Introducing the Xeric x Worn & Wound Sector Limited Editions
THE SECTORLIMITED EDITIONS
A double‑retrograde collaboration built for the arcade generation — Night Vision and Highlighter, $299 each, limited to 300 pieces per colorway.
When it comes to watches, "weird, wonderful, and complicated" rarely mix well with "value," which makes Xeric such a fun anomaly of a brand. Not afraid of odd-shaped cases, wild colors, and unique ways of telling time, Xeric has forged a catalog unlike any other brand's. You won't find vintage divers or Calatrava-esque dress watches among its offerings, or much else that could be considered "on trend." You will find, however, wandering hours, upside-down movements, jump hours, and retrograde displays, mostly under $2,000, with many under $1,000.
Where It Started: The Volta
At Windup Watch Fair NYC 2025, Xeric previewed a new watch that caught our attention: the Volta. Small, retro, and with a late 20th century vibe, it featured a geometric case design with oddly placed controls, a double retrograde display, and an unbeatable price of $299. As millennials, it immediately spoke to the many hours we spent in arcades as children and, in fact, looked like a watch we would've wanted to wear back then, too. The controls, placed on the face of the watch just below the dial opening, felt like the buttons found on arcade cabinets, while the dial, with its peculiar arcing array of indexes, looked like a freeze frame from a classic game like Galaga.
As far as complications go, double retrograde displays are on the rarer side. They tell the time via two arcs, one for the hours and the other for the minutes. When either hand reaches the end of its arc, it jumps back to the beginning. To achieve this complication at an affordable price, Xeric had a custom module created to work with a Miyota quartz movement. The module actually goes beyond a standard retrograde, as the hour hand "jumps" each hour, and both hands are controlled via the push buttons on the watch face.
Building the Sector
Needless to say, it struck a chord, and the idea of collaborating immediately followed. For the Worn & Wound version, we didn't want to depart too far from what made the watch so appealing in the first place, yet we wanted it to be distinct from the other models. We began by playing with the indexes, experimenting with the unique possibilities that a double retrograde display allows. Featuring just hours and minutes moving together across a 120-degree arc from left to right, it was unlike any other watch we've collaborated on.
Where we ended up was a layout that drew a little inspiration from sector dials. Rather than displaying every hour, the even numerals, ranging from 6 to 6, were made larger and bolder. Each numeral was positioned in a box, with its edges aligned with the odd hours. Instead of an angular design, the indexes curve, creating semi-circular arcs across the dial. The minute track still floats above, but has also been scaled up.
The minute hand is long, thin, and tapered, perfectly aligning with the minute index for easy reading. The hour hand has been redesigned as the outline of a triangle. Wider and skeletonized, it glides along the hour index, aligning with the baseline of the numerals. Impossible to mistake for one another, the hands also add to a dynamic lume display hidden within the two colorways.
In the dark, the colors come alive.
Night Vision & Highlighter
Titled "Night Vision" and "Highlighter," the two versions of the collaboration maintain the retro vibes of the case while offering distinctly different styles.
A story in green tones, set on a black, gridded surface within a brushed-steel case. There are three greens present: a darker, cooler green for the bottom arc, which also matches the accompanying rubber strap; a pale, minty green for the hour index and minute numerals; and, finally, an acid green for the upper arc. All glow bright green in the dark, while the hands glow white-blue for contrast.
Named pretty literally, as the colors found on the dial resemble the neon markers we all carried around in our backpacks. A blend of bright blue, pink, orange, and green against a black, gridded backdrop, the indices are bright, high-contrast, and energetic. To further emphasize the colors, the case is PVD black, and it comes with a black rubber strap. In the dark, the colors come alive, resembling what the dashboard of a Light Cycle might look like.
Sized Right
Part of the undeniable charm of the Xeric x Worn & Wound Sectors is their size. At 36mm x 37mm and 10.25mm in height, they are compact, slim, and comfortable. Though analog, they remind us of the digital watches that were most often on our wrists in the '90s.
With their unusual but appealing shape, unique time display, and fun colors, there really isn't anything else like them on the market.
Spec Sheet
Limited to 300 pieces per color. The first batch of 150 pieces of each colorway begins shipping in October — also on display at the Windup Watch Shop showroom in Brooklyn.
INSERT COIN — SHOP NOWPerfect as a quirky, fun, nostalgia-driven watch for those of us who remember the '90s, or as a retro accessory for the Stranger Things generation, the Xeric x Worn & Wound Sector Limited Editions are sure to make many wrists happy.
Arcade Ready
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