Current favorite watch comes only with a rubber band, after getting converted to NATO straps in this thread, I can wear nothing else, and no way to attach it. Project in Rhino3D and printed via Shapeways, the solution, custom made bronze-infused stainless steel laser sintered links. They came out 0.1 mm too big and needed a bit of filing. Cool to be able to make custom watch parts and have them arrive in less than ten days.
Chevis: maybe it’s the mid-west designers that wear big watches. On here and in my life, I’ve noticed very thin and restrained watches like the Braun that dominate with designers.
Exactly. I just don’t like clunky watches. And that is why I snapped up a 30 year old BWC Swiss (manual) from an
elderly friend, which nicely complements the stainless accents in the new mo-i clipper:
Note how small the diameter of that watch really is. 36mm, about 1,45 inches.
Recently bought a Tsovet SVT AR77… it is kind of a baby B&R, but it has some nice specs.
SWISS MADE, RONDA 515 SWISS QUARTZ MOVEMENT W/CALENDAR
CASE: AEROSPACE-GRADE 316L STAINLESS STEEL MATTE PVD BLACK
BAND: BLACK ITALIAN RUBBER (whatever that is…)
Funny story, I actually just purchased an AR77 myself in the gunmetal + olive color option.
http://www.tsovet.com/SVT-AR77_ep_56.html
Love how the crown was on the left side, so if you’re a left-arm-watch-wearing-individual, when you bend your wrist upward, you won’t get jabbed with a hunk of metal right there in your tendons. Really handsome with a serious, yet subdued industrial aesthetic.
Not being a watch guy at all (I own a Braun, thanks to a contest here at Core77, and a titanium Swiss Military watch, plus a few others), after one day of owning the AR77, I sadly had to contact Tsovet about a more “suitable” replacement option. Even though I loved the look, I couldn’t swing it/pull it off/what have you. It just wasn’t me.
Since I had only put it on once, didn’t wear it out, they were happy to oblige. A week later, the LX73 arrived from Tsovet, in the silver and black option.
http://www.tsovet.com/LX73--LX111010_p_7.html
Since I can’t really take a look at these in person, I went off the online image for the replacement. Much simpler, but keeping that industrial raw look that I was really attracted too. What I didn’t take into account, was that the circular case LX73 was actually 2mm larger than the square case of the AR77 (48mm up to 50mm).
So yeah… I returned it one last time. I’m set receive the smaller RS40 (40mm diameter) this Friday by the end of the day.
Great customer service. I specifically promised the kind folks over at Tsovet that this was the final exchange. They took it all with good humor. Though I admit, I felt a bit embarrassed that second time. My defense was, “hey, I’m not a watch guy”.
So, Michael… does the AR77 in black look a bit smaller than it actually is? I imagine that black on black scheme looks great in person. I was really, really close to picking it up when I was ordering the AR77… in the end, to choose the color, I think I ended up flipping a coin.
Thanks for the photo reference, one thing that really seems to be missing from the Tsovet site (even hard to find other non-official photos from reviews and such). Definitely still a large watch, no doubt. I think the black on black helps, rather than the olive/gunmetal somewhat contrasting against each other visually. But yeah, that looks fantastic.
It is no Bell & Ross, but a little bit easier to wear everyday. Certainly not for everybody. I feel like the trend is going back to smaller timepieces but I’ve liked the oversized ones ever since the 90’s. There were only a couple of brands making large timepieces then.
There is no getting around it just being a big hunk of a watch. But, I’ve always liked them at that scale…
Michael, that tsovet fits/looks superb on the wrist…
there are very nice objects around in that photo…like the cartoon stretched to the scale & innocent dog…
I am sharing here this Clock… not a watch…
Either way… They are the time keeping device …
I don’t think I saw this one in the previous posts so I apologize if it’s already come up but I’ve always loved this little guy, so refined and the domed crystal is such a nice detail.