30/09/2026
This dial took around 16.5 hours to make. But I think the story behind it is even better š
Meet the Selten x WH&C Yum Cha from Selten š
At first glance, itās a beautiful hand-engraved fumĆ© Grand Feu enamel dial. Look a little closer though, and the pattern starts to make sense.
Itās inspired by the woven lid of a traditional bamboo dim sum steamer.
The story comes from WH&C founder Jackie Ho and his childhood in Hong Kong, where mornings spent eating dim sum with his grandparents became some of his most treasured memories. Yum Cha is his tribute to those mornings, and especially to his grandmother who raised him.
And that story carries through the entire watch.
Each dial is engraved by hand with around 3,500 individual cuts, before transparent enamel is applied and fired at 800°C at least eight times. Even the warm amber colour is meant to resemble a bamboo steamer that has darkened after years of use.
Then there are the little details. The hands are shaped like tea leaves, the caseback puts you at the table looking across at Jackieās grandparents, and even the watch box is a handcrafted bamboo steamer.
All of that inside a 38mm case, powered by a manually wound Sellita SW200-2 M Power+ with up to 65 hours of power reserve. Only 100 pieces will be made.
There are watches with nice dials, and then there are watches where the dial actually has something to say.
I think this is very much the latter.
What do you think of the Yum Cha? šµ
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