Zelos lists 8 models from $399 for a Seiko-powered Swordfish to $2,499 for tantalum-cased Comet and Skyraider editions, and on 19 September 2026 exactly 1 of them could be bought. The rest were sold out, which is the brand's method rather than a shortage: runs of 25 to 50 pieces at the top, and no restocks anywhere.
Checked 19 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Zelos is Elshan Tang's Singapore brand, launched on Kickstarter in 2014, selling in dollars direct from zeloswatches.com and through the retailers on its own list. Assembly is not stated on any product page; the about page says designed in Singapore and stops there. The warranty is 1 year; Monta, at the same money, gives 2 and lets it transfer once. The catalogue divides at a line the prices make obvious: entry divers at $399 to $549 on Seiko and Miyota movements, then nothing until a high-end tier from $1,899 to $2,499 built on Swiss hand-wound calibres and exotic case metals, sold in numbered drops of 25 to 50 pieces.
What the sheets settle. Every model is under sapphire, and the high-end tier uses a box crystal, which is why 2 of them quote thickness twice: the Comet 39 Tantalum is 7.6 mm without the crystal and 9.4 mm with it, the Skyraider 8.2 mm and 9.9 mm. Lug width is 20 mm everywhere except the Artemis at 24 mm. Water resistance follows the tiers: 200 m on the Swordfish and 300 m on the Mako, 200 m on the Horizons GMT, 100 m on the Spearfish, and 50 m on every hand-wound piece, so the $2,499 watches are the ones to keep out of the pool. Movements, by model: Seiko NH35 (Swordfish), Miyota 9015 (Mako), ETA 2893 (Horizons), Sellita SW300 with a TT651 module (Spearfish), ETA/Peseux 7001 with reworked bridges (Comet 39), and a skeletonised Marvin 700 (Skyraider, Artemis).
The Mirage 2 Eight-Day Skeleton of 2021, a 42 mm La Joux-Perret LJP7500 piece at $3,900 in titanium and $8,900 in sapphire, is in the data as history and not in the current feed, so it sits out of the table. The Horizons V2 GMT is in the table with a caveat: its listing dates from 2020, and the 2025 to 2026 Horizons are 43 mm three-handers at $449 to $549, not GMTs. Buy a Zelos in the week it drops, or read the sheet as a forecast of the next run.
Founded2014
BasedSingapore
AssembledNot stated on brand pages ('Masterfully designed by Elshan in Singapore')
Read the table by tier. The 2 divers at $399 and $529 are the volume lines on Japanese automatics; the Horizons GMT at $899 is the 1 Swiss automatic with a rotating bezel. From $1,899 upward every watch is hand-wound or a Sellita with a module, rated 50 m or 100 m, and cased in titanium or tantalum apart from the steel Comet 39, which at $2,099 is also the one in stock. The tags record stock on the check date; a drop means Zelos ran a numbered batch and does not restock it.
The Zelos to start with, if a run is open: a 40 mm, 200 m diver on the Seiko NH35 at $399, with a 120-click ceramic bezel and a flat sapphire with inner AR. 46 mm lug-to-lug and 12 mm thick, 1 mm thinner than the Islander 38 mm at $329 and 2.8 mm thinner than the Dan Henry 1970 at $320. Earlier Swordfish 40 runs were $349; the 42 mm and the titanium and bronze cases ran $399 to $549. Every variant showed sold out on the check date. The San Martin 6200 at $275 is the in-stock alternative with the same NH35 at 38 mm; what it lacks is the ceramic bezel.
Ø40 mm · automatic · 300 m · $529 · Miyota 9015 · 300 m · sold out
Zelos Mako 300m Diver (2025 version)
40 × 47 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementMiyota 9015 automatic
Case40 mm
Lug to lug47 mm
Thickness12.2 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance300 m
Crystalsapphire, domed, inner AR
Bezelunidirectional, sapphire insert
LumeSuper-LumiNova C3 and BGW9
Case material316L steel
Price$529
The strongest sheet under $600 in the Zelos range, and none to be had: 300 m on a Miyota 9015 for $529, sold out in every variant, as were the V3 and the Mako 300m GMT at $629 to $729. 40 mm, 47 mm lug-to-lug, 12.2 mm for the case and 14.8 mm to the top of the domed crystal, a sapphire bezel insert, C3 and BGW9 lume. Meteorite dials ran $559 to $629. The Islander Northport at $449 has the same 9015, 200 m and a 47 mm lug-to-lug in a 12.5 mm case, and could be ordered; the Mako's argument is 100 m and the sapphire insert for $80 more, once it exists again.
