Detroit Watch Company · Microbrand · United States
Detroit Watch Company 1701 Power Reserve 42mm
- Sellita SW279-1
- 42 mm × 11 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- 50 m water resistance
Movement
- Caliber
- Sellita SW279-1
- Type
- Automatic
- Tier
- Upper
- Complications
- Small seconds, Date, Power reserve
- Frequency
- 28,800 bph
- Power reserve
- 41 h
- Hacking
- Yes
- Accuracy (factory)
- —
- Brand regulation
- +4 / +6 s/day
Case
- Diameter
- 42 mm
- Lug to lug
- 52 mm
- Thickness
- 11 mm
- Lug width
- 22 mm
- Material
- Steel
- Hardening
- —
- Water resistance
- 50 m
- Crown
- Screw-down
- Case back
- Display
- Bezel
- —
- Finishing
- Polished with brushed accents
Crystal & dial
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Shape
- —
- Anti-reflective
- Yes (side not stated)
- Lume
- Lume on the hour markers, and on the hands of the black-handed version (type not stated)
Bracelet & clasp
- Style
- —
- Links per row
- —
- Solid end links
- —
- Solid links
- —
- Link attachment
- Screws
- Taper
- —
- Quick release
- —
- Half links
- —
- Clasp
- —
- Micro-adjust
- —
- Diver extension
- —
Straps
- Strap 1
- Leather, quick release, Calf leather with deployant clasp in black, black with white, blue or light-blue stitching, brown, chestnut, red, Pontchartrain blue or Cass blue
Weight
- Head only
- —
- On bracelet
- —
- On strap
- 112 g
Prices
Variants
| Name | Dial |
|---|---|
| White | satin white with Arabic numerals, black hands, small-seconds and power-reserve subdials and a date window at 3 |
| White Blued Hands | satin white with Arabic numerals, blued hands, machined polished subdials (small seconds, power reserve) and a date window at 3 |
About this entry
79% of key specs known. Missing: hardening, bracelet links, end links, clasp micro-adjust.
The 42mm 1701 Pontchartrain Power Reserve with Sellita's SW279-1 (small seconds, power-reserve indicator, date), in two listings with the same case: the 1701 Power Reserve Exhibition (white dial; $1,550 on a calf strap, $1,675 on the polished bracelet) and the 1701 Power Reserve Blued hands Exhibition (white dial with blued hands and machined polished subdials; $1,550 / $1,675 on a polished or polished/brushed bracelet). Both spec sheets: 42mm steel case, polished with brushed accents, 11mm overall height, 52mm lug to lug, 22mm lugs, screw-down crown, sapphire display caseback with custom rotor, 112g on the strap, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, 5 ATM; SW279-1 with 31 jewels, adjusted to +4 to +6 s/day, 38-hour power reserve as quoted. The first listing's dial line also mentions a black dial, but only white is offered. Bracelet (blued-hands listing): polished steel links adjusted with screws. Not stated: steel grade, lume type, crystal shape, AR side, clasp on the bracelet.
Last verified: 2026-10-31. Edit or correct this entry.
Sources
- Detroit Watch Company, 42mm 1701 Power Reserve Exhibition (specifications) accessed 2026-10-31
- Detroit Watch Company, 42mm 1701 Power Reserve Blued hands Exhibition (specifications) accessed 2026-10-31