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Maen drops the rotor to slim the Manhattan 37 to 7.1mm, with stone dials
Maen has taken the rotor out of the Manhattan 37 to get it down to 7.1mm, and cut the three new dials from stone.
Hen & Mills Editorial · 2 min read · 11 August 2026
The Manhattan 37 is 7.1mm thick now, down from 9.3mm, and Maen got there by deleting the rotor. Maen started selling the Ultra-Thin Stone Dial direct on 10 August, three of them, in onyx, snowflake obsidian and golden swan.
Everything else carries over. Same 37mm cushion case, same integrated bracelet. Maen calls the slimming a 24 per cent reduction, and for once the marketing maths holds up.
Losing the rotor, gaining the D100
An automatic needs somewhere to swing a weight, and that somewhere is height. So this one is hand-wound, running the La Joux-Perret D100. Maen's spec page names the D100. Some of the coverage has called it a D101, so go with the brand's number.
Winding it every morning is either a small pleasure or a small chore, and which one it is for you probably settles whether this is a buy. What you get back is a case that runs 47.4mm lug to lug and clears a shirt cuff without any argument. Water resistance is 10 ATM, which is generous for something this thin, and the crystal is sapphire.
Picking between onyx, obsidian and golden swan
Natural stone means no two dials come out the same. Onyx is the safe one, glossy black and flat, and it leaves the applied Maen logo looking like it is floating. Golden swan runs warm brown and gold with flowing bands through it, and it will split the room. I'd take the snowflake obsidian, a dark volcanic ground with pale grey formations scattered over it that genuinely read as snow, landing somewhere different on every dial.
Stone dials are everywhere at the moment and most of them are lazy, a nice slab dropped into whatever case was already tooled. This one earns it. The dial is hard and reflective, the case is thin enough to get out of its way, and the watch reads as a single object.
Four screws into the caseback
The bracelet screws straight into the caseback, four of them, which is an old trick and a good one. It gives the joint between case and bracelet the flush look of a seventies integrated design instead of a bracelet bolted onto lugs. The clasp is hidden, and the links taper gradually with plenty of small sizes near the buckle, so sizing it shouldn't be a fight.
Maen lists all three at 1,359.20 euros with VAT included and ships worldwide, so an Australian buyer is looking at that plus whatever customs adds. There is no separate Australian price.