A 2020 listing, sold out, and here because its figures are the only Zelos GMT under $1,000 on record: 40 mm, 45 mm lug-to-lug, 11 mm without the crystal, 200 m, an ETA 2893 Elaboré automatic and a 48-click bidirectional bezel with a lumed sapphire insert, $899. Meteorite dials were $1,049 to $1,099. The 2025 to 2026 Horizons are 43 mm three-handers at $449 to $549, so a buyer searching the name will find a different watch. Under $1,000 the Lorier Hyperion at $799 runs a Miyota 9075 true GMT at 39 mm and 46 mm lug-to-lug, and the Nodus Contrail at $900 gives 200 m on the same movement; both are current.
Ø40 mm · hand wound · 50 m · $1,899 · 24 mm lug · sold out
Zelos Artemis 'Titanium'
40 × 45.5 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementSwiss skeletonised Marvin 700 hand-wound
Case40 mm
Lug to lug45.5 mm
Thickness10.2 mm
Lug width24 mm
Water resistance50 m
CrystalBox sapphire
BezelFixed
LumeSuper-LumiNova BGW9
Case materialSandblasted titanium main case, cerakoted white mid-case
Price$1,899
The entry to the high-end tier and the odd one out on lug width: 24 mm, against 20 mm on every other Zelos. 40 mm, 45.5 mm lug-to-lug, 10.2 mm thick, 50 m, a skeletonised Marvin 700 hand-wound under box sapphire, a sandblasted titanium case with a white Cerakote mid-case, on FKM rubber with a titanium buckle, $1,899. Sold out; the Mokume and Damascus versions were $2,499 and also gone. The Skyraider 40 Skeleton at $2,499 is the same movement in tantalum on a 20 mm lug, 0.3 mm thinner; the $600 is the metal. At 50 m this is a dress watch in a sports case, and the rubber strap should not persuade anyone otherwise.
The one Zelos in stock on the check date, 37 pieces remaining, and the case for buying the brand at all if the drops have defeated you: 39 mm, 45 mm lug-to-lug, 9.4 mm thick, 50 m, an ETA/Peseux 7001 hand-wound with reworked bridges under box sapphire, a display back, on a 316L bracelet tapering 20 to 16 mm with an external quick-adjust clasp, $2,099. Vulcan and mother-of-pearl dials are $1,999; the 25-piece '51 edition at $1,999 is sold out. The NOMOS Club Campus at $2,070 is 0.9 mm thinner on the brand's own DUW 4001 with a stated origin; the Zelos gives the meteorite and the bracelet, and no assembly location.
Case materialTitanium, 1200Hv hardened coating, screw-down crown
Price$2,199
The only automatic in the high-end tier and the only one rated past 50 m: a Sellita SW300 with a TT651 module giving a grande date, a GMT hand and a 24-hour subdial, in titanium hardened to 1,200 Hv, 40 mm, 47 mm lug-to-lug, 10 mm without the crystal, 100 m, screw-down crown, on a hardened titanium bracelet with a quick-adjust clasp, $2,199. Muonionalusta meteorite dial; the Gunmetal is the same price. Sold out. The Serica 8315 GMT at $2,450 is a certified chronometer at 200 m; the Farer Lander IV at $1,575 is a Sellita GMT at 45 mm lug-to-lug for $624 less, and was also sold out. The Spearfish's argument is the module and the metal.
Fifty pieces, published 23 October 2025 and gone, so a record rather than a purchase: the Comet 39 case in tantalum, 39 mm, 45 mm lug-to-lug, 9.4 mm with the box crystal and 7.6 mm without, 50 m, the same reworked Peseux 7001 and display back, a guilloché crystallised-titanium dial anodised blue, on gloss leather with a titanium buckle, $2,499. It is $400 over the steel Meteorite for the metal and the dial, and it loses the bracelet. On the high-end microbrand ranking it is the cheapest tantalum case listed. The Baltic Prismic runs the same 7001 in steel at €990 on the maker's site, if the calibre is the interest and the metal is not.
