Serica’s third take on its 8315 GMT swaps the colourways of earlier versions for an olive enamel dial and a Golden Green ceramic bezel, at £1,780. I spent time with the COSC-certified Serica Travel Chronometer “Golden Green” GMT Ref. 8315-3 to find out whether the Parisian brand’s understated travel watch earns its place on the wrist.
I had an immediate sense of intrigue when I first held it. The dial is olive enamel with yellow-gold accents, providing strong contrast to the broad arrow hands that stand out in white lacquer, with Swiss Super-LumiNova C3. That soft white works nicely with the two-tone ceramic bezel, and it reminded me of Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2026, Cloud Dancer.
Looking at the Serica Travel Chronometer “Golden Green” GMT Ref. 8315-3, it has a neo-vintage flair in its details, with its beige lume and traditional case style. The colour is also chameleonic, fitting in in any setting. It belongs as much on Tenerife’s black sands, drink in hand, as it does under a shirt cuff at home. It won’t match every outfit, but it will suit almost anywhere it’s worn.
The steel case measures 39mm x 12.3mm and 46.5mm lug-to-lug, with alternating polished and satin-brushed lyre lugs and a double-domed sapphire crystal. With 200m of water resistance and a screw-down crown. On the smaller end of the contemporary tool watch spectrum, but that enhances the neo-vintage vibe further.
Guilloché-style integrated end links lead into what Serica calls its “woven, folded, and machined” 20mm 316L stainless steel bracelet. It’s pitched as one size fits all, covering wrists from 14.5cm to 22cm with an expedition-style adjustment to adapt it to the right size. However, it felt like it was working against me at first, like I needed two hands to tighten it, which isn’t possible when it’s on the wrist of one of them. Once it was set though, the comfort impressed me.
The 8mm crown grips well and is satisfying to use when setting the time, so I have no complaints about how it operates, and give you a strong connection to the Soprod C125 movement, with a 40-hour power reserve and COSC certification. Like the earlier 8315s, this is an office GMT, with the lollipop hand tracking the second time zone against the two-tone bezel: white for day, Golden Green for night. Serica splits the two unevenly rather than into equal 12-hour halves, but the contrast still makes for easy reading at a glance.
Sub-£2,000 GMTs aren’t hard to find, earlier this year Christopher Ward introduced the Trident Biscay GMT, which costs £1,595 on Bader bracelet – £185 less than the Serica Travel Chronometer “Golden Green” GMT Ref. 8315-3 at £1,780. Side by side, the two watches share a neo-vintage vibe and fairly typical GMT display, so what makes the Serica worth it? The answer is the kiln-fired enamel dial and engraved bracelet end links, both techniques that are not very common at this price range. They’re enough to make the watch stand out and provide good value even though it’s the more expensive option.
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