Buying Watches At Massdrop: A Good Alternative?

Buying Watches At Massdrop: A Good Alternative?

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Most people are familiar with various off- and online places where they can buy affordable watches. In the last few years, crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have also become sales channels, but there is another one not everybody is familiar with: Massdrop [caption id="attachment_2587" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Armand Nicolet J09 currently on Massdrop[/caption] The concept is quite simple: you basically buy products together, and the more people buy, the lower the price will be. Massdrop does this through "communities" although you don't really have to be a very active participant to be a member. One of these communities focusses on watches, but also offers accessories that go well with watches like collectors boxes and winders.  They sometimes have polls on what watches they should offer next, but the most important…
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Colorful Summer Fun With Orient

Colorful Summer Fun With Orient

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As Seiko's little brother, Orient always seems like a brand that can get away with just a bit more. A slightly bolder design, or a dash more color set the Orient apart. In some cases you can take that dash more color as an understatement. For the FER0200DW0 Orient unleashed a rainbow of colors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxKb6sCyyA FER0200DW0 is part of the Disk series by Orient. While the regular watches from the disk series simply have a disc that double as an hour hand, the FER0200DW0 has the same, yet here each hour has a color of its own. It's a remarkable simple solution, yet with a big effect! It is fun to see what just a little bit of color can do to a solid yet pretty straight forward designed watch.…
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