Academia Slide is the latest innovation from DeWitt watches. The highly original and playful Academia Slide is inspired by the brand's CEO Jerome De Witt's passion for cars bearing witness to the creative vitality of what remains one of the very last manufactures in Geneva to be 100% independent and family-run. The Academia Slide applies basic physical principle to watch-making in a ground-breaking way. Every hour is inscribed on a brass plate that slides along the track, guiding it to a horizontal position. This horizontal display alone shows the current hour. Next, the two central hands indicate the minutes and seconds. The simple intuitive design is also highly energy efficient where the hour plates slide in a natural fluid manner. The watch is constructed with 176 components and is made entirely from titanium with a 49 mm case.