The Okapi was never supposed to be perfect. It was supposed to be real.
In 2018, I launched my first watch on Kickstarter. I was twenty-two, self-taught, and working out of a small apartment in Stockholm. The Okapi was raw — ambitious in concept, honest in execution. It sold out. And then it was gone.
I've spent a long time thinking about whether to bring it back. Not a reissue. Not nostalgia. A reimagining — what the Okapi would be if I built it today, with everything I've learned since.
The new Okapi will run on an ETA 7001 hand-wound Swiss movement — a significant upgrade from the original. The case has been refined: same DNA, better proportions. The finishing is where eight years of obsessive learning shows most clearly.
What won't change is the philosophy. Still limited to twenty pieces. Still carrying the name that started everything — a reference to the elusive, beautiful animal that few have seen in the wild.
I talk about the original Okapi the way a musician talks about their first album: proud of its honesty, aware of its rough edges, grateful for what it taught. This version is what happens when that same person has spent nearly a decade refining their craft.
The Okapi returns at €2,000. Twenty pieces. Register your interest now — when it drops, it won't be announced publicly until it's sold out.
Some things are worth waiting eight years for.
Kevin Pedral
Founder & Designer, Pedral Watches