Baltany S4106 Crosshair Pie-Pan Dress Watch — 36mm Miyota 9015

The Baltany S4106 is a 36mm automatic dress watch powered by the Miyota 9015 at 28,800 vph — the highest-beat movement in the Baltany dress watch range — presented in a polished 316L stainless steel case with surface hardening, a dome sapphire crystal and a display caseback. At 9.7mm total thickness including the crystal it is the slimmest full-specification automatic in the entire Baltany range.

The defining feature is the crosshair layout: two fine perpendicular reference lines cross the dial face — horizontal and vertical — combined with a pie-pan faceted dial surface that catches light from multiple angles. Arrowhead applied hour markers sit at each index position. Dauphine hands — a wide tapered profile with a central spine — complete the formal dress character.

Available in five dial and case combinations: white dial / silver case, black dial / silver case, gold dial / gold case, salmon dial / gunmetal markers, and black dial / gold case. No luminous — this is a dress watch designed for formal contexts rather than low-light environments.

Key Specifications

Variants — Five Dial and Case Configurations

White dial / silver markers / silver case / brown leather: The most classically formal configuration. A clean cream-white dial with polished silver arrowhead markers, dauphine hands in silver and a silver Baltany seconds hand. The white dial against the polished silver case reads as the most traditionally dressed option — appropriate for formal office, business and evening wear.

Black dial / silver markers / silver case / black leather: Deep black dial with polished silver applied markers and dauphine hands. The highest contrast of the five configurations. Black and silver is the most legible colour pairing at a glance and the most versatile across formal and smart-casual contexts.

Gold dial / gold markers / gold case / brown leather: A warm monochrome configuration — gold-tone dial, gold arrowhead markers, gold-tone case hardware and gold dauphine hands. The most cohesive and tonally unified variant. The gold dial is a champagne-warm tone rather than a bright yellow gold; under warm indoor light it reads as rich and formal, under cool daylight more restrained and cream-adjacent.

Salmon dial / gunmetal markers / silver case / brown leather: The most collector-focused configuration. The salmon dial is a warm rose-copper tone with a sunray texture that shifts between pink and copper-gold depending on the light angle and intensity. Combined with gunmetal (dark grey) arrowhead markers and a heat-blued seconds hand, this configuration creates a three-tone palette of salmon, gunmetal and blue that is genuinely unusual in the dress watch category at any price. This is the variant most likely to generate the most discussion and interest from watch enthusiasts.

Black dial / gold markers / gold case / brown leather: Matte black dial against gold-tone arrowhead markers and gold hardware — the highest contrast warm-palette configuration. Gold and black is a formal combination with a more contemporary edge than the silver options. The heat-blued seconds hand adds a blue accent against the black and gold.

The Crosshair and Pie-Pan Dial

The S4106 combines two specific vintage dial features that each have independent historical origins.

The pie-pan dial is a convex faceted surface construction — the dial face is divided into multiple angled panels (rather than a single flat plane) that each reflect ambient light at slightly different angles. As the wrist moves, different panels catch the light and create a shifting, three-dimensional depth effect that a flat dial cannot replicate. The Baltany S4090 uses the same pie-pan construction; the S4106 adds the crosshair layout on top of it.

The crosshair is a pair of fine reference lines crossing the dial at the horizontal and vertical axes — the same layout used in scientific instruments, navigator’s tools and precision optics throughout the 20th century. On a watch dial the crosshair creates a geometric grid reference that divides the face into quadrants, giving the overall layout a structured, mathematical character. Combined with the pie-pan faceting, the crosshair creates a particularly complex visual effect — the reference lines reflect differently across the boundary between dial panels.

The combination of these two features on a 36mm case — with arrowhead applied hour markers and dauphine hands — is rare at this price level and more commonly associated with mid-century Swiss dress watches at significantly higher price points.

9.7mm Thickness — The Slimmest Baltany Automatic

At 9.7mm total thickness including the dome sapphire crystal, the S4106 is the slimmest automatic in the Baltany range. For reference:

• S4106: 9.7mm
• S4101 ST1700 manual: 9.3mm (but manual-winding)
• S4090 Pie-Pan: 10mm
• S4084 Fluted Bezel: 11.8mm
• S4095 NH35: 11.5mm

The 9.7mm profile is achieved through the combination of the Miyota 9015 movement (which is thinner than Seiko NH-series calibers at the same function level) and a slim case architecture. At this thickness the S4106 clears any shirt cuff without catching fabric and becomes essentially imperceptible during all-day formal wear.

For buyers who specifically want a slim automatic dress watch — rather than a slim manual-winding dress watch — the S4106 at 9.7mm is the correct choice in the Baltany range.

Movement — Miyota 9015

The Miyota 9015 is manufactured by Citizen’s Miyota division and is one of the most respected automatic movements in the independent watch market at this price level.

Specifications:

• 28,800 vibrations per hour — 8 steps per second, producing a noticeably smooth seconds sweep
• 42-hour power reserve — longer than the NH35’s 41 hours
• Hacking — seconds hand stops when the crown is pulled for precise time-setting
• Hand-winding via the crown
• Date display at 3 o’clock
• Custom Baltany-logo engraved rotor visible through the display caseback

At 28,800 vph the 9015’s seconds sweep is noticeably smoother than the 21,600 vph NH35 used in other Baltany dress models. For a watch where the display caseback shows the movement in operation, the high-beat sweep is a visible quality indicator that adds to the exhibition experience.

