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Micro brand fun !
Do you suffer from watch fatigue?
Do you believe that almost all watches from the more established brands are shamelessly overpriced?
Do you feel that most established brands have lost imagination and creativeness?
Do you just want to have fun wearing a nice watch without the idea of prestige,perceived collectability or value retention?
Maybe then you are ready to have a closer look at offerings from (the so-called) micro brands,....as I did !!
I recently added a few of those to the collection...and I can assure you that I have a lot of fun and pleasure wearing them:
The Heinrich Helicoprion from Germany.
A nice blend of 70'ies diver and sport-chic design elements with a carnelian stone dial.
Very well executed package in a compact 40mm case (wearing more like 38-39mm) with a trusted and well regulated SW 200 movement.
A special mention for the beads of rice bracelet : links with screws (screw driver part of the package); quick release and on-the-fly micro adjustment !!
And a just astonishing price point for such a package!!
The Italian echo/neutra Rivanera : one of the best designed dress watches from the previous years.
Extremely well executed and powered by the ETA 7001 hand wound movement.
A delight on the wrist !!
The French Awake Son Mai with its superb hand made dial showcasing the ancient Vietnamese lacquering technique.
The French Awake Son Mai with its superb hand made dial showcasing the ancient Vietnamese lacquering technique.
A bit more expensive than the other two but this is due to the handcrafted dials which take up to 10 hours to produce.
Well powered by the LJP G100 movement.
I certainly cannot exclude to add some more of these micro brand watches to the collection,maybe next with a Serica Field Chronometer.
Now up to you : show us all of these lovely micro brand watches that you have ...and enjoy wearing !
Best,
Gerard
Micro brand fun !
Do you suffer from watch fatigue? Do you believe that almost all watches from the more established brands are shamelessly overpriced? Do you feel that most established brands have lost imagination and creativeness? Do you just want to have fun wearing a n...
Beautiful Habring2.
From a horological and artisanal point of view they have long outgrown the typical micro-brand world characterized by complete outsourcing of parts,movements and assembly.
Beautiful!
Like the three of them, especially the second piece. Always nice to find great value for the money.
Hey Gerard, I couldn’t agree more on your Microbrands post!
You sent me down the Heinrich rabbit hole with that watch, the dial color and material are beautiful and something as simple with the screw heads lining up on the dial, demonstrates attention to detail. The Awake dial is equally beautiful and I wasn’t awa...
Yes,a large amount of great brands and watches.
Waiting for the perfect one may result in missing the many near perfect ones already available ).
Looking good Gerard!
Micro brands are an excellent reminder you don’t need to spend a lot of money on a watch to get enjoyment from it. Mine are gone for now, but that will probably change in the future since the price point makes them super attractive and addicting -Halios S...
You had a great selection of mainly German brands.
I recently saw a Dekla Military watch with a nicely finished Unitas movement and was very impressed !
Of all mentioned, the Stowa Flieger was my favorite
With the Halios Seaforth with “Abyss Blue” dial a close second ! 👍🏻
Those are all really nice examples! The purple is really attractive.
Here’s mine, I have to make a dedicated post one of these days! Under my new loupe: ...
That is a great looking Zelos.
Looking forward to more posts about this lovely watch!
Thanks for starting this!
Fatigue, lack of imagination, availability....should resonate with quite a few of us. I started looking at the micros in recent years and was pleasantly surprised with several for their creativity, customer service, and enthusiasm. So here we go: ...
I just read an article on the Awake Son Mai.
Wonderful lacquer dial and generally a very nice package at an attractive price. And the added bonus of a unique approach to lume! Like...Wow! image: Fratello Here's my contribution to the Micro Party... ...
How about some Brew Watches?
Here’s a flavour of their new Super Metric; three of the new dials. I own one; these are show / display pieces. Will post separately on the one I own. For now, all I’ll say I really like the design of these. And have done since the original Retro Metric. ...
I really do like the Metric; colours and a retro vibe.
And the guy behind the brand is genuinely a nice guy. That makes a difference too. Here’s a post I made a little while back with more of the line up. www.watchprosite.com That said, these new Super Metrics without the date window is definitely wha...
I’ve also owned a few Furlan Marri since the beginning.
Hard to beat at the original price points ($350 each), and even today these are still good value in my opinion. I wear the grey the most. ...
The price points are obviously a bit more than those first release watches.
I bought those on the Kickstarter campaign several years ago. But I’ve seen and handled many of the current line up and to me they remain very interesting.