A new peak: the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Limited Edition is the lightest NORQAIN watch ever made

Geneva, Switzerland, 08 April 2026 At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the family-owned independent Swiss watchmaker NORQAIN is proud to unveil its most innovative, lightest and most highly robust timepiece to date. Weighing just 45 grammes, the disruptive Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite becomes the brand’s lightest ever watch. It’s also powered by a new movement, the skeletonised NORQAIN 4K Manufacture Calibre, and will be limited to just 200 pieces.

To achieve the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite's feathery, fully assembled 45-gramme weight, NORQAIN developed more than 30 components in ultra-light materials, including titanium, aluminium, NORTEQ® carbon fibre, yellow rubber and an exciting new proprietary carbon fibre composite called X-Lite.

X-Lite, an evolution of NORTEQ®, signals the next chapter in NORQAIN’s high-performance material innovation strategy. It was developed in collaboration with the company’s long-time partner, the Swiss material experts BIWI, and delivers even greater lightness and shock absorption.

At the heart of the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite's story is its case construction, which takes the Wild ONE concept to a new extreme, beyond the outer limits of lightness for a watch with its proportions, functionality and robustness. It’s composed in black NORTEQ®, titanium and aluminium, while the new X-Lite material appears in the watch’s casing ring. This combination of advanced, highly innovative materials is the key to the watch’s extreme strength-to-weight ratio.

It also delivers high impact resistance. In testing, the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite proved resistant to shocks of more than 5,000G. At the same time, the watch retains its wearability: in total, this unique, highly shock-absorbing construction measures just 11.95mm thick. It also offers 100 metres of water resistance.

The story of high lightness continues through the watch. The crown is in black NORTEQ® with a yellow rubber insert for grip. The black dial is skeletonised, further reducing weight, and printed with highly legible yellow detailing, including the NORQAIN logo, which is positioned at 12 o’clock on the dial ring. The watch’s hour, minutes and central seconds hands are also skeletonised, removing still more weight. Both these and the hour markers are detailed with a luminescent yellow Super-LumiNova® outline.

The innovation continues inside the watch, too. The Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite is powered by a proprietary new movement, the NORQAIN 4K Manufacture Calibre. Developed with our partners at AMT, this skeletonised, chronometer-certified automatic movement has a 65-hour power reserve, 24 hours more than in previous NORQAIN skeleton watches. The movement tells NORQAIN’s story, too. Its bridges and rotor are sculpted into shapes inspired by mountain peaks, now a NORQAIN signature and a symbol of the company’s ambition to create watches that challenge people to go further and to push their limits.
Extending its story of groundbreaking innovation and extreme lightness, the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite introduces a world-first strap concept based on a sophisticated double-layered construction with interchangeable elements.

The first strap option features a striking black and yellow rubber strap, where the perforated upper layer created a bold, athletic and geometric aesthetic, reinforcing the watch’s high performance identity.

The second strap pushes innovation even further. It combines a perforated rubber upper layer with an interchangeable ultra-light stretch-band underneath, with sizing adjusted through interchangeable bands. Visible through the upper layer, this ultra-light stretch strap naturally adapts to the wrist and offers a new level of comfort, precision fit and personalisation. The result is a technical breakthrough, a high-tech strap engineered for performance that seamlessly blends design, adaptability and cutting-edge material innovation.

The Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite will be limited to just 200 pieces, making it one of the most collectible watches ever produced by NORQAIN. Each will have a sapphire crystal case back with the words “LIMITED EDITION, ONE of 200” printed in yellow.

NORQAIN’s Founder and CEO Ben Küffer said: “The wildly innovative Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Limited Edition marks a major milestone for NORQAIN. It pushes the boundaries of extreme watch design as we look to create watches for the NORQAINER community according to our ‘My Life, My Way’ philosophy. It brings high innovation, extreme lightness and extreme disruption to the category – and we’re also extremely proud of it! This way, we’re As the Swiss Mechanical Sports Watch Specialist and challenger brand our mission is focused on creating high-performance, high-impact watches for today’s visionaries.”