Repost of the presentation made in "eyecandy".
OK, so I've been asked once or twice about this watch, and the brand. So eventually I've got a little free time, just about enough to grab it, take a few pics and write a few words to present "da beast"
OK, so two or three years ago, I was looking for a "big watch" and something fancy, but not at the price of a quartz movement. So I stumbled upon the TW Steel TW96 automatic.
Basically it's a big chunk of steel, with PVD yellow gold plating, a screw on crown protection with a link attaching it to the body, inspired by early US Navy divers' watches.
The TW100 is a "beastly" 48mm diameter... crown excluded, 55mm with the crown. The 'inter spring bar distance' is 55mm, lug end to lug end 60mm. Overall, it's not too thick, at 14mm.
It sports a big flat sapphire, with a nice bevel arround. The dial is shiny black and sports large gold circle indices in C1 superluminova (very white in daylight, bright at night but nothing torchy). The date is at 3 (quite to the center, but with the large indices it's not too bad) and there's a small golden plate indicating "Swiss automatic, 25 jewels, 10 atm" between the center and the 6.
Indeed, it does sport a 25 jewels swiss movement, in the person of a ETA 2824-2, gold plated (just like everything on the watch). The whole thing is 100m water resistant, thanks to the screw on crown protection and the screwed back. It keeps time very well, as you could guess.
The back does have a "small" sapphire window that allows one to look at the movement. It comes on a "molded" croc strap, with a big sturdy golden buckle engraved with the TW Steel name.
Overall, it's by fat the blingy-est watch in my collection, and maybe the only one that really draws comments from people. OK, it's quite big, and the yellow gold on black give it a nice "ye navy of olde" kind of look. Overall the fit and finish are quite good, I only regret they stopped doing this model, that by my book was the most interesting in their line-up. But for a "big fashion watch", the price tag of close to a grand was quite big, and the usual buyer of this kind of watch doesn't care about ETA automatic and all... So now you've got quartz chronographs instead, for a bit cheaper.
Well, to the pictures:
The front
The back
The side/crown assembly
The lume shot
And the thing sitting on my 7.75" wrist
OK, so I've been asked once or twice about this watch, and the brand. So eventually I've got a little free time, just about enough to grab it, take a few pics and write a few words to present "da beast"
OK, so two or three years ago, I was looking for a "big watch" and something fancy, but not at the price of a quartz movement. So I stumbled upon the TW Steel TW96 automatic.
Basically it's a big chunk of steel, with PVD yellow gold plating, a screw on crown protection with a link attaching it to the body, inspired by early US Navy divers' watches.
The TW100 is a "beastly" 48mm diameter... crown excluded, 55mm with the crown. The 'inter spring bar distance' is 55mm, lug end to lug end 60mm. Overall, it's not too thick, at 14mm.
It sports a big flat sapphire, with a nice bevel arround. The dial is shiny black and sports large gold circle indices in C1 superluminova (very white in daylight, bright at night but nothing torchy). The date is at 3 (quite to the center, but with the large indices it's not too bad) and there's a small golden plate indicating "Swiss automatic, 25 jewels, 10 atm" between the center and the 6.
Indeed, it does sport a 25 jewels swiss movement, in the person of a ETA 2824-2, gold plated (just like everything on the watch). The whole thing is 100m water resistant, thanks to the screw on crown protection and the screwed back. It keeps time very well, as you could guess.
The back does have a "small" sapphire window that allows one to look at the movement. It comes on a "molded" croc strap, with a big sturdy golden buckle engraved with the TW Steel name.
Overall, it's by fat the blingy-est watch in my collection, and maybe the only one that really draws comments from people. OK, it's quite big, and the yellow gold on black give it a nice "ye navy of olde" kind of look. Overall the fit and finish are quite good, I only regret they stopped doing this model, that by my book was the most interesting in their line-up. But for a "big fashion watch", the price tag of close to a grand was quite big, and the usual buyer of this kind of watch doesn't care about ETA automatic and all... So now you've got quartz chronographs instead, for a bit cheaper.
Well, to the pictures:
The front
The back
The side/crown assembly
The lume shot
And the thing sitting on my 7.75" wrist