Beda’a Angles Guichets: A Poetic 24-Hour Display Inspired by Sun and Moon

Aperture Timekeeping Meets Contemporary Independent Watchmaking Design

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From Earth to Moon, Beda’a presents Angles Guichets, the first Angles with a complication: a 24‑hour aperture display, with day and night indicated by the passage of the Sun and the Moon. Poetic in intent yet precise in execution, the mechanism is manually wound and housed in a 37 mm case that evokes the rhythm of the universe.

Angles Guichets retains the singular geometry that has defined the collection from the outset: an eight‑faceted case with integrated lugs, structured across three stepped levels, which has quickly become one of the most recognisable signatures of the new independent watchmaking scene. The reception among collectors was immediate, with each limited series fully allocated within 24 hours.

In less than three years, the Angles collection has become a cornerstone of Beda’a’s watch offering. Collectors, enthusiasts and industry professionals alike recognise it as one of the more distinctive propositions to emerge from the independent watchmaking landscape in recent years. Its octagonal case brings together straight lines and curves in a balanced architecture, paired with an integrated, interchangeable strap and Beda’a’s signature pin buckle. Conceived as a dress watch, it reflects a personality closely aligned with that of Sohaib Maghnam — the independent, unorthodox creative force behind Beda’a.

An exercise in style

The Angles Guichets pushes the Angles aesthetic further through one of the most demanding exercises in watch design: the aperture display. Demanding because the usual visual markers of a watch those that typically define its identity vanish behind an almost entirely solid face: no central hands, no conventional dial, no counters, chapter ring or logo only two arcs revealing the passage of time. This deliberate restraint heightens the designer’s challenge, requiring personality to emerge through proportion, rhythm and detail, while remaining true to the Angles’ underlying design language.
On the Angles Guichets, this balance is achieved with apparent ease, with a poetry of its own. Sidestepping established conventions, Beda’a offers an alternative way of reading time. Sohaib Maghnam imagined a watch that reflects how its passage is perceived from Earth: on the wrist, at a glance, the Sun and the Moon appear to move across the sky before the wearer’s eyes.

The discreet elegance of apertures

The upper aperture displays the hours on a fixed scale from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sun then the Moon travel across the opening, indicating the passage of day and night. Their motion is slow, almost imperceptible, intimating a different relationship with time.
The Angles Guichets favours a slower pace contemplation over precision which is why the watch omits any seconds indication.
The lower aperture is dedicated to the minutes. Here, Beda’a introduces a characteristic inversion: as the minute disc advances, a fine arrow set flush with the dial marks the reading point, reinforcing clarity while maintaining visual restraint. Both displays follow a principle of moderation, in line with the quiet luxury shaping contemporary watchmaking: minutes are shown in five-minute increments; hours appear as even numerals, separated by applied dot markers and framed by a subtle sector-style outline a nod to classical codes.

A landmark calibre

On the movement side, Beda’a retains the hand-wound Peseux/ETA 7001 calibre, long cherished by collectors. Peseux is one of Switzerland’s established movement manufacturers, founded in 1923 in the eponymous town near Neuchâtel. To allow the timekeeping narrative to unfold across 24 hours, Beda’a worked with a Swiss partner to modify the gear train so that it runs at half the usual speed, completing a full rotation in 24 hours instead of 12, while preserving a 42-hour power reserve. The calibre’s celebrated slimness keeps the Angles Guichets to just 6.3 mm in thickness, giving the watch a balanced profile on any wrist. Both versions of the Angles Guichets stainless steel and gold-plated stainless steel now join the permanent, non-limited collection.

Availability

The Angles Guichets by Beda’a is part of the brand’s permanent collection and is available through the official website. For further information, visit: https://bedaawatches.com/