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brainwave
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Sep 15, 2016
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Both me and my wife wear TRIWA watches. I own Navy Hvalen that comes with two straps and Tan Lansen. TRIWA sometimes invite trendy international designers to create a unique artistic watches and I was very lucky to buy a Limited edition 'Lomin' by Hattie Stewart for wife's birthday. I bought all our Triwa watches as Swedish import though I heard they recently opened a warehouse in NY.
The quality of the watches are on par with other boutique brands I own, but the straps are very special made in Sweden from Swedish sourced organically tanned leather. These straps are thin and light with two layer construction that conforms to the wrist after some wear and ages perfectly.
Also, their watches are unisex and we occasionally swap them (means she mostly steals my watches for a couple of days).
Sep 15, 2016
captain_midnight
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Sep 17, 2016
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brainwaveJust FYI -- while the company was founded in Stockholm, these watches are all made in China. If you want nice Swiss quartz that doesn't break the bank, I'd recommend Tissot, Victorinox, Mondaine, and sometimes Hamilton if you shop around.
Sep 17, 2016
brainwave
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Sep 18, 2016
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captain_midnightIt does not matter where it's made. Designers brand watches are rarely made in Switzerland and if they are they much much more expensive. Where do you think Skagen watches made? You don't buy designers watches for where they made you buy them for... that's it - for their design. Triwa creates some of the world's most unique and collectible lines of watches in their Stockholm studio. I have maybe 40+ watches including some very nice vintage and modern Swiss chronometers that I wear on special occasions, but it's designers brands that I put on my wrist every day matching my mood, my style and my clothes.
Here is hands-on Triwa Nevil review for anyone interested: http://wornandwound.com/review/hands-on-triwa-nevil/ They also have Twitter and Instagram feeds where you can look up how people feel about them.
Sep 18, 2016
Skullbunny
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Sep 18, 2016
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captain_midnightI'd have to agree with @brainwave - geographic location means s**t :P
I could be from Switzerland and import crafts from China and say that it BUILT in Switzerland - but not specify where the mats were made.
So...like...yeah O_O
Sep 18, 2016
captain_midnight
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Sep 18, 2016
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brainwaveI own everything from an ancient Sega Sports-branded LCD watch I got for maybe $20 back in the early 90s, to an analog quartz Fossil from the early 2000s to a couple Hamilton Navy Pioneer autos, and I bought them all knowing their limitations. The way you describe your purchases indicate that you do not, and that's what I was trying to clarify. Being made in Switzerland does in fact carry with it very real legal requirements as to how much of the watch is made in Switzerland and the level of expertise of its constructor. "Swiss Made" is not just a label. It is a concrete obligation. It's proved when I put my grandfather's fifty year-old Tissot on my wrist and it still ticks even though it hasn't been serviced in decades.
Sometimes that obligation is oversold. I would never pay $750+ for a Movado quartz. The value just isn't returned there, regardless of the distinctiveness of its aesthetics. Which is why I recommended those four other brands. My brother's been using the same Victorinox quartz for 20 years, and it looks like he just recently got it. It's never needed anything more than a battery change, and at the rate it's going, it will outlast him and become and heirloom. He spent maybe $100 on it.
Meanwhile, Triwa and Skagen do not have this obligation -- but they imply through their marketing that they do. I don't like it when brands do that, and it's been my professional capacity for the last 15 years to guide people towards companies that back up their claims. When I recommend someone get a G-Shock for outdoor activities, it's because I own and use them myself, and I've gone over the specs and the reviews and watched a Youtube video of somebody cooking one in boiling water for ten minutes. I'm not kidding, you can Google that one. As far as I know, there is no other watch on this earth that is engineered to withstand that -- but there are plenty of competitors that want you to believe their watches are just as tough. Maratac, Luminox, Suunto, and Timex ("It takes a licking but it keeps on ticking") come to mind, off the top of my head.
I'm trying to help you avoid spending your money on things that statistically aren't built to last as long as you've been led to believe So... you're welcome. It seriously would not surprise me if the fancy organic leather strap on that Triwa had a higher bill of materials than the movement inside it. And in my experience, that's gonna be a problem down the road.
Sep 18, 2016
brainwave
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Sep 18, 2016
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captain_midnightI understand where you are coming from but I guess you're missing the point why Massdrop sell and people buy designers watches and boutique brands clothing. Thanks for the input though.
Sep 18, 2016
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