Baltic has spent the last few years becoming one of the watch world’s favorite microbrands (ourselves included), and the Scalegraph is a big reason why. The Paris-based outfit kept trotting the racing chronograph out as limited editions tied to events like the Tour Auto and the Transat Café L’Or regatta, and every single one sold out.
Now Baltic is doing the thing fans have been begging for. The Scalegraph is officially part of the permanent collection, which means no more sprinting to checkout before it vanishes.
Reworked From the Lugs Up
Baltic completely redid the 39.5mm stainless steel case, handing it wider lugs, sharper lines, and vertical brushing in place of the old circular finish.
The bigger upgrade is the move to screw-down pushers and an engraved crown, which bump water resistance to a genuinely sporty 100 meters (double the original’s 50). A double-domed sapphire crystal with internal AR coating rounds out the hardware. Still vintage at heart, but it can actually get wet now.
A Hand-Wound Holdout
The Scalegraph runs on the Swiss-made Sellita SW510-M, a hand-wound chronograph based on the legendary Valjoux 7750, good for 63 hours of reserve.
Going manual in 2026 is a deliberate, slightly old-school call, and we’re here for it. Usually a hand-wound movement keeps things thin, and at 14.1mm the Scalegraph isn’t exactly a wafer. But that trade buys the 100m rating without ballooning the case, and it keeps the watch in conversation with both the vintage racers and Baltic’s earliest chronos. The juice is worth the squeeze.
Three Dials, Zero Duds
The launch trio covers champagne, grey, and blue, each with a matching brushed aluminum tachymeter bezel (that scale, by the way, is where the “Scalegraph” name comes from). Champagne and grey get a metallic finish, while blue goes glossy and is easily the most fun of the three.
All three play off contrasting off-white azurage subdials framed by polished rings, with dauphine hands and BGW9 Super-LumiNova handling legibility. It tips its cap to midcentury racing chronographs without cosplaying as any single one of them.
Spec Sheet
Brand: Baltic
Model: Scalegraph
Case Size: 39.5mm
Lug-to-Lug: 47mm
Thickness: 14.1mm
Case Material: 316L stainless steel
Crystal: Double-domed sapphire, internal AR coating
Bezel: Aluminum tachymeter
Movement: Sellita SW510-M, hand-wound chronograph
Power Reserve: 63 hours
Water Resistance: 100m
Dial: Champagne, grey (metallic), or blue (glossy)
Lume: Super-LumiNova BGW9
Band: Leather strap, beads-of-rice, or flat-link bracelet
Limited Edition?: No (permanent collection)
Pricing & Availability
The Scalegraph runs €1,640 on a leather strap and €1,700 on either bracelet (excl. taxes), or roughly $1,870 to $1,940. It’s available now directly from Baltic, with deliveries beginning June 29.
Recap
Baltic Scalegraph
Baltic moves its repeatedly sold-out Scalegraph racing chronograph into the permanent collection, with three new dials, a hand-wound Sellita movement, and a sporty 100m water resistance upgrade.
