Lorier's 2026 core collection is 4 watches at $699 and $799, all on Miyota automatics and, for the first time at this brand, under sapphire. What changed is the owner: Worn & Wound reported on 24 July 2026 that its parent company had acquired the brand and relaunched it with these 4, and the 6 older models are off the site.
Checked 19 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Lorier is a New York City brand, founded in 2017 by Lorenzo and Lauren Ortega, that sells direct from lorierwatches.com and through one named physical retailer, Grand Central Watch in New York. Worn & Wound reported on 24 July 2026 that the brand had been acquired by Worn & Wound's parent company and relaunched with a four-model core collection, and that is the catalogue this guide covers: Neptune, Falcon, Astra and Hyperion GMT. The product pages print no series numbers; Worn & Wound frames them as reissues of the Neptune IV, Falcon III and Hyperion II. The brand does not state an assembly location on the pages checked.
The spec sheets settle three things. Every current model has a domed sapphire crystal with a 7-layer internal anti-reflective coating, which replaces the domed Hesalite (acrylic) Lorier used on every earlier watch; the Neptune and Hyperion bezel inserts are sapphire too. Lug width is 20 mm on all 4, on a 20 to 16 mm tapered 316L bracelet with solid end links. Water resistance is 200 m on the Neptune and 100 m on the other three. Lume is Super-LumiNova BGW9, with C3 on the Hyperion's bezel and GMT hand. Thickness is published as case height plus crystal on each page, so the entries below give the two separately.
The warranty is 12 months from delivery, which is short for this group: Traska gives 3 years and Vaer 2. It covers defects in materials or workmanship, the buyer pays shipping to the service centre, and impact damage to the sapphire is excluded, so a cracked crystal is the buyer's bill in any year and everything else is the buyer's bill after the first. Every model was on pre-order at check with September 2026 shipping, and the price you pay is the relaunch price: older lists still quote the Neptune at $389 to $500, and the lists are now the only place that price survives.
SoldDirect via lorierwatches.com; Grand Central Watch (New York) is the one authorized physical retailer and sells the Roosevelt exclusively. Worn & Wound reported on 2026-07-24 that Lorier had been acquired by Worn & Wound's parent and relaunched a four-model core collection.
Warranty12 months from delivery against defects in materials or workmanship; buyer pays shipping to service centre; excludes wear, misuse, unauthorized repair and impact damage to sapphire (https://www.lorierwatches.com/pages/store-policies)
Read the table by movement. The Miyota 9039, a no-date automatic, runs the Neptune, Falcon and Astra, which is why all three list at $699. The Hyperion runs the Miyota 9075, a true GMT with an independently jumping 12-hour hand, carries a date, and lists at $799. The Falcon and Astra share one case (36 mm, 44 mm lug to lug, 8.8 mm); the Neptune and Hyperion share another (39 mm, 46 mm). Only these 4 have entries below.
Six discontinued models are also in the data set because people still search for them, and 5 of them appear in the table (the Zephyr has no dimensions in any fetched source, so it does not). Every Lorier URL for them returns 404, so their figures are last-known, from dated reviews: the Hydra SIII (41 mm, 46 mm lug to lug, 12.2 mm, 200 m, Miyota 9075 GMT, $599, Watch Clicker 2 August 2023); the Olympia Series II (39 mm, 46 mm, 13.8 mm, 50 m, Seiko NE88 column-wheel chronograph, $999, Mainspring 27 September 2025); the Gemini (39 mm, 50 m, Seagull ST19 hand-wound chronograph, $499, replaced by the Olympia); the Zephyr ($499, Miyota 9029 two-hand, out of production after Miyota discontinued the movement, no dimensions in any fetched source); the Merlin Urban Gentry edition (37 mm, 45 mm, 11 mm with crystal, 100 m, Miyota 90S5, $549, 500 pieces, sold out); and the Roosevelt Grand Central Watch edition (36 mm bronze, Miyota 90S5, $799, 250 pieces, sold out). All 6 were on Hesalite or acrylic.
Ø36 mm · automatic · 100 m · $699 · Thinnest · 8.8 mm · dress
Lorier Astra (2026 core collection)
36 × 44 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementMiyota 9039
Case36 mm
Lug to lug44 mm
Thickness8.8 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance100 m
Crystaldomed sapphire, 7-layer internal AR
Bezelfixed, polished
LumeSuper-LumiNova BGW9
Case material316L steel
Price$699
The Lorier to buy at $699 if it will live under a cuff: 8.8 mm of case plus a 1.6 mm domed crystal makes it the thinnest watch the brand makes and one of the thinnest 100 m automatics on this site. 36 mm, 44 mm lug to lug, Miyota 9039, Ref. 278081, a fixed polished bezel, and a bracelet with a push-button quick-adjust clasp. The alternative for the same $699 is the Falcon, the same case to the tenth of a millimetre, the difference being the dial, the bezel finish and the clasp. The trade against the Neptune at the same price is 100 m and a bezel that does not turn.