Ø40 mm · hand wound · 50 m · $2,499 · Tantalum · 50 pieces · sold out
Zelos Skyraider 40 Skeleton Tantalum
40 × 46 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementSwiss skeletonised Marvin 700 hand-wound
Case40 mm
Lug to lug46 mm
Thickness9.9 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance50 m
CrystalBox sapphire
BezelFixed
LumeSuper-LumiNova C3 / BGW9, light blue
Case materialTantalum
Price$2,499
The pilot's version of the Artemis idea in the dearer metal: tantalum, 40 mm, 46 mm lug-to-lug, 9.9 mm with the box sapphire and 8.2 mm without, 50 m, skeletonised Marvin 700 hand-wound, C3 and BGW9 lume in light blue, grey FKM rubber, $2,499, 50 pieces, sold out. The titanium version was $1,999 and the Ti-Damascus $2,499, all gone. Against the Comet 39 Tantalum at the same price the Skyraider is 1 mm wider, 1 mm longer, 0.5 mm thicker and on rubber rather than leather, with the skeleton movement in place of the guilloché dial. Against the Artemis at $1,899 it is the same calibre for $600 more, and the difference is the word tantalum.
Zelos is for a buyer who wants a case metal the Swiss majors do not offer at the price, tantalum or titanium-Damascus, on a Swiss hand-wound, and who is prepared to buy on the day of a drop or wait for the next one. The high-end cases are compact: 45 to 47 mm lug-to-lug across the tier and 9.4 to 10.2 mm thick, so a 6.5-inch wrist is excluded by nothing but the 24 mm lug on the Artemis. Look elsewhere if you want to buy a diver this month, since the Swordfish and Mako were sold out in every variant and Islander, San Martin and Vaer had stock; if 100 m matters on a $2,000 watch, since only the Spearfish clears 50 m and Serica and Formex certify theirs at 200 m and 300 m; or if a 2-year warranty is a condition, since Zelos gives 1.
Where it sits against the field
At $399 the Swordfish sits between the San Martin 6200 at $275 and the Islander Northport at $449, thinner than both and unavailable where both had stock. At $529 the Mako is the cheapest Miyota 9015 at 300 m in the data; the Islander Port Jefferson has the same movement at 150 m for the same money and was also out of stock. From $1,899 the field is Serica ($1,850 for the 5303 chronometer), Formex ($1,980 for the Essence 39, certified), NOMOS ($2,070 for the Club Campus, own calibre) and Monta ($1,850 to $2,550, Sellita-based, Swiss-assembled per the brand). Every one of those states an origin or carries a certificate; Zelos states neither and offers the metal. The high-end ranking puts that trade in order.
Questions people ask
Where are Zelos watches made?
Not stated on the brand's pages. The about page says the watches are designed by Elshan in Singapore and gives no assembly location, and no product page checked on 19 September 2026 adds one. The movements are Swiss in the high-end tier (ETA/Peseux 7001, Marvin 700, Sellita SW300, ETA 2893) and Japanese in the divers (Seiko NH35, Miyota 9015).
Are Zelos watches Swiss?
The movements in the high-end tier are; the watches are not labelled Swiss made. The Comet 39 runs an ETA/Peseux 7001, the Skyraider and Artemis a Marvin 700, the Spearfish a Sellita SW300 with a TT651 module, and the Horizons GMT an ETA 2893. The Swordfish is on a Seiko NH35 and the Mako on a Miyota 9015. Assembly is unstated.
Why are Zelos watches always sold out?
Because Zelos sells in drops and does not restock. The high-end pieces run 25 to 50 numbered examples (the Comet Tantalum and the Skyraider were 50 each); the divers run in batches, and the 2025 Swordfish and Mako were gone in every variant on 19 September 2026. The Comet 39 Meteorite was the exception, with 37 pieces remaining.
