The Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown is a special edition of the Trafford Daytripper, the Austin brand’s everyday travel watch. The case and movement stay the same. What changes is the colour: a deep blue to vivid pink gradient dial, a purple leather strap and a pink logo on the buckle. It went on sale on 3 November, the first batch has already sold out, and pre-orders ship in March 2027.
What We Know
Trafford Watch Co. is based in Austin, Texas. The Daytripper is its casual travel watch. The brand’s store lists this new version as the Daytripper Violet Crown, a special edition of that watch rather than a new model.
The name comes from Austin itself. “The Violet Crown” is the city’s nickname for the pink and purple glow of its sunsets, which the brand puts down to the interplay between the terrain and the atmosphere. The dial, the strap and even the buckle are built around that idea.
The brand has not announced an edition size.
What’s New on the Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown
The Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown starts from the Daytripper as you know it: the same Miyota 9075, sapphire front and back, and 10 ATM of water resistance. The changes are all in the colour and the details.
The dial. It runs from deep blue to vivid pink, with yellow accents. The surface has a double brushed finish under the colour gradient. The numerals are applied and polished, and the chapter ring around the edge is lumed. There is also a pink border at the very edge of the dial, which reflects up into the domed box sapphire.
The lume. Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9 on the numerals, the hands and the chapter ring.
The strap. Dark purple Italian full-grain leather, with quick-release pins. The inside of the strap and the keeper carry a pattern that represents the hills of Central Texas. The buckle has a pink logo.
How the Trafford Daytripper Works
The Daytripper uses the Miyota 9075, a GMT calibre, but Trafford has set it up without a GMT hand. On the dial you get three hands. The GMT function is still there, just hidden: the local hour hand can be set on its own, forwards or backwards, without touching the minutes. When you land in a new time zone, you move the hour hand and leave the rest alone.
That is the whole idea behind the Daytripper, and the Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown keeps it unchanged.
The Specs
The Basics
- Case: 316L stainless steel with a hardening coating
- Diameter: 39.5mm, according to the brand
- Thickness: 12mm
- Lug to lug: 46mm
- Dial: deep blue to vivid pink gradient with yellow accents, double brushed, applied polished numerals, lumed chapter ring, pink border at the edge
- Lume: Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9 on numerals, hands and chapter ring
- Crystal: domed box sapphire with inner anti-reflective coating
- Caseback: sapphire
- Water resistance: 10 ATM
- Strap: dark purple Italian full-grain leather with a Central Texas hill pattern, pink logo buckle, quick-release pins
- Bracelet: optional 316L steel bracelet with quick-release end links, on-the-fly micro adjustment and a hardening coating (US$149 extra)
The Movement
- Calibre: Miyota 9075
- Winding: automatic
- Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, independently adjustable local hour hand (quick-set, forwards or backwards)
- Frequency: 28,800 vph
- Power reserve: 42 hours
Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown Price and Availability
The Trafford Daytripper Violet Crown costs US$799 on the purple leather strap. With the steel bracelet added, it comes to US$948. Trafford sells only in US dollars, so there is no official Australian price. At the exchange rate on 4 November 2026, that is about A$1,140 on the strap and about A$1,350 on the bracelet, before shipping, import duties and GST.
It is sold through the Trafford Watch Co. online store. The product page went live on 3 November 2026. At the time of writing, the initial batch has sold out and the watch is on pre-order, with shipping in March 2027.
Watches ship from Austin. Shipping is free within the continental US. International orders pay a shipping fee that depends on the destination, and import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.
For more Trafford watches, see our Trafford Watch Co brand page and our earlier piece on the Trafford Crossroads S.
