Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1
Archive · used only
The Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1 is a discontinued dress watch with a grade 5 titanium case. It is priced well above the $643 median for the category. No longer offered new; listed here as an archive reference for the used market.
All Pattern Recognition watchesWatch dress watchesUnder 11 mm thickGrade 5 titaniumCompact (38 mm and under)Tourbillon
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Price
≈$149,589 (CHF 120,000)
Material
Titanium
Grade / type
Grade 5
Water resistance
30 m
- Type
- Dress
- Case diameter
- 32.0 mm
- Thickness
- 9.9 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 52 mm
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Movement
- Hand-wound, hand-finished central flying tourbillon on a 3-plane curved architecture, 3Hz; no caliber name published
- Power reserve
- 60+ hours (Hodinkee-measured on a prototype; maker had not published a final figure at review time)
- Complications
- Tourbillon
- Colour
- Grey
- Surface treatment
- None
- Finish technology
- Natural finish
- Nickel-free
- Unconfirmed (contact-point materials not all confirmed)
- Bracelet / strap
- Quick-release, integrated-latch bracelet (a cuff-style band rather than conventional links) with coordinated interchangeable straps; the case, not the strap, carries the articulation. Material not stated by the maker.
- Display back
- No
- Dial
- Three-tier vertical layout on a curved case: a 6mm lab-grown diamond moon set beneath a rotating, pusher-advanced shroud at the top; a central flying tourbillon inspired by electron-orbit diagrams below it; and a small, discreet time display with diamond hour markers and white-gold hands on the inner-wrist end of the case.
- Dial colours
- White
- Availability
- No longer offered
- Status
- Limited edition of 25 production pieces plus 5 prototypes; per Hodinkee's 2026 hands-on, all Series 1 pieces are sold, with first deliveries expected Q3 2026. Founder Michael Friedman has said a two-tone version and other iterations are planned as separate future pieces.
- Not published
- Reference, Weight, Caliber, Hardness, Construction, Caseback, Matching bracelet, Crystal, Lume
Medium confidence
Verified Sep 2026
Source: Pattern Recognition (maker product page) / Hodinkee (hands-on)
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What is the case material of the Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1?
The Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1 has a grade 5 titanium case. It is recorded at medium confidence pending a maker-stated material.
What size is the Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1?
It is 32.0 mm in diameter, 9.9 mm thick, 52 mm lug to lug, and water resistant to 30 m.
How much does the Pattern Recognition B-Theory Series 1 cost, and is it available?
It is no longer offered new; the guide keeps it as an archive reference for the used market, and it listed from $149,589 when current.
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