It takes 16.5 hours and roughly 3,500 individual cuts to complete a single dial—no exaggeration, this is exactly what goes into the "Yum Cha" commemorative dial created through the collaboration between Selten and watch community platform Watch Ho & Co. The source material is the texture of a woven bamboo steamer, achieved through meticulous hand-engraving under a microscope, followed by multiple rounds of high-temperature kiln firing to set the color.
The starting point for this watch traces back to a childhood memory belonging to Watch Ho & Co. founder Jackie Ho—going to yum cha with his grandparents at the local tea house. Rather than following the well-worn path of racing or military watch aesthetics for this 3rd anniversary piece, the brand instead brought the essence of a family gathering directly onto the case. The star of the dial is the work of Selten's go-to engraving and enamel master, Master Qin, who used silver-based enamel to create a honey-gold to amber gradient—mimicking the patina a bamboo steamer develops over years of steam and use. The hands are shaped like tea leaves with diamond-cut polishing, arguably the quietest yet most nostalgic detail on the entire watch.
