Detroit Watch Company · Microbrand · United States
Detroit Watch Company Pontchartrain Louis XIV Moonphase 42mm
- Sellita SW280-1
- 42 mm × 11 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- 50 m water resistance
Where to buy
Movement
- Caliber
- Sellita SW280-1
- Type
- Automatic
- Tier
- Upper
- Complications
- Date, Moonphase
- Frequency
- 28,800 bph
- Power reserve
- 41 h
- Hacking
- Yes
- Accuracy (factory)
- —
- Grade
- Elaboré
- 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
- Screw-down
- 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 black, black with white stitching, chestnut, brown or Pontchartrain blue
Weight
- Head only
- —
- On bracelet
- —
- On strap
- 95 g
Prices
Variants
| Name | Dial |
|---|---|
| Silver Moon | white with black Roman numerals, blued hands, moonphase at 6 with a silver moon and a date window at 3 |
| Yellow Moon | white with black Roman numerals, blued hands, moonphase at 6 with a yellow moon and a date window at 3 |
About this entry
74% of key specs known. Missing: hardening, lume, bracelet links, end links, clasp micro-adjust.
The 42mm Pontchartrain Louis XIV Moonphase Exhibition (dial marked 1701 Louis XIV) with Sellita's SW280-1: "Exclusively limited to 150 numbered pieces in yellow or silver moon disk". $1,595 on a calf strap with deployant clasp, $1,700 on the polished bracelet. Spec sheet: 42mm polished steel case, 11mm overall height, 52mm lug to lug, 22mm lugs, screw-down crown, exhibition caseback, 95g on the strap, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, 5 ATM; SW280-1 in Elaboré finish, 26 jewels, decorated, adjusted to +4 to +6 s/day, 38-hour power reserve as quoted, instantaneous date and moonphase with quick corrector. Bracelet: 3mm thick, polished and brushed or all polished, solid links with screws, deployant clasp with three micro-adjustment positions (mechanism not described). The 39mm version is a separate model. Not stated: steel grade, lume, crystal shape, AR side.
Last verified: 2026-10-31. Edit or correct this entry.