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SOLAFORCE

The Solaforce is Kennett's debut Swiss Made watch and the first release from our exciting collaboration with Ollie Ollerton.

Kennett x Ollie Ollerton

Kennett has joined forces with Ollie Ollerton to create the Solaforce; a Swiss-made solar chronograph watch built for those who push past their break point.

Limited to just 500 individually numbered pieces, this collaboration brings together Kennett's precision Swiss watchmaking and Ollie's relentless mindset. Powered entirely by light.

Royal Marine. Special Boat Service operator. Ollie Ollerton has spent his life operating at the edge; on tour in Northern Ireland and Iraq, on classified operations that don't make the news, and later in the jungles of Thailand where he helped rescue children from slavery and trafficking. When he left the military, he turned that same relentless mindset inward — confronting his own break point and coming back stronger for it. Today he's a Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author, founder of BreakPoint coaching, and one of TV's most recognised faces through seven seasons of Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins. His philosophy: everyone has a break point. It's what you do when you reach it that defines you.

Kennett Solaforce

The Solaforce is Kennett's debut Swiss Made watch and it was built without compromise. Powered by the RONDA Solartech Cal 2040.D solar chronograph movement, it converts both natural and artificial light into energy, eliminating the need for a battery change entirely. One full charge delivers up to five months of power, even in complete darkness. For a man who spent years in environments where kit failure isn't an inconvenience but a consequence, this wasn't a design feature. It was a non-negotiable.

The 42mm stainless steel case is finished in tactical matte black, housing a black sunray dial with luminous hands and markers built for low-light readability. Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal protects the dial. A unidirectional rotating aluminium bezel adds precision timing capability. The Easy-Click strap system allows for tool-free swaps in seconds. And with 100m water resistance, date indication, and an individually numbered caseback marking its place in the run of 500— the Solaforce is as purposeful as the man it was built with.