We love adventure. We look at every experience as an expedition. Norqain watches helps us turn our routine into exhilaration. This Swiss watch brand knows that the smallest details make the biggest difference. That’s why we relish their world.
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As the founder of Norqain, Ben Kuffer talks about building a brand that makes its own rules. It is all about making individualized timepieces built for heritage and sport. The three collections, Adventure, Freedom, and Independence, feature different materials for optimal performance. As well, each watch has its own unique design.
Fusing beauty with performance
With two N’s side-by-side as their logo, Norqain captures the mountain peaks of the Swiss Alps in every piece. And that’s an inspiring reminder of life’s “perfect imperfections”.
Every Norqain watch is made of materials that fuse performance with beauty. Wristwatches utilizing robust technologies make a statement in both style and function. They inspire us to challenge ourselves, to beat our own high scores. It’s about chasing the discoveries we have yet to make.
Rebels dare to be true to themselves, regardless of the status quo. That is what Ben, and his father Marc, preach through their own daily practices. Through fine watchmaking, they want to inspire others to do that as well. As time helps document moments, their watches capture life in the present. They are meant to remember the past, and welcome the future. Norqain wants to encourage their customers to reach new heights in their lives, in whatever area that may be.
Ted Schneider, whose family owned Breitling for almost 40 years, and Mark Streit, the Swiss hockey player and Stanley Cup champion, are on the team as well.
60s-inspired design
Their popular Freedom 60 watches illuminate the independent lifestyle the brand values. This 60s-inspired design features the special “Norqain stitches” and “box-type glass” rooted in that decade. It’s a watch that marks history, an era marked as a high-time for travel and exploration, liberation and personal freedom. And the Freedom 60 reflects that period.
Every Freedom 60 N2000 features a domed black dial with a date window at 3 o’clock. It comes in a variety of vintage leather straps. As well, it features Old Radium Superluminova hands and indexes and Norqain stitches. Looking at it, the watch is so elegant. The 42mm stainless steel option has a smooth corresponding bezel. Each piece has the automatic-winding Norqain watches caliber NN09. You can see that inside through the sapphire glass caseback.
For the bold and brave-spirited, The Adventure Sport collection boasts a strong character to match its wearers. Those who love a challenge appreciate Norqain’s knack for new adventures. Whether you have an athletic body, mind, or soul, the Adventure Sport line helps you set new standards. After that, you can compete against them.
The automatic Adventure Sport timepieces have a date window at 3 o’clock, Superluminova indexes and hands so you can see the time from wherever you are. It’s bold, to say the least. The 42mm watch comes in stainless steel with a matching bezel and black ceramic ring. The various Norqain Adventure Sport can be fit with a steel bracelet, rubber strap, or Nordura strap. It is powered by the Norqain caliber NN09, shown through the sapphire-glass caseback.
Image up top: Freedom
Margo Vartanian is a bicoastal freelance writer between Toronto and Los Angeles, always in journalistic pursuit. She studied English Literature, Rhetoric, and Media at the University of Toronto while holding congruent internships at Narcity and StyleDemocracy. Post-grad, she worked as the social media manager of multiple companies before fully freelancing. She now develops written content strategies for various luxury and corporate brands and directs website copy. Her admiration for fashion stems from her interest in fusing the creative with the functional and mimics the concept of utilitarian frivolity through her written approach.
