Garrick has built the S8 Skeleton around a deceptively simple brief.
It’s a three-hand watch, but not a plain one, with the Norfolk independent using the format as a platform for exposed movement architecture, hand bevelling and deep customisation.
For collectors who care less about complications and more about the human hours inside a watch, this is where the S8 Skeleton makes its case.
At a glance
- Garrick has introduced the S8 Skeleton, a made-to-order three-hand model assembled and finished by hand in Norfolk.
- The 39mm watch features a skeletonised dial and movement, hand-bevelled exposed components, black-polished details and frosted finishing.
- Production is limited to five S8 watches per year, with guide pricing from £71,400 in steel including VAT.
A smaller Garrick with a quieter presence
The S8 Skeleton measures 39mm across and 8mm thick, making it one of the smallest watches in Garrick’s current stable alongside the 39mm S5.
The case can be specified in 904L steel, with precious metals available on request.
Its form is restrained rather than decorative, built around a smooth bezel, sweeping lugs and a fluted crown at 3 o’clock.
That crown handles both time-setting and winding, as the S8 Skeleton uses a manually wound movement with a stated 60-hour power reserve.
The dial is where the watch opens up
The display itself is deliberately traditional, with central hours and minutes joined by a small seconds subdial at 8 o’clock.
Garrick has treated that simplicity as an invitation to remove rather than add, skeletonising the dial and movement to reveal as much of the mechanical structure as possible.
Every exposed edge and wheel is bevelled by hand, with selected details finished in black polish.
That technique produces a surface so smooth and reflective that it can appear black from many viewing angles.
The rest of the movement is frosted, a Garrick signature that gives the exposed metal a soft, lightly textured appearance rather than a mirror-bright one.
A German silver hour and minute scale frames the openworked display, with a smaller matching ring used for the seconds.
The markers are engraved into the metal and filled with ink, keeping the watch legible without compromising the pared-back architecture.
Made to order, one watchmaker at a time
As with Garrick’s broader output, the S8 Skeleton is made to order rather than produced as a fixed, off-the-shelf configuration.
The skeleton movement can be ordered in silver, dark grey rhodium, yellow gold or pink gold.
The hands are customisable too, with polished, heat-blued and heat-purpled options available.
Once a specification is agreed, Garrick says a single watchmaker takes the watch from start to finish, personally handling each stage of assembly and finishing.
That working method helps explain the scale of production, with only five S8 watches due to be made each year.
Details & Specifications
| Brand | Garrick |
|---|---|
| Model | S8 Skeleton |
| Case size | 39mm x 8mm |
| Case material | 904L steel, with precious metals available on request |
| Display | Central hours and minutes, small seconds at 8 o’clock |
| Movement | Manually wound skeletonised movement |
| Power reserve | 60 hours |
| Finishing | Hand bevelling, black-polished details and frosted movement surfaces |
| Dial details | German silver hour and minute scale, engraved and ink-filled markers |
| Customisation | Movement finish options in silver, dark grey rhodium, yellow gold or pink gold; hands available polished, heat-blued or heat-purpled |
| Production | Five S8 watches per year |
| Guide price | £71,400 in steel or £87,600 in precious metal, including VAT |
| Price note | Garrick has committed to keeping the steel version’s guide price unchanged for the first three years |
The S8 Skeleton is not a watch that tries to impress through complication count.
Its appeal is more exacting than that, aimed at collectors who understand how much work can sit behind a clean three-hand layout when the finishing is allowed to carry the conversation.
