While the increased popularity in stone dial watches across 2025 has crossed the broad spectrum of timepieces, one of the areas of design that has proven particularly successful is the accessible dress watch. At the forefront of that charge are brands like Dennison and Anders & Co. And it’s the latter who take our focus today as I’ve been hands-on to review the Swedish brand’s AC2 Volcán collection.
The first conundrum on opening the package is where to look first because each of the watches is immediately eye catching, each with a different semi-precious stone dial on display. Before picking favourites, what unites the collection are the ultra-thin cases. They measure 37mm x 5.65mm with a lug-to-lug of 44.6mm in a softly rounded tonneau shape. They’re large enough to be decidedly unisex while that extreme slimness creates a heightened dress watch delicacy.
Now we get to the dials of the Anders & Co. AC2 Volcán, with the four I have to hand being Aventurine, Turquoise, Rubilite and Charoite. They’re actually a very non-traditional array of stones as there isn’t a hint of malachite, jade or tiger’s eye in sight, which makes them stand out from the competition. Starting with the Aventurine, it’s made from aventurine glass and has the characteristic dark blue colour with sparkling flecks that make it look like a shining, star-filled night sky. It pairs will with the high polish finish of the slim dauphine hands and pencil hour markers.
Next is the Turquoise, which unsurprisingly is made from turquoise, the bright, light blue stone famous for its use in South American jewellery. You might easily mistake it for a Tiffany dial except that it proudly displays its natural imperfections and veined structure that marks it as a mineral. With a slightly more pronounced texture than the Turquoise is the Charoite, which swaps from blue to purple with an almost cloudy structure to it. Charoite is a rare stone due to the fact that it only occurs in regions of Siberia.
Last of the watches here is the Rubilite, which has a red and silvery crushed gemstone-like texture. It catches the light in interesting ways but is perhaps the busiest of the displays for that reason. I actually find myself drawn most to the Turquoise though around the Oracle Time office there has been plenty of vocal support for the Aventurine too.
Below the dial of each watch is the Miyota 9T22 slim quartz movement, with an accuracy of +/-20 seconds per month and a 3 year battery life. The movement isn’t the focus of this collection though so the fact that it’s convenient, slim and accessible are the most important factors. Speaking of accessibility, the Anders & Co. AC2 Volcán is £464. Given that stone dials like this were once exclusive to high end brands, that level of accessibility would have been unthinkable even a decade ago.
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