Once again, here I am late to the party as our own Zach Kazan blows my mind with another brand specializing in artistic dials featuring my favorite métiers d’art craft: enameling. You may recall when he first covered the partnership between De Rijke & Co. and the illustrator Guy Allen two years ago. Now the duo is back with another trio of driver’s watches spanning on the previous Amalfi theme, this time with a stronger focus on the automotive angle.
While the Dutch watchmaker and the British artist have been teaming up for nearly a decade, the pair took their work to the next level in 2024 by collaborating on their first set of watches, establishing the Amalfi special editions. The initial set of three watches focused on the themes of air, land, and sea with distinct designs and color palettes reflecting each element. Thanks to champlevé enamel, the illustrations come to life with texture and depth.
For the uninitiated, the specific technique of champlevé enamel (French for “raised field”) is similar to cloisonné. However, instead of raised sections to hold enamel, reservoirs to hold the material are created by carving directly into the metal base. The newest trio builds on these designs, but now takes the automotive theme more literally on both the enamel dial and the engraved caseback.
The names of the models draw from three regions, the Amazon, Sahara, and Turini, and each gets a corresponding vehicle you might drive there. For the Amazon, you get the Landrover Defender. For the Sahara, a Porsche 911, and for the Turini, a Lancia Stratos. The new set depicts these cars with the environments as backdrop, reprising the bifurcated champlevé enamel dials, but now, there’s even greater detail. Here, the lower half of each solid silver dial features engraved details with subtle variations in depth, encased in a polished layer of transparent grand feu enamel.
Like the previous trio (and the original Amalfi reviewed here by Zach Weiss), the latest features the same two-piece case that can be rotated through 90 degrees to ensure the dial is orientated at the correct angle while the wearer has their hands on the wheel. However, the update here is that this time, the cases are rendered in lightweight ceramic. While some watchmakers combine ceramic with steel underpinnings, De Rijke & Co. chose to undertake the time-consuming process of developing a fully ceramic two-piece case for this series.
Once again, you get sweet spot sizing at 38.2mm in diameter and 11mm thickness. Basic timekeeping is available with hours, minutes, and a sweeping center seconds hand powered by the reliable, self-winding Sellita SW300 movement. Topping off each model is a quick release strap with a lug width of 18mm.
The new De Rijke & Co. x Guy Allen Amalfi watches are limited to just 50 pieces in each of the three styles with an engraved edition number. The models are available today with free worldwide shipping and the brand’s standard two-year warranty along with a price tag of € 4595 (approximately $5300 USD at the time of publication). For more information, you can head over to De Rijke & Co.
Cait Bazemore
2026-03-06 16:00:00