Venezianico’s Arsenale Bizantino channels the meeting point between Constantinople’s ornate visual tradition and Venice’s disciplined aesthetic, delivering a 40 mm steel watch whose engraved surfaces echo Byzantine geometry with contemporary restraint. The motif flows across case, bezel and bracelet, its reliefs sculpted in satin-finished 316L steel, contrasted by a smoked anthracite soleil dial with a fumé gradient that catches and bends the light. At under 10 mm thick and powered by the Miyota 9039, it balances mechanical finesse with a striking architectural presence.
The Morelli brothers treat the pattern of the Arsenale Bizantino as structure, hand-sketched, refined, and engineered to maintain rhythm and legibility on the smallest planes. Surfaces alternate between polished and satin to sharpen edges, extend lines, and maintain visual continuity from lugs to Canova Concept™ bracelet links. Dauphine hands with BGW9 lume, sapphire with anti-reflective coating, and the familiar Arsenale proportions root the piece firmly in the maison’s design language, while the caseback’s minimalist figures of Justinian and Theodora nod to the empire that once shaped Venice’s artistic soul.
On the wrist, the Arsenale Bizantino reveals depth, clarity, and a confident elegance. An object where heritage becomes form rather than reference. Arsenale Bizantino feels less like a thematic edition and more like a considered synthesis of cultures, expressed through precision engraving, controlled geometry, and a contemporary Venetian eye for light.
