After buying a grail of mine, the 36mm two-tone Rolex Explorer, I took a hiatus from buying any new watches. Recently I have really been into the micro brands and affordable watches and loving the features and sizes that are more attuned to my small, 6-inch wrist. Though I love the Rolex because it represents my fancy yet adventurous lifestyle, it’s not a watch I wanted to wear everyday. The sub-$1k watch world really does offer some amazing options and I’m enjoying the exploration (pun intended) within that market.
Watches featured:
Tissot PRX 35mm Gold
Boldr Supply Co. 38mm Venture Singularity with Ultra-Black Musou Black Dial, Black PVD Titanium Case & Bracelet
Zelos 38mm Aurora Titanium Field Moonphase with Aventurine Dial
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Those are some great looking watches. That Boldr is incredibly cool and I love that Zelos.
How accurately can you tell the time on that Boldr?
I love the Zelos! I was tempted to jump on one, but hesitated too long, then bought a CW Dune.
I don't have a lot of gold anything but I would rock that Tissot all day long. 😍
Those are some great looking watches. That Boldr is incredibly cool and I love that Zelos.
How accurately can you tell the time on that Boldr?
Just a second longer than a watch with graduations, but not bad at all. The contrast is so high that it’s pretty legible. I just have to make sure I orient the entire dial correctly to know where 12 is.
I love the Zelos! I was tempted to jump on one, but hesitated too long, then bought a CW Dune.
It’s pretty great I have to say. There’s enough complexity in the whole design and being in titanium, it really feels like a tool watch.
You won’t believe it, but I was looking for a smaller cased aventurine dial watch and Googled “38mm Aventurine watch” only a day before this was meant to launch. On launch day (11pm Singapore time, 6am my time in Los Angeles) I woke up 2 minutes before without an alarm and bought one. They sold out in a 3 minutes.
I don't have a lot of gold anything but I would rock that Tissot all day long. 😍
For sure! It’s such a vibe.
It’s pretty great I have to say. There’s enough complexity in the whole design and being in titanium, it really feels like a tool watch.
You won’t believe it, but I was looking for a smaller cased aventurine dial watch and Googled “38mm Aventurine watch” only a day before this was meant to launch. On launch day (11pm Singapore time, 6am my time in Los Angeles) I woke up 2 minutes before without an alarm and bought one. They sold out in a 3 minutes.
Sometimes perfect timing just works out.
Back win 2005 I stumbled into Rolling Stones tickets in a similar way. I knew they were coming to a local venue, and tickets were going on sale at 10am. As I was driving home after just coming off a 12 hour night shift, heard on the radio that people had been lining up for hours to buy tickets. I got home, went to bed, and happened to wake up at 10am, so on a lark I called Ticketmaster to see if I could get tickets. I got my tickets while still laying in bed, after having a nap... People had been lining up for about 8 hours outside the physical box office to try to get tickets and didn't get any.
Just a second longer than a watch with graduations, but not bad at all. The contrast is so high that it’s pretty legible. I just have to make sure I orient the entire dial correctly to know where 12 is.
Good to know. I’ve thought about getting it but was a bit worried about legibility.
Good to know. I’ve thought about getting it but was a bit worried about legibility.
I do have to say, I’m a trained architect and my mind works like a visual fraction machine which probably makes it easier for me to mentally split the dial in four quadrants, then each quadrant into three slices, and then each slice into 5 slivers. 🤓
I do have to say, I’m a trained architect and my mind works like a visual fraction machine which probably makes it easier for me to mentally split the dial in four quadrants, then each quadrant into three slices, and then each slice into 5 slivers. 🤓
That’s interesting. I’m a builder and I need a blueprint 😉. So maybe I should just get watches with indices.
I bought the Boldr Venture Singularity myself. I loved it online and it looks even cooler on the wrist.