Matteo Violet-Vianello founded Anoma back in 2024 with a crystal-clear concept that noticeably drew from the worlds of architecture and design as well as forms in nature. The brand’s debut offering set the tone for what has quickly become Anoma’s trademark: a triangular case. Those who follow the brand on Instagram well know that the brand’s cult following has become, dare I say obsessed with finding the soft, triangular form with rounded edges in the wild, citing pieces of furniture, buildings, river stones and other everyday objects that mimic the shape.
From the get-go, Anoma has taken the approach of dropping limited edition collections rather than having a permanent catalog. The A1 First Series from 2024 was notable for its two-tone blue dial and was quickly followed up by two variations the following year: the A1 Slate offering a more neutral color palette and later the A1 Optical offered in two colorways – one monochromatic and the other two-tone – each highlighting a guilloche dial that has the unique and organic appearance of a fingerprint.
Now, Anoma departs from its own tradition of highly limited executions, creating its first core collection. The new anchors for the brand include the A1 Abyss and A1 Stone. The pair very clearly echo models of the past with the Abyss giving us a twist on the First Series with a singular shade of blue that’s a bit lighter and brighter than the original two-tone. At first glance, this model appears simple, but there’s more than meets the eye. This unique hue is built from three layers of lacquer – one greenish-blue and two deep midnight blue – then completed with contrasting finishing including a mirror-polished center, sunburst outer, and silver printing.
Alongside it, the Stone gives us the same color story as the Slate paired with a texture and depth in the inner of the two concentric triangles that feels like a callback to the guilloche dial of the Optical. This makeup is achieved by pairing an abrasively blasted center that echoes the surface of river stones with a sharp sunburst outer and silver printing for a monochromatic look that still has plenty of visual interest.
Crunching the numbers, both variants clock in at 39mm x 38mm, which the brand emphasizes wears slightly smaller, closer to 37mm due to the triangular shape and lack of lugs. While the duo will remain as permanent fixtures of the brands catalog, production will remain in batches with the first run consisting of just 150 pieces of each iteration. The core collection makes its grand entrance today with first deliveries coming through as early as June. Each model carries a price tag of £2,200 (roughly $2,900 at the time of publication).
According to the brand, the intention with the new core collection was to extract the purest, most distilled expression of the A1. However, Anoma teases that the future will continue to hold more variety as Anoma continues to evolve – in short, the more experimental limited editions are not going away anytime soon, so keep an eye out. Anoma
Cait Bazemore
2026-04-28 14:00:00