Houtman experiences

Watchgambit

Just picked this one up. Pretty darn good value piece IMO for the money. 

The Houtman Pilbara White Salt dive watch; featuring a matte white dial with high contrast black hands, is a wristwatch designed in, and inspired by, Western Australia.

White is inspired by the white salt plains in AUS

Miyota Calibre 9039 Premium 28,800vph, 24 Jewels

Case 41x11,2mm, 48mm L2L

316L Stainless, WR 200m/660ft

Stamped caseback, 3D dog inspired by "Red Dog"

DD sapphire with inner AR

Bezel insert is ALU blasted  and IP coated

Super luminova BGW9 in bezel, hands, indeces and crown

Stainless bracelet with quickbars

What do you guys think?

#houtman #australianwatches #microbrands #microbrand
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hbein2022
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I like the monochrome design, with the squarish and raised indices. DD is always appreciated, and from what I've seen online, the price seems reasonable. It's hard to tell from just pictures, but certainly a watch I would take another look at.

Guvnor64
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I like the design in particular the face and the hands.

I'm less keen on the brand lettering however which doesn't appeal at all. Not sure whether it is the font or the styling but I'm not a fan?

PoorMansRolex
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Guvnor64

I like the design in particular the face and the hands.

I'm less keen on the brand lettering however which doesn't appeal at all. Not sure whether it is the font or the styling but I'm not a fan?

I didn't want to say what he said in the second paragraph, but 

  1.  Why do they not feel their name deserves capitalization?
  2. Was Etch-A-Sketch font like this ever desirable? Perhaps it is meant to be minmalist but it looks like a very lazy and cheap attempt at branding.

But there is a cleanness to the dial. 

More importantly, I looked it up and the signed crown looks much, much better than their name on the dial. And there appears to be a dingo on the case back?

Watchgambit
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hbein2022

I like the monochrome design, with the squarish and raised indices. DD is always appreciated, and from what I've seen online, the price seems reasonable. It's hard to tell from just pictures, but certainly a watch I would take another look at.

Thanks mate. 

I Made a quick review of it

https://youtu.be/9xXOQVoorII

Watchgambit
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Guvnor64

I like the design in particular the face and the hands.

I'm less keen on the brand lettering however which doesn't appeal at all. Not sure whether it is the font or the styling but I'm not a fan?

I'm with you on the font. I couldn't first even tell what the brand was 

Watchgambit
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PoorMansRolex

I didn't want to say what he said in the second paragraph, but 

  1.  Why do they not feel their name deserves capitalization?
  2. Was Etch-A-Sketch font like this ever desirable? Perhaps it is meant to be minmalist but it looks like a very lazy and cheap attempt at branding.

But there is a cleanness to the dial. 

More importantly, I looked it up and the signed crown looks much, much better than their name on the dial. And there appears to be a dingo on the case back?

Thanks mate. Agreed with 1&2 and have a better look here 😄

https://youtu.be/9xXOQVoorII

WATCHingJames
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I have the Pilbara Rock and it has very quickly become one of my favourites in my collection. 

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