The Baltany-logo custom rotor is a detail specific to the S4106 — the rotor seen through the caseback carries the Baltany “B” mark rather than a generic Miyota rotor, which is an unusual level of finishing attention at this price.

Display Caseback

The screw-in caseback incorporates a sapphire crystal window, presenting the Miyota 9015 rotor and movement architecture from the back. The custom rotor with Baltany logo is the focal point of the display. The movement finishing at this price is production-grade rather than high-end hand-finishing, but the high-beat rotor sweep and the Baltany logo engraving make the exhibition a worthwhile visual detail.

No Luminous — By Design

The S4106 carries no luminous material on hands or markers. This is a deliberate dress watch specification, not an omission. Formal dress watches — those intended for office, dinner and evening contexts — do not require luminous because they are never read in complete darkness. The absence of lume allows the arrowhead applied markers and dauphine hands to be finished to a purely reflective standard without the cream lume fill that would interrupt the polished surface quality.

For buyers who specifically need lume on a slim Baltany dress watch, the S4101 include Super-LumiNova.

Dauphine Hands

Dauphine hands are named for the French Dauphin — their profile is a wide, faceted body that narrows symmetrically to a sharp point, with a central raised spine that catches light along its length. The profile creates a hand that reads as formally polished from any viewing angle and is associated with European dress watchmaking from the 1950s onward.

On the S4106 the dauphine hands are polished across all surfaces in matching metal (silver, gold or gunmetal depending on the variant). The seconds hand on select configurations uses heat-blued steel — the permanent blue colour produced by controlled oxidation of the steel at approximately 290–300°C — adding a blue accent against the main hand colour that is specific to those dial variants.

Who Is the Baltany S4106 For?

The S4106 is built for:

• Buyers who want the slimmest automatic Baltany — 9.7mm is the thinnest full-specification automatic in the range
• Collectors drawn to the crosshair + pie-pan dial combination as a specific architectural preference
• Salmon dial enthusiasts who want the colour on a high-beat movement with display caseback
• Anyone who wants dauphine hands on a Baltany — no other model in the range uses this hand profile
• Buyers who want to see the Miyota 9015 running through a display caseback with a custom rotor

For a comparison: the S4090 also uses a pie-pan dial and is 10mm thick with the Miyota 9039 (higher-beat than the 9015) in a hardened case at 38.5mm. The S4106 is slimmer, smaller at 36mm, has the crosshair overlay and dauphine hands — the more formally dressed of the two.

How It Compares

vs. Baltany S4090 — The S4090 shares the pie-pan dial at 38.5mm with Miyota 9039 (28,800 vph, no date) and 500HV hardened case. The S4106 is slimmer at 9.7mm, smaller at 36mm, has the crosshair layout, dauphine hands and date window. Choose S4090 for harder case and higher-spec movement; S4106 for slimmer profile and crosshair design.

vs. Baltany S4101 — The S4101 uses the same 38.5mm hardened case with ST17-series movements and salmon dial option. The S4106 is slimmer with the Miyota 9015 and the crosshair-pie-pan dial; the S4101 has the applied 3D arrow markers and super-LumiNova.

vs. Baltany S4084 — The S4084 shares the 36mm case size with NH35 movement, fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet. The S4106 is slimmer (9.7mm vs 11.8mm), uses the Miyota 9015, has the crosshair dial and display caseback. The S4084 has the bracelet and the fluted bezel character.

vs. Seestern S382 Ultrathin — The Seestern S382 prioritises slimness above all. The S4106 at 9.7mm is competitive on profile while adding the Miyota 9015 high-beat movement, crosshair dial and display caseback that the Seestern does not offer.

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Specifications

Model: 36mm Pie-Pan Dial Constellation Homage Watch S4106
Movement: Miyota 9015 Auto Move
Movement Function: 28800 frequency, 42 hours power, Custom Rotor With LOGO
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Polished, Surface Hardened Finish, Steel/Light Gold
Case Diameter: 36mm(including crown 38.1mm)
Dial: Arrow Head Applied Hour Markers, with Crosshair Layout, with Metal-framed Date Windows
Dial Color: Black Dial Silver Markers / White Dial Silver Markers / Salmon Dial Gunmetal Markers / Gold Dial Gold Markers / Black Dial Gold Markers
Luminous: No
Lug to Lug : 44mm
Thickness(including glass) : 9.7mm
Crystal: Dome Sapphire Crystal, AR Coating
Hands: Dauphine Hands, Polished, Silver/Gold/Gunmetal, Second Hand(Silver/Heat-blued/Gold)
Crown: Screw-in, 316L Stainless Steel, with “B” Logo
Caseback: Screw-in, See-through
Strap: Leather
Strap Width: 18mm
Buckle: 316L Stainless Steel, with “BALTANY”, Steel/Gold
Waterproof: 50M(5Bar)
Weight: About 51g