Quarter Century Watch?

Kintarō Hattori

Kickerstarter has been appearing on my Facebook feed recently and the below caught my eye tonight:



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/627698696/quarter-century-watch-disrupting-luxury-watches?ref=FundedToday&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=16dsa.fnd.to

Apparently they've put together a few other watches. Has anyone here bought one, what was it like? Have they been making a good name for themselves?

It's been ages since I bought anything half decent and I quite like the minimal design on this.

Eoin

Looks nice, but there's some amount of bollocks on their page!

Kintarō Hattori

Eoin wrote: »

Looks nice, but there's some amount of bollocks on their page!

And that's why I posted here. I haven't kept up a proper interest in years. Right, guess I'll get something more familiar so.

Eoin

Ah, I'm just saying there's some funny marketing waffle on their page ("Swiss Movt" on the dial is a new one to me) - the watch could be absolutely fine. Ronda is one of the go-to movements for watches in that price range. I don't think you can go too far wrong at that price.

CarltonBrowne

It all looks a bit meh to me but the price isn't high. Given that they're competing with Tudor in the number-of-lines-of-text-on dial stakes I'm not sure that minimal is a word that I would easily reach for.

Anjobe

Eoin wrote: »

"Swiss Movt" on the dial is a new one to me

Its actually more informative than the standard "Swiss Made" though, which actually means very little.

Eoin

Anjobe wrote: »

Its actually more informative than the standard "Swiss Made" though, which actually means very little.

fair point

rwbug

Not my cup of tea but would rather wear it than those Daniel Wellingtons that are all the rage, although maybe those non vertical hour numbers would quickly change my mind. Not sure it should be boasting ss, 5atm or sapphire on the dial either but overall I think it looks like one of the better KS minimalist watches.

Eoin

I think they made a bit too big a deal about the offset crown no longer digging into my metacarpal bones. Maybe it's because I don't have the boniest of hands, but I've only ever had one watch where the crown was uncomfortable, and that was a 47mm flieger style with a big crown.

On a subjective note, I think the upside down numerals would annoy me as well as the full spec being printed on the dial.

saccades

Anjobe wrote: »

Its actually more informative than the standard "Swiss Made" though, which actually means very little.

Only on the cheap "swiss made" watches - too good to be true applies as ever.

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/swiss-made-mean-whole-lot-more-watches-2017/