Detroit Watch Company · Microbrand · United States
Detroit Watch Company Pontchartrain Louis XIV 42mm
- ETA 2895-2
- 42 mm × 11 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- 50 m water resistance
Where to buy
Movement
- Caliber
- ETA 2895-2
- Type
- Automatic
- Tier
- Upper
- Complications
- Small seconds, Date
- Frequency
- 28,800 bph
- Power reserve
- 50 h
- Hacking
- Yes
- Accuracy (factory)
- —
- Grade
- Top
- Brand regulation
- +4 / +6 s/day
- Modifications
- Decorated with perlage, Côtes de Genève and blued screws
Case
- Diameter
- 42 mm
- Lug to lug
- 52 mm
- Thickness
- 11 mm
- Lug width
- 22 mm
- Material
- Steel
- Hardening
- —
- Water resistance
- 50 m
- Crown
- —
- Case back
- Display
- Bezel
- —
- Finishing
- Polished
Crystal & dial
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Shape
- —
- Anti-reflective
- Yes (side not stated)
- Lume
- —
Bracelet & clasp
- Style
- —
- Links per row
- —
- Solid end links
- —
- Solid links
- Yes
- Link attachment
- Screws
- Taper
- —
- Quick release
- —
- Half links
- —
- Clasp
- Deployant
- Micro-adjust
- —
- Diver extension
- —
Straps
- Strap 1
- Leather, quick release, Calf leather with deployant clasp in chestnut, Pontchartrain blue, brown or black
Weight
- Head only
- —
- On bracelet
- —
- On strap
- 95 g
Prices
Variants
| Name | Dial |
|---|---|
| White | white with black Roman numerals, blued hands, small seconds at 6 and a date window at 3 |
About this entry
68% of key specs known. Missing: hardening, crown, lume, bracelet links, end links, clasp micro-adjust.
The 42mm Pontchartrain Louis XIV Exhibition (dial marked 1701 Louis XIV), with ETA's small-seconds 2895 and a date at 3: "Exclusively limited to 50 numbered pieces. 01/50 to 50/50". $1,595 on a calf strap with deployant clasp (chestnut sold out on 2026-10-31), $1,700 on a polished or polished/brushed bracelet. Spec sheet: 42mm polished steel case, 11mm overall height, 52mm lug to lug, 22mm lugs, exhibition caseback, 95g on the strap, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, 5 ATM; "Swiss Eta 2895. Top execution", 27 jewels, 42-hour power reserve as quoted, decorated, adjusted to +4 to +6 s/day. The brand doesn't say 2895-1 or 2895-2; recorded as the current 2895-2. Bracelet: 3mm thick, polished, solid links with screws, deployant clasp with three micro-adjustment positions (mechanism not described). Not stated: steel grade, crown type, lume, crystal shape, AR side.
Last verified: 2026-10-31. Edit or correct this entry.
Sources
- Detroit Watch Company, 42mm Pontchartrain Louis XIV Exhibition (specifications) accessed 2026-10-31