Mido Multifort TV Big Date Celebrates Día de los Muertos

A Canvas for Color, Relief, and Light

Día de los Muertos is one of Mexico’s most colorful traditions. Each year in early November, families remember their deceased loved ones not with mourning, but with flowers, music, decorated altars, and artistic representations such as the skull, known in Spanish as the calavera. According to tradition, the dead return to their families for a short time. Death is not treated as something to be hidden away, but as part of life and an occasion to celebrate the memories of those who have passed.

Mido has drawn on this distinctive combination of remembrance, joy, and symbolism for special editions since 2020. While the first models were created exclusively for the Mexican market, more recent editions have been available internationally. The 2026 Multifort TV Big Date Día de los Muertos Alebrijes Special Edition brings together two characteristic elements of Mexican folk art: the calavera and alebrijes, fantastical creatures associated with Mexican artist Pedro Linares.

A Fantastical World After Dark

The calavera takes center stage on the gray-to-black gradient dial, surrounded by a group of alebrijes. Their imaginative forms combine different animals and seemingly unexpected elements, creating a colorful world of shapes and patterns across the dial. A playful detail appears in the large-date display at 12 o’clock: the numeral 1 is shaped like a small bone. At night, three colors of Super-LumiNova bring another dimension to the design, highlighting the indexes and selected elements of the elaborate dial.

A Case Inspired by a Television Screen

The distinctive case of the Multifort TV collection provides the setting for the artwork. Made of stainless steel, it measures 40 × 39.2mm and offers water resistance to 100 meters. Polished and satin-finished surfaces emphasize its characteristic shape, inspired by the television screens of the 1970s. The front is covered by a sapphire crystal with antireflective treatment on both sides, while a sapphire crystal caseback offers a view of the self-winding movement.

Caliber 80 and an 80-Hour Power Reserve

Powering the watch is Mido Caliber 80, based on the ETA C07.651. The finely decorated self-winding movement features an antimagnetic Nivachron balance spring and offers a power reserve of up to 80 hours. Its rotor is decorated with Geneva stripes and the Mido logo.

Three Interchangeable Strap Options

Mido supplies the special edition with three interchangeable options: an integrated stainless-steel bracelet with satin-finished outer links and polished center links, a Milanese mesh bracelet, and a red textured rubber strap. All three feature a quick-release system for tool-free changes. The Multifort TV Big Date Día de los Muertos Alebrijes Special Edition is priced at $1,525.