I wrote earlier the year that I would be making more purchases towards micro-brands to gauge the design desirability, final product quality, and value-for-monies of such pieces that one can't easily purchase from brick-and-mortar shops. In a way, it was very much a leap of faith as you would be paying monies for something that you have not seen or touched in real life; and in cases whereby you were funding Kickstarter projects, you were forking out monies for products that hopefully would turned out similar to the drawing renditions that the project owners dished out to all and sundry.
One piece that I had been waiting for a few months now, and which was scheduled to be ready later this month, was a small start-up from Down Under helmed by an Australian named Justin Khoury. Justin designed his first batch of watches, aptly named MK1, based on his passion for automobiles from the 60s and 70s. He specifically drew inspiration from Jaguar MK-series in coming up with his MK1 watches.
Early purchasers could get some discount from the watch's final price. As it was, RRP : USD470 upon the watch's final completion but one could still pre-order and purchase at USD400 for the interim period. The specs of the watch were as per below :
Justin had been keeping early birds informed on the progress of MK1 vide routine e-mails, as per below :
I liked the design of MK1 that paid homage to vintage dashboard look-and-feel; and am eagerly awaiting for the arrival of my burgundy piece. Keep your eyes peeled hereabouts- to see if this was a hero or zero piece.
In the meantime, wear your watches in good health!
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