Background
Link & Tag is a media site, distributor, and retailer. Over the years, it has worked with many watch brands. These collaborations fall under the Link & Tag Watch Project, which focuses on creative and accessible watches.
This project brings together JSV Engraving, led by Jacky, and designer Eric Yeh of Havaan Tuvali.
Jacky’s story is unusual. He trained as a denturist in Taiwan, a profession that demands steady hands and extreme precision. As it turns out, those same skills translate perfectly into engraving.
He started collecting watches in 2019 and soon took watchmaking classes. Not long after, he realised something important, his dental skills could transfer directly to engraving watch dials, movements, and cases.
That realisation sparked this collaboration.
The goal was simple, create something artistic, but still affordable.
Case
The Orbit comes in a 316L stainless steel case measuring 40mm × 10mm × 48mm.
On paper, those numbers are familiar. On the wrist, they work very well. The size feels balanced and easy to wear.
The case design stays deliberately simple, and that restraint works in its favour. It keeps the focus where it should be, the dial.
Water resistance is 50 metres, which is more than enough for everyday use.
Dial
This is where the watch earns its name.
Instead of a standard seconds hand, the Orbit uses a rotating seconds disc. The disc slowly turns, creating a quiet sense of motion across the dial.
Each disc is hand-engraved by Jacky, and the work is intense. Even though the engraved area is small, each one takes about four hours to complete. Jacky also produces the alpha style hands, polished to a high finish.
Three patterns are available.
Shippou features overlapping circles that form a chain of petals. The name means “seven treasures” in Japanese. In Buddhist tradition, these treasures symbolise virtue and spiritual wealth. The dark blue dial reinforces the calm and balanced feel of the pattern.
Dragon Scale carries a stronger visual presence. The motif is often linked with protection, power, and resilience.
Ginkgo draws inspiration from the ancient ginkgo tree. Known for its incredible lifespan, the tree symbolises endurance and renewal across many Asian cultures. The green dial reflects spring, when the ginkgo blossoms.
Each dial colour is carefully chosen to support the story behind the engraving.
We had the delight of spending time with the Shippou and Gingko variants, admiring the intricate details of the sub-seconds as the disc smoothly rotates. Both were gold in colour and play delightfully with light in different ways.
Movement
Inside the watch sits the ST3620 hand wound movement, offering around 40 hours of power reserve.
For this project, the movement was modified to drive the rotating seconds disc.
It is a clever solution. It creates a distinctive display without pushing the price too high. Sharing the development cost also helped keep the project accessible.
Wearing Experience
On the wrist, the Orbit feels like a small moving sculpture. Your eyes keep drifting back to the rotating engraved disc.
The motion is subtle but constant, giving the watch a quiet sense of character.
The clean case and simple dial layout keep everything balanced. Nothing competes for attention.
The watch comes on a handmade genuine leather strap by Hasnobounds, which suits the handcrafted nature of the piece.
What Would Make Me Happier
This watch exists because of a simple idea, more people should be able to enjoy artistic watches.
Hand-engraving is usually expensive. By reducing the engraved area to a small rotating disc, the team found a smart way to keep the price within reach.
You still get genuine hand work.
You still get something unique.
Just in a more approachable form.
And that is what makes the Orbit interesting. It treats a watch not just as a tool, but as a small piece of moving art.
While the blue and green dials both carry meaning and symbolism, they lack a little depth. The colours are pleasant and work well with the engraved motifs, but at times they can feel slightly flat.
I understand why the designers kept the tones restrained. A brighter or more striking colour could easily distract from the hand engraved rotating subdial, which is clearly the main feature of the watch.
Even so, the dial could benefit from a little more richness or texture to bring it fully to life.
The rotating subseconds disc is a real treat for the eyes. Watching the engraved pattern slowly move across the dial adds a gentle sense of motion that a standard seconds hand cannot match.
It gives the watch character and makes the dial feel alive.
That said, it is not the easiest way to track the passing seconds. A subtle marker or reference point could make it easier to read at a glance, while still preserving the clean and artistic look of the watch.
Specifications
- Dial: Polished chapter ring with hand painted coloured main dial and hand-engraved patterned rotating seconds disc
- Case Diameter: 40 mm
- Thickness (incl crystal): 10 mm
- Lug to Lug: 48 mm
- Case Material: 316L stainless steel
- Movement: ST3620 hand wound
- Power Reserve: ~40 hours
- Water Resistance: 5 ATM / 50 m
- Strap: HasNoBounds handmade genuine leather strap
