The First Mechanical Planner Watch – Krayon Anyday

Krayon, renowned for its exceptional complications – all of which are developed around a central theme: our intimate connection with natural cycles, sunrise and sunset, and the perception of personal time – has consistently focused on enhancing our personal relationship with the moment.
Today, Krayon unveils Anyday, a timepiece that continues this tradition while breaking new ground in horological innovation, combining advanced mechanics with practical functionality and remarkable ease of use.
Following the success of its acclaimed Everywhere and Anywhere timepieces, Krayon follows through with Anyday to redefine the calendar watch concept. Unlike traditional calendar watches, it maintains a permanent display of every day and date for the current month, transitioning automatically between months without intervention.

A Singular Approach

No mechanical movement has achieved such a comprehensive and yet uncluttered calendar display, balancing visual clarity with ease of operation. The calendar updates automatically at the end of each month, based on a 31-day cycle. This simplified approach requires just five quick annual adjustments via the crown for months with 28 or 30 days.

And there is no need for technical adjustments for decades to come. The watch’s ingenuity lies in its 378-component movement, featuring two groundbreaking cams. A world-first.

Imagine glancing at your wrist to see not just the current time, but your entire month laid out before you. Krayon Anyday doesn’t merely track time – it captures the flow of daily life, that invisible thread that weaves together hours, days, weeks, and months into a fluid, elegant display. Anyday tells you in an instant whether that appointment falls on a Wednesday or a Thursday – with a planner that has become a natural extension of your wrist.

Like the rising sun heralding a new day with renewed energy, Anyday graces the wrist with the promise of perfectly mastered time. And just as the setting sun invites reflection and serenity, this timepiece, too, fosters an intimate contemplation of the passage of time.

At midnight each day, the moon-shaped date indicator on the dial’s periphery jumps to the next day, powered by a cam that builds energy over 24 hours before releasing it in a fraction of a second.

Krayon: an intimate, personal connection with time, at every moment

From its inception, Krayon has sought to forge a deep, technical bond between its timepieces and our perception of time.

Everywhere and Anywhere, its first two creations, celebrated the poetic magic of sunrise and sunset, wherever one might be in the world. These watches embodied a connection to the natural elements, offering a sense of grounding even when we drift from our daily bearings.

Today, Anyday addresses a different, very practical – and daily – need: that of organizing our time. At a glance, it shows you what you need to know: on which day of the week does the 10th or the 15th of the month fall? Is it a Monday or a Saturday?

With Krayon Anyday, a complete mechanical planner is always at hand – right on your wrist. No need for an electronic or paper calendar. Designed to simplify an active lifestyle, whether at work or at home, it allows the wearer to master time schedule fluidly and intuitively.

Anyday combines utility with elegance and ease of use, responding to our natural need for structure while elevating each moment.

The elegance of simplicity, the magic of complexity

A single glance and Krayon Anyday enchants with its intuitive display, concealing infinitely subtle expertise and engineering. Composed of 378 hand-decorated components, this timepiece offers clear readability while housing exceptional watchmaking prowess. Its unique mechanical calendar of days and dates offers:

• Days of the week displayed in navy blue, while weekends (in Switzerland, Saturdays and Sundays) are subtly distinguished by a different shade.

• Next month preview: Four markers (small circles positioned at 6 o’clock) at the bottom of the dial reveal the first days of the following month.

This innovative design indicates more than just time, day, and date – it unfolds a living mechanical landscape where each day finds its place in a perfect dance, indicated by a crescent moon, like a poetic element that gives rhythm to the whole.

A Revolutionary Mechanism

Anyday is the first timepiece to offer a true mechanical calendar of days and dates displayed together to represent the entire month, uniting timekeeping with intuitive day-to-day organizing.

• Instant day jump: At midnight, the day advances one step thanks to a cam system that accumulates energy over 24 hours to release it precisely in one thousandth of a second.

• End-of-month transition: The automatic passage from 31st to 1st also happens in a fraction of a second. For shorter months (28 or 30), a simple manual adjustment via the crown ensures seamless accuracy.

• Five-week cycle: The calendar operates on a 35-position cycle, displaying the full current month and previewing the next 4 days.

• Intuitive corrections: True to Krayon’s spirit and standards, the movement was designed to combine absolute robustness and reliability with ease of operation.

Crown positions:

• Position 1: manual winding
• Position 2 – clockwise: quick date setting forward
• Position 2 – counter-clockwise: quick day of the week setting
• Position 3: time setting in both directions, at any hour.

Time, day, and date adjustments are effortless and secure, ensuring uncompromised mechanical integrity. The uniquely designed crown allows for intuitive, seamless adjustments.

A Masterwork of Engineering

Every detail of Anyday testifies to Krayon’s horological expertise and artisanal excellence.

Inside the movement, at the heart of the complication, two cams:

• A cam that builds up energy every 24 hours to advance each day at midnight;

• A larger cam that moves the date forward daily, jumping at the end of each month.

Exclusive materials:

• Three lightweight discs (sapphire, aluminum, and openworked titanium) ensure smooth, instantaneous progression.

• Two discs, hand-decorated with miniature hand-painting by a Swiss artist, each indicate the day and date of the week.

• The 18K white gold case is complemented by meticulously hand-finished hands. Beveling, internal angles, basin polishing – the details play with light and its myriad reflections.

Guilloché dial:

• Featuring Krayon’s signature “Y” pattern, the dial is distinguished by intricate guilloché work around its center. Understated and refined, this decorative touch creates a subtle contrast with the mechanical complexity within – traditional craft in tune with contemporary elegance.

Anyday: Poetry in precision

Anyday embodies Krayon‘s philosophy: developing innovative complications that are both sophisticated and easy to use, combining timeless aesthetics with practical functionality.

Key attributes:

• User-friendliness: simple and intuitive manual corrections

• Robustness: a solid and reliable movement, built to last

• Visual poetry: a clean design that conceals fascinating complexity.

With Anyday, Krayon once again pushes the boundaries of mechanical watchmaking into new territory. Blending technical ingenuity with ageless elegance, it is more more than just a complicated timepiece – it transforms how we experience and interact with time itself.

Krayon Anyday Technical Specifications

Model name: Krayon Anyday

Case

• 18K white gold
• Diameter: 39mm
• Thickness: 9.5mm

Dial

• Central hour and minute display
• Date display along the periphery, indicated by a moving crescent moon
• Day of the week indicated by color (distinguishing weekdays from weekends)
• First week of the following month indicated by four small dots positioned at 6 o’clock
• Guilloché central dial section featuring Krayon’s exclusive stylized “Y” logo

Caliber

• Caliber C032
• Diameter: 35.40 mm
• Thickness: 5.00mm
• Power reserve: 72 hours
• Frequency: 3 Hz
• Manual winding with stop-seconds mechanism
• 46 jewels
• 378 components

Strap

• Blue grained calfskin
• 18K white gold pin buckle