(Parivas: Los Angeles) -- Los Angeles-based luxury watch company Parivas introduces a new category in horology: Additive watch design. On May 18, 2026, with the launch of the Exo.1, Parivas unveiled the first watch built from nothing—constructed as a single monolithic structure, engineered from an aerospace discipline, and made possible entirely through additive manufacturing. This is not a refinement of what came before. It is truly original.

The era of additive watchmaking is the first period in the craft’s history where makers are no longer designing within the limits of their tools; their tools are constrained only by their ideas. Parivas was born entirely from this new era of additive manufacturing, with co-founders Mickey Brown (CEO) and Justin Chang (COO) bringing more than 30 years of combined experience in mechanical engineering and additive manufacturing. They approached the watch purely as designers and engineers—and that objectivity is precisely what made the Exo.1 possible.

Introducing the Exo.1

Named for the exoskeleton it evokes, the Exo.1 carries its innovation visibly, in its exterior. Its case is defined by an exceptionally complex structural lattice that extends without interruption across bezel, body, and lugs—a seamless, open-worked, monolithic architecture unlike anything in contemporary horology. Floating hour markers, printed with hollow cores, embed tritium tubes and hover within the lattice. The result is a watch whose core identity is not concealed within it, but made prominently visible by its very design.

‘Solar dusted’ and monolithic case

Two innovations define the Genesis Collection’s visual language. The “solar dusted” finish—a brand-new metal surface produced through a proprietary sintering process—resolves a wavelike, fingerprint-esque texture that shifts under direct sunlight, ensuring no two pieces resolve in exactly the same way. Every Exo.1 is unique. The monolithic case unifies what traditional construction separates—bezel, body, lugs, and dial features—into a single unbroken structure, eliminating the interfaces where misalignments and inconsistencies occur in conventional watchmaking, and only possible through additive manufacturing.

10,000 hours, six years, one conviction

The Exo.1 was conceived years before it could be produced at the standards Parivas required. Deep roots in the additive manufacturing industry gave the team a clear view of the technology’s trajectory and the confidence to design ahead of it. Brown says, “The Exo.1 didn’t adapt to the technology. The technology had to rise to meet it.” Every Parivas watch is hand-assembled in Los Angeles by the same core engineering team that designed it—a commitment central to the brand’s philosophy.

Technical specifications

Powering the Exo.1 is the Parivas Caliber P1001S, a customized Swiss automatic skeleton movement built on Sellita SW300-1SA architecture, finished with rhodium plating and soleillage decoration. It’s certified under the Parivas Chronometer standard, an in-house precision program developed in concert with the Horological Society of New York, built to exceed ISO 3159 international standards.

Case specifications

• Case material: 316L SS
• Diameter: 42 mm
• Thickness: 10 mm
• Lug width: 20 mm
• Lug to lug: 49 mm
• Weight (approx.): 107 grams
• Water resistance: 6 bar
• Crystal: sapphire, antireflective

P1001S specifications

• Parivas chronometer
• Power reserve: 56 hours
• Jewels: 25
• Frequency: 28,800 bph (4 Hz)
• Shock protection: Incabloc
• Antimagnetism: 4,800 A/m
• Finishing: Rhodium plating, Soleillage decoration

Acquiring the Exo.1

Batch 01 of the Exo.1 will be limited to 30 pieces, and available exclusively through a curated waitlist opened to the public on May 18, 2026, via Parivas.com. Delivery is expected in Q1 2027. Retail price: $7,500; available for purchase in the U.S. only.

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The Exo.1 is the most integrated case architecture in contemporary horology. It’s not a design choice made simply for aesthetics. It’s the structural result of designing and building in a fundamentally different way.