If you're decent at designing watches for others, there's a good chance you'll be decent at making some for yourself, too. That's the idea that Monbrey's founders had, launching their own brand 20 years after working in the industry, committing to three-handed, elevated dailies, but with unexpected additions like soft iron cages for their anti-magnetic properties, engraved mother-of-pearl, and three-dimensional diamond indices and stone dials.