16Nov 2016 by Martin Green No Comments
Lumbr Troy: Heavy Duty Wood Watch

Lumbr Troy: Heavy Duty Wood Watch

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Want a watch that matches your wooden shoes? The Dutch-based watch brand Lumbr might just have what you are looking for! Troy is the name of their latest creation, which already reached double the funding threshold at Kickstarter.  It's a wooden watch with a nautical touch. Wooden watches are not the rarity that they once were. In fact, there are so many that at Watchisthis?! we even decided not to feature some to prevent repetitive articles (which really kills my inspiration). Brands like Vejrhoj come with a very polished and refined wooden watch, and Lumbr represents the opposite with the Troy. With a diameter of 46mm it is as subtle as a Man-o-war, but fortunately equally beautiful. The beauty of the Troy lies not in refined design, but in a…
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20Juil 2016 by Martin Green No Comments
Christian Valentin: How Low Can You Go?

Christian Valentin: How Low Can You Go?

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$52,- for a watch on Kickstarter. Needless to say that it made all my alarm bells go off. Because a watch at this price point is usually ordered in bulk from Alibaba, stamped with a logo, and sold as the next big thing through crowd funding. But not this time..... $52,- buys you this time a charming watch with a wooden dial and a case crafted from bamboo. Personally I am a big fan of bamboo. It grows very fast, it is environmentally friendly, while you still get a natural product that is also very strong, and it also happens to have a unique texture. $52,- worth of watch, doesn't mean that there isn't a designer behind it. In this case it's Christian Valentin. Normally I am not a fan…
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15Juin 2016 by Jonathan Kopp No Comments
Wood Wilder thinks of the future of our planet

Wood Wilder thinks of the future of our planet

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  Wood Wilder is a contemporary Danish lifestyle brand, founded in the beginning of 2015. The brand is owned by Sterndorff Trading, founded by Emil Sterndorff Urskov Rasmussen, and is based in Denmark. Now the interesting thing - Each product purchased, leads to the birth of a new tree, benefiting the future of our world! The Wood Wilder brand focuses on mindset, strength, attitude, willingness and manners. Whilst most brands at the time focus on cost efficiency and profits, their basic values are innovation, quality and above all customer satisfaction and protection of our planet. In order to be able to create their wooden products, they have been forced to join the process of deforestation, which by all means should not be acceptable. That is why they have taken the nice…
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22Sep 2015 by Martin Green No Comments
TWO-O; Born in Amsterdam

TWO-O; Born in Amsterdam

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TWO-O, a design studio studio located in an old shipyard in the heart of Amsterdam, has always had a passion for wood. That passion is very visible in the first watch that they launch under their own name. TWO-O is not the first to launch a watch with a case made from wood, and they probably won't be the last either, but what they do have going for them is that they do it well. The case is not only elegantly shaped, but also beautifully finished. The wood is polished soft and smooth and the grain of the wood is stunning! Unique is that this is also one of the very few watches made from wood that also has the back of the case crafted from this material. Actually it…
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