Dial Scout

Watch discovery app. We learn your taste, you find your next watch. Follow for picks worth your attention.

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

@GalvinWatch Loimu Glacier puts a turquoise guilloché dial into a 38mm case at $482. Susan Galvin assembles each one in Sydney, drawing on her Finnish heritage. Miyota 9015 inside, 100m WR. #DialScout #Galvin #Loimu #microbrands @MBWatchworld

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@GyaviusWatchCo keeps refining the NAVI. The NAVI S is 41x41mm with a 1:1 lug ratio, drilled lugs, and 1000m of depth on a 13mm case. Sellita SW200 inside, ships with FKM rubber and steel mesh. $2,400. From Sofia. #DialScout #Gyavius #NAVI #microbrands @MBWatchworld

[Teddy Baldassarre @baldassarreted]

Why should you consider micro brands or independents? In our newest video, I tackle this question while taking a deeper look at the industry as a whole.
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Watch the whole video here:
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#MicroBrands #Independents #WatchIndustry #Timepiece #WatchEnthusiast

[Andrew Morgan @andrewm_watches]

These bargain watchmakers are putting out some really high quality watches at the moment. In today’s video (link in bio) I look at a whole bunch of them.

What’s your favourite high quality bargain watch?

#bargainwatch #valuewatch #microbrands #bestwatch #watches #horology

[NOMOS Glashütte @nomosglashuette]

Sometimes opposites attract – and find unique points of