Ø36 mm · automatic · 100 m · $699 · 36 mm sports · 44 mm lug-to-lug
Lorier Falcon (2026 core collection)
36 × 44 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementMiyota 9039
Case36 mm
Lug to lug44 mm
Thickness8.8 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance100 m
Crystaldomed sapphire, 7-layer internal AR
Bezelfixed
LumeSuper-LumiNova BGW9
Case material316L steel
Price$699
The sports watch at $699, and on the numbers the pick for a wrist under 6.5 inches: 36 mm, 44 mm lug to lug, 8.8 mm of case plus a 1.6 mm domed crystal, 100 m, Miyota 9039, Ref. 325080, on a three-link bracelet with screw pins. The prior Falcon Series III was on Hesalite; this one is sapphire. The alternative for the same money is the Neptune, which adds 100 m and a rotating bezel for a case 3 mm larger, 2 mm longer lug to lug and 1.5 mm thicker. The trade is that the Falcon and the Astra are one case, so the choice inside the pair comes down to the dial and the clasp.
The diver the brand is known for, and at $699 no longer the bargain the older lists describe: they still quote $389 to $500, and the relaunch price is what you will pay. 39 mm, 46 mm lug to lug, 10.3 mm of case plus a 1.1 mm domed crystal, 200 m, Miyota 9039, Ref. 737080, a unidirectional 120-click bezel with a sapphire insert that measures 37 mm on the 39 mm case, and a clasp with 5 quick-adjust positions. The alternative for the money is the Vaer D5 at $729, 39 mm, 46 mm, Miyota 9015, 1.6 mm thicker. The trade against the Vaer is a sapphire bezel insert and a 12-month warranty against a 2-year one.
LumeSuper-LumiNova BGW9 dial and hands; C3 on bezel and GMT hand
Case material316L steel
Price$799
The GMT at $799, and the $100 over the Neptune buys the Miyota 9075, a date and a 24-hour bezel, and costs 100 m of water resistance and 0.4 mm of case. 39 mm, 46 mm lug to lug, 10.7 mm of case plus a 1.45 mm domed crystal, 100 m, Ref. 897080; the 9075 is a true traveller's GMT, the 12-hour hand jumping in 1-hour steps while the 24-hour hand holds home time, under a 24-click red and blue sapphire bezel. The alternative on the same calibre is the Islander Republic Traveler at $595, 200 m, with no published lug to lug. The trade is 100 m, which rules it out as the dive GMT the Hydra was.
Lorier is for the buyer who wants a mid-century case under a domed sapphire on a Miyota, at $699 to $799, and who will wait: all 4 were on pre-order at check with September 2026 shipping. For the wrist the range runs short across the board, 44 mm lug to lug on the 36 mm pair and 46 mm on the 39 mm pair, so nothing here needs a 7-inch wrist. Look elsewhere if you want a chronograph or a dive GMT from this name, since the Olympia and Hydra are gone and the site sells nothing to replace them; if you prefer the old acrylic crystals, which no current Lorier has; or if warranty length weighs with you, since 12 months is the shortest in this group and Traska gives 3 years on a Freediver at $735.
Where it sits against the field
At $699 the Neptune is priced within $36 of the Vaer D5 ($729, 39 mm, 46 mm lug to lug, 200 m, Miyota 9015) and the Traska Freediver ($735, 40.5 mm, 48 mm, 200 m, hardened case), and above the Baltic Aquascaphe MK2 39.5 mm (€630, 47 mm lug to lug, 12.9 mm thick) and the Islander Northport ($449, 40.5 mm, 47 mm, Miyota 9015). Of those the Neptune is the thinnest at 10.3 mm and the only one with a sapphire bezel insert. At $799 the Hyperion is the cheapest Miyota 9075 GMT in this data set from a brand that also publishes a lug-to-lug figure: the Nodus Contrail ($900, 40.5 mm, 46.6 mm, 200 m), Traska Venturer ($950, 38.5 mm, 46.1 mm, 150 m) and Vaer G5 ($989, 39 mm, 45.83 mm, 200 m) all rate higher for water and cost $101 to $190 more. The Falcon and Astra at 36 mm and $699 sit against the Traska Commuter 36 ($690, 36.5 mm, 44 mm, 100 m) and the Nodus Unity ($675, 36.5 mm, 43.5 mm, 150 m, Miyota 9015), and the Lorier pair is 2.5 mm thinner than the Unity.
Questions people ask
Where are Lorier watches made?
Not stated: Lorier is based in New York City and gives no assembly location on the pages checked. The movements are Miyota (Japan): the 9039 in the Neptune, Falcon and Astra, and the 9075 GMT in the Hyperion. Sales are direct from lorierwatches.com, with Grand Central Watch in New York as the one named physical retailer.
Lorier Neptune vs Hyperion: what is the difference?
The movement, the date and 100 m, for $100. Same 39 mm case, 46 mm lug to lug, 20 mm lugs and domed sapphire. The Neptune is 10.3 mm, 200 m, no date, Miyota 9039, with a unidirectional dive bezel, at $699. The Hyperion is 10.7 mm, 100 m, with a date, Miyota 9075 true GMT, with a bidirectional 24-hour bezel, at $799. Both were on pre-order at check.
Which Lorier models are discontinued?
Six: the Hydra SIII dive GMT, Olympia Series II chronograph, Gemini hand-wound chronograph, Zephyr two-hand dress watch, and the Merlin and Roosevelt limited editions (500 and 250 pieces, both sold out). Every brand URL for them returns 404 as of 19 September 2026. The current catalogue is the Neptune, Falcon, Astra and Hyperion only.
