r/MicrobrandWatches • • 15h ago

Discussion ๐Ÿค“ Christopher Ward did it again!

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124 Upvotes

I think they did it again!

Which color do you prefer?

Christopher Ward C1 Loco Classic โ€“ Specifications

- Price: โ‚ฌ5,595 or 5895 on bracelet
- Case diameter: 41 mm
- Thickness: 14.1 mm
- Lug-to-lug: 48 mm
- Case material: 904L stainless steel
- Case finish: Brushed and polished
- Movement: In-house Swiss-made CW-003
- Winding: Manual / hand-wound
- Power reserve: 144 hours (6 days)
- Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)
- Jewels: 29
- Accuracy: -0/+7 seconds per day
- Crystal: Anti-reflective sapphire crystal, front and back
- Water resistance: 30 m / 3 ATM
- Case weight: 64 g

Most of the thickness is the dommed crystal at 5,5mm


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 17h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Very satisfied with this one

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122 Upvotes

r/MicrobrandWatches • • 9h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Farer Thorne Gold

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48 Upvotes

Treated myself to a fall-themed watch this season. Love the burgundy dial/strap combo on this watch.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 17h ago

Microbrand Representative ๐Ÿค  Finally, Flammae on rubber!

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42 Upvotes

Finally, I can share Flammae with you on the FKM rubber strap! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Weโ€™ve been looking forward to seeing this combination come to life, and Iโ€™m really curious to hear what you guys think.
Would love to hear your honest feedback!


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 4h ago

My Opinion ๐Ÿ˜Ž Go buy the watch youโ€™ve been wanting.

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41 Upvotes

Do it.

Donโ€™t worry about reading online forums or getting opinions.

Do not overthink it.

Go buy that damn watch.

(Practice financial responsibility, please)


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 18h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Henry Archer Vesterhav Proteus

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40 Upvotes

Just picked up, great value!


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 8h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Traska Commuter 38

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35 Upvotes

Just received my first Traska (Commuter 38mm in Adriatic Blue) and Iโ€™m blown away by the quality. Couldnโ€™t recommend them enough!


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 22h ago

My Opinion ๐Ÿ˜Ž Love this combo

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31 Upvotes

Hard take: this looks more premium on the nato! ๐Ÿ˜‰ The right nato that is


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 15h ago

Question ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Traska Commuter: Thoughts on size?

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31 Upvotes

Just got my Traska Commuter from the most recent drop. I went with the 36mm with a 7.25 inch wrist because of the white dial and the impression that it would appear slightly larger.

What are your thoughts? Does this look like the right size?


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 20h ago

Microbrand Representative ๐Ÿค  SLIPPERY โ€” L'orologio finito

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24 Upvotes

Qualche giorno fa ho condiviso un video che mostrava la costruzione e l'effetto luminescente di questo quadrante. Oggi vi presento SLIPPERY, l'orologio finito.

Ispirato a Jim diGriz, ยซIl ratto d'acciaioยป, personaggio creato dallo scrittore di fantascienza Harry Harrison.

Il progetto trae ispirazione dalla strumentazione scientifica d'epoca, combinandone la grafica funzionale con un uso piรน contemporaneo del colore.

Nessun logo sul quadrante. Nessuna scritta superflua. Soltanto il progetto.

Prossimamente con cinturino in pelle e bracciale in acciaio.

P.S. Video girato in studio, con l'orologio reale.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 19h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Norqain Freedom 60 Chrono. One of my favorite micros to exist

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22 Upvotes

r/MicrobrandWatches • • 11h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Atelier Wen "Xuan"

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19 Upvotes

3 of these landed in Australia. Hello from #99.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 15h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ New Watch!

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16 Upvotes

talk about a blue dial!! just got this in yesterday 38mm vesterhav in aquila blue and itโ€™s truly stunning dial color.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 13h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Couldnโ€™t be happier!

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Been eyeing this brand for a while now. I love the idea of supporting a small watch company in my area. After a historic(if ultimately disappointing) run for the cubs this year I decided to pull the trigger on this Farr & Swit Wayfinder North Side Edition!

I decided to reach out for a custom engraving and got put in contact with the owner really quickly. He was super professional and accommodating! Gave me a a few options and charged me at cost in the end

Really love the weight and the finish. The lume is just icing on the cake! Definitely earned my business gong forward.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 21h ago

Discussion ๐Ÿค“ Recently discovered Galo while waiting patiently for the Clemence Photic to restock. Which would you pick for a nice retro skin diver to round out a collection?

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Clemence obviously has the amazing bracelet and specs but the Galo is extremely charming and I love the colours on that bezel, and the exaggerated dome on the crystal. Is the quality of the Clemence that amazing that it's worth choosing with a slightly less desirable colourway for my tastes?


