Swiss precision, American heritage — WIS Watch Straps handcrafted the grey buffalo leather strap for the AIKON Liberty.
The AIKON Liberty is a run of just 250 pieces — a 42mm stainless-steel case with a brass dial in "Bartholdi Green" Clou de Paris, crown-shaped luminous indexes and a red date display. It's powered by a Swiss automatic movement and rated to 20 ATM, with a sapphire caseback marking the occasion.
The dial's "Bartholdi Green" takes its name from the sculptor behind the Statue of Liberty, and its crown-shaped indexes echo hers. Turn the watch over and the sapphire caseback carries a "USA 250th Anniversary" marking with 13 engraved stars — one for each of the original colonies.
Grey buffalo leather, a stainless-steel butterfly buckle, and Maurice Lacroix's Easy Strap Exchange System — cut and curved to sit flush against the AIKON Liberty's case, so it swaps in seconds and wears in for years.
Every strap is cut and curved to the AIKON Liberty's integrated case line, so it sits flush against the lugs — the same standard of fit as the watch itself.
Maurice Lacroix built its first watch in 1975, and the same restlessness has carried it ever since — from the Calypso of the 1990s to the AIKON, launched in 2016 with the Easy Strap Exchange System and now the brand's best-selling collection. The AIKON Liberty carries that same pursuit of excellence into its 250th piece.
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