Introducing: The Baltic Hermtique Dual Time Enduropale Edition

February 06, 2025

In 2023, Baltic released a new design that has stuck with me as one of the best watches under a thousand dollars in the Hermtique Tourer. This 37mm "GADA" (that's: go anywhere, do anything) winner offered a beautiful dial in a vintage-Borgel-inspired case at a value-packed price, and it's one of the easiest recommendations I've given friends who are looking for a solid watch with a unique vintage sensibility to start their watch journeys. While the brand introduced the second Hermtique Tourer variation late last year with four new bronze-cased offerings, today marks the first time we've seen an evolution of the platform with the Hermtique Dual Time Enduropale Edition. Yes, this is a limited edition piece in collaboration with Enduropale. If you're not familiar with Enduropale or its official French name, Enduropale du Touquet-Pas-de-Calais, it's an absolutely nutso endurance bike race that takes place on the French beach, now sponsored by Red Bull. This year marks the race's fiftieth anniversary, making a good excuse to partner with Baltic together for a special watch. While the original Hermtique Tourer was designed as a simple field watch, the Dual Time adds a twistan internal rotating bezel. Much of what made the Tourer great is still in the Dual Time: A 37mm diameter case with a 150m water resistance, double-dome sapphire crystal, Miyota 9039 caliber, and raised indices in solid Super-LumiNova. But with the internal bezel, it feels like an entirely new watch. Of course, this means an additional crown, and Baltic opts for symmetry here, with the crown to operate the bezel sitting at 9 o'clock. With the Hermetique having a case with recessed crowns anyway, it's a very unobtrusive change, though I wonder how hard it may be to use if you have larger hands. Impressively, the case thickness remains the same, at 10.8mm (8.3mm without the crystal). The beads-of-rice bracelet is an option when ordering, and it looks incredible. Compared to its time-only siblings, the Hermtique Dual Time feels appropriately much more contemporary in livery. The colors aren't of the actual race but rather a tribute to motocross bikes of the 90s. It's also not the first time we've seen similar colors put together on a Baltic designthe brand's fifth anniversary Aquascaphe Dual-Crown from a few years back sports them in a remarkably similar fashion. Perhaps the color scheme was so popular that another small limited edition was a good way to bring it back. Aside from the matte grey dial, turquoise green (an oxymoron?) is the dominant color here, with it found on the minute hand, the "Enduropale" logo, a section of the internal bezel, and the strap. Speaking of the bezel, it's marked for the three-hour length of the Enduropale racea splash of purple marks the final hour of the race, with it fading out in a checkered pattern as an homage to the Enduropale logo. The remainder of the bezel is black, with printed markings every hour. Flip the watch over, and the solid caseback has laser-engraved artwork to celebrate fifty years of the race, from 1975 to 2025, and also features the limited edition numbering. The Baltic Hermtique Dual Time is a limited edition of 200 individually numbered pieces and retails for EUR 720 (~$750 at today's exchange) on the rubber strap, with steel bracelet options available. What We Think With this Enduropale edition being the first significant departure from the original Hermtique Tourer design, it's getting me excited for what the Hermtique might offer for a non-limited full catalog assortment. The decision to make this limited edition with Eunduropale under this case design was an excellent way to show how the Hermtique can also lend itself to a much more modern look despite many of its vintage-inspired cues. Though not necessarily new in Baltic's lineup, the color scheme is always a welcome sight. Personally, I don't see myself buying a limited edition watch for an endurance bike race, just like I don't relate to a Tudor Red Bull Alinghi Pelagos or an IWC Petronas editions. But that's just me, and I know this will undoubtedly appeal to Enduropale fans (and competitors). The price point is excellent for this kind of collaboration, and I'm sure 200 pieces will sell very well. I'm interested in the idea that this case design might see a GMT complication someday. If you told me prior that the Hermtique would eventually have an internal rotating bezel, I wouldn't have believed you. I would probably have said that the dial proportions wouldn't work with one, and the case would likely be thicker. And I would have been wrong on both accountsit's impressive to keep these proportions when many brands above the price point can't. Even if a GMT Hermtique sees the case gain a few millimeters of thickness, I think the watch would still be a home run. In the meantime, this Enduropale edition is here to keep my imagination going about how Baltic will continue to play with the Hermtique. The Basics Brand: BalticModel: Hermtique Dual Time Enduropale EditionDiameter: 37mmThickness: 10.8mmCase Material: Stainless steelDial Color: Matte greyIndexes: Raised Super-LumiNova BGW9Lume: YesWater Resistance: 150mStrap/Bracelet: Tropical rubber strap or steel bracelet options The Movement Caliber: Miyota 9039Functions: Hours, minutes, stop secondsPower Reserve: 42 hoursWinding: Automatic Pricing & Availability Price: 600 (excluding VAT) for rubber strap variantAvailability: NowLimited Edition: ?Yes, 200 individually numbered pieces.For more, click here.