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 17h ago

Question ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Phorcydes - Lume Options. What have I got?!

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I bought this PH-5A a month ago and have been wearing it a lot since it arrived. Just over a year ago I was prescribed with my first ever set of reading glasses where my eyes have deteriorated from years sat at a computer screen. So any watch with a great legible dial in all lighting conditions is a winner for me.

When the watch first arrived and I saw a slight green tinge to the lume blocks (pic 1), I thought Iโ€™d ordered the wrong colour. I checked my order and could see it said โ€œblueโ€, which is what I wanted. I then went out in the sun and back in the house to see I do indeed have blue lume blocks (pic 2). It was earlier today that I was watching a video on YouTube which showed the same watch with blue lume but the blocks looked crisp white in the daylight (pic 3)

Iโ€™ve been back into Phorcydes website and I can see that they do a neon green option for the lume blocks, but they also glow green in the dark. So what the hell have I got here then?!


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 21h ago

Design Concept ๐ŸŽจ Liking a watch and paying for it are two very different answers, want to know what moves the second one

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The watch I'm building (Coral, the upcoming collection from my brand VERTE) is built around one idea - the push-pull between the moon and the water, tides dragged back and forth by something they can't escape. The first dial was mottled blue, the surface, moving water. This second one is the same heat-oxidised titanium but darker with none of that blue pop - it's what's under the surface. Side by side they look like siblings that don't get along. And I genuinely can't tell if the dark one earns its place or if I'm keeping it because I made it. So don't tell me which one you like more - tell me which one you'd spend money on, because those are different answers, and if it's "the blue, obviously" I want to know why.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 20h ago

Microbrand Representative ๐Ÿค  New Release from Von Doren

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Hi Everyone,

2026 marks 10 years since we started Von Doren, an independent Norwegian watch brand. To celebrate, we've just launched the Aksla Jubileum, a limited edition that brings us back to where it all began.

Ten years ago, in 2016, we released our very first watch, the Aksla. Named after the mountain overlooking ร…lesund, a coastal town on Norwayโ€™s west coast, it represents the place where our story began. ร…lesund has always been an important part of our identity, so revisiting the original Aksla felt like the perfect way to celebrate this milestone.

Aksla Jubileum comes in four variations:

Ruby red dial with a gold-tone case

Ruby red dial with a stainless steel case

Emerald green dial with a gold-tone case

Emerald green dial with a stainless steel case

Each variation is limited to 75 pieces, for a total production of 300 watches.

Specs:

42 mm case

11.4 mm thickness

Swiss Ronda 715 quartz movement

Double-domed sapphire crystal

50 m water resistance

Super-LumiNova C3

Solid caseback engraved with Brosundet, the historic canal in ร…lesund

We're a small brand, and reaching our tenth year is a big milestone for us. The idea behind this release was to honour our beginnings while giving the Aksla a fresh look.

I'd genuinely love to hear what you guys think. Which combination would you go for, and what do you think of this nr


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 17h ago

Question ๐Ÿ˜ƒ A lot of you asked for a video of Ocean and Crimson... here it is.

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9 Upvotes

When we first shared these Aethelsohn Terra Pearl new dials a few months ago, one of the most common requests was:"Do you have a video? Can we see them in motion?" Fair request. Photos do a decent job, but the shifting colors and depth come across very differently on video. ๐ŸŒŠ Terra Pearl Ocean
๐Ÿท Terra Pearl Crimson.l

Now that you've seen them in motion, which one gets your vote?


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 18h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Duality of man

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9 Upvotes

The Vario Versa in its secondary mode, a nice desk clock. Lucky green dial ๐Ÿ€


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 13h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Still Loving this Vario After Two Months

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8 Upvotes

It originally had a black strap, but changed it out. Not a fan of the bund, so I don't use that.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 15h ago

Question ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Integrated bracelet micro brand options similar to IWC ingenieur.

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Any recs on watches similar to the IWC ingenieur. Tried it on in a store recently and liked but think the price is absurd. Also not totally sold on an integrated bracelet just yet. I know itโ€™s not a microbrand but donโ€™t like the Tissot PRX.


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 8h ago

My Opinion ๐Ÿ˜Ž Still one of the sexiest dials I own

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5 Upvotes

Nivari


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 6h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ Traska commuter

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5 Upvotes

Wife just surprised me with this beauty for my birthday. The Adriatic blue commuter in 38 has been on my radar for a while and wow is it beautiful๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ


r/MicrobrandWatches • • 3h ago

My watch ๐Ÿ™ƒ The Vanuatu Titanium Black ๐Ÿคฟ๐Ÿ”ฅ!

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This watch is really a great looking tool watch! ๐Ÿ˜โœจ๏ธ