianico, a limited edition of only 500 pieces that blends ancient craftsmanship with modern experimentation in a kaleidoscope of unique and unrepeatable patterns. The depth of time, sculpted in titanium.

There’s a different way of looking at time. A way in which each instant is tinged with new shades, where the material refracts light in ever-changing ways, and the dial becomes a landscape, an emotion, an identity.

This is how the Nereide Ti-Damascus was born — the latest chapter in the Nereide collection by Venezianico. A timepiece that combines the thousand-year-old tradition of Damascus steelwork with the art of material experimentation. A diver’s watch that not only challenges the depths of the ocean, but also pushes the boundaries of design— where every dial becomes a truly unique work of art.

Venezianico unveils the Nereide Ti-Damascus, a titanium masterpiece

Crafted from an innovative Damascus titanium, the dial is created through a complex and fully artisanal process, in which different titanium alloys are fused, laminated, layered, and folded using techniques inspired by the historic forging of Damascus blades. After forging, the surface is polished and undergoes a controlled heat treatment that triggers selective oxidation, revealing multicoloured patterns that shift with light refraction.

The result is a kaleidoscopic texture, impossible to replicate and always different — where each dial (Precision-Cut 0.4mm Layer on brass base) tells its own story. No piece is identical to another: in each one, time refracts through unprecedented, vibrant, poetic reflections. Not just a watch, but a window into the movement of matter.

Engineered to withstand high pressure, the Nereide Ti-Damascus is water-resistant up to 200 metres and protected by a high-resistance anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The tungsten bezel — one of the hardest materials known — ensures outstanding resistance to shocks and scratches, while the Sansovino-style stainless steel bracelet combines comfort and elegance, giving the watch a character that is both robust and refined.

Venezianico unveils the Nereide Ti-Damascus, a titanium masterpiece

The 42mm case in 316L stainless steel, a material resistant to corrosion and marine conditions, houses a Sellita SW200-1 automatic movement — a Swiss-made mechanism renowned for its precision and reliability. Visible through the wide sapphire crystal window on the caseback, the skeletonised rotor, developed in-house by Venezianico, features Côtes de Genève in a radial pattern and a violet IP finish, creating a chromatic continuity with the dial’s shades and harmoniously linking the front and back of the watch.

Produced in a limited edition of 500 individually numbered pieces, the Nereide Ti-Damascus is a creation that fuses tradition and innovation, matter and light, function and poetry. Once again, Venezianico delivers a timepiece designed not just to tell the time, but to surprise — with every glance — offering a new way of perceiving time.

Venezianico unveils the Nereide Ti-Damascus, a titanium masterpiece

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

  • CASE Ø42 mm, lug-to-lug 49 mm, total thickness 12.5 mm
  • MOVEMENT Swiss Made Sellita SW200-1 Automatic, 3 Hands with Date Function
  • MATERIAL 316L Stainless Steel
  • INSERT Tungsten, Polished and Scratch-Resistant with a Hardness of 9/10 on the Mohs Scale
  • DIAL Damascus titanium, Precision-Cut 0.4mm Layer on brass base
  • CRYSTAL Sapphire with anti-reflective coating
  • LUMINOUS MATERIAL Swiss-Made BGW9 Super-LumiNova®
  • WATER RESISTANCE 20 Atmospheres (200m/656ft)
  • CASEBACK Exhibition caseback, fixed with 6 screws

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