HYT Skull Bad Boy Watch
Do not adjust your screen. That’s not a graphical glitch you’re seeing on the bold face of the HYT Skull Bad Boy watch, but a new material designed to mimic the appearance of Damascus steel. More often found in knives and samurai swords, Damascus steel has featured in watches before-though that is not to say it has always been greeted with open arms or met with success. With this model, HYT wanted to harness the effect of the unusually patterned metal, but decided to produce it using regular steel and carbon folded 256 times before being?used to coat the familiar Skull shape. The HYT Skull Bad Boy watches – of which there will be 50 – are cast in batches of five, and no two will ever have the same pattern.HYT’s technology is unique (and for once, that word is appropriate), and they concern themselves less with releasing something totally new and more with adding personality to each of their extremely limited models. This might frustrate the passing fan, wh
Brellum Duobox LE.4 Watch
The watches produced by?Brellum constantly amaze me, and the Brellum Duobox LE.4 watch is no exception. This micro- is a very interesting case study when it comes to brand building. Here is a company that offers exemplarily styled watches of a classic nature, powered by industry-stalwart calibers, and manufactured with very high production values for a fraction of the cost that one might expect. I have often wondered if a brand like Brellum ever suffers because they have priced their products too aggressively low.I’m sure most readers of this blog will disagree - I mean, we all want to save a few bucks where we can - but from a macro-perspective, selling products in this bracket is an absolute dogfight. And the question is, does Brellum, for all its quality, do enough to stand out? Perhaps to reach a conclusion, we should study the Brellum Duobox LE.4 watch. If this doesn’t pique your interest, it’s likely nothing this brand does will.