In December 2020, the settimana (limited) was introduced for the first time into the official ochs und junior collection. This watch symbolized the entry of the “Juniors” into our family business and accompanied our move from Lucerne to the historic watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Since then, Ludwig Oechslin’s 2008 weekday watch has been available in various color and design variants, created by our Juniors, as a series watch on our website.
The diversity of the Junior designs shows that this weekday watch, originally designed for children, has since won over customers worldwide. It has become a watch for all age groups, even a partner watch that successfully bridges generations and genders (see our blog from October 28, 2021). Its ongoing popularity also led to the first unlimited special edition in the history of ochs und junior: the Fifth Wrist-settimana (see our blog from January 10, 2023).
This model, designed by the international watch community Fifth Wrist, is produced in our workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds for
Fifth Wrist members.
While the “new” settimana was added to our regular collection in 2020, in 2024 we are returning to the design of the “old” or original settimana junior from 2008. Under the motto “Back to the Roots,” we present the 2024 Christmas Edition settimana junior in a 36mm titanium case, featuring Ludwig Oechslin’s original design in our signature blue and orange. The dial and weekday disc are rendered in the typical ochs und junior blue, complemented by enlarged Arabic numerals, which Oechslin himself designed on his CNC machine. The date dot, numerals, and hands are strikingly orange (see our blog from December 18, 2008). The watch is powered by an ETA 2824-2 Top Grade movement, and the strap is crafted from orange Ecopell leather by Sabina Brägger. The customer’s name and the edition date will be engraved on the case back. Naturally, the watch is delivered in the famous, specially designed settimana junior comic booklet by Sjoerd van Rooijen (first edition 2009 – see blog from July 3, 2009; updated editions 2012 and 2024).
Picture Balz Kubli Photographer 2022
Sjoerd van Rooijen, originally from the Netherlands, has made a name for himself over the years in Winterthur as an innovative bicycle designer focusing on individual needs, as well as a draftsman and comic artist. Transitioning from an “Illustrator to Cargo Bike Specialist,” he has since returned to working full-time as an illustrator. With the founding of the Bildschule Winti, he now guides both young and old in mastering his unique art.
“I am a person of movement,” he says about himself (https://velo-geschichten.ch/sjoerd-van-rooijen/), and this applies both physically and mentally! (Instagram: @sjovanroo / @bildschule.winterthur / Website: www.atelierooij.ch / ochs und junior blog from November 10, 2008).
The ochs und junior Christmas Edition settimana junior 2024, packaged in the settimana junior comic booklet by Sjoerd van Rooijen, can be ordered starting October 19, 2024, on our website under the settimana line at a price of CHF 2400 (export price) /
CHF 2594.40 (incl. 8.1% VAT).
Orders placed by November 20 will be delivered by December 20, 2024. Orders placed after November 20, 2024, will be shipped
no later than January 31, 2025.
Your ochs und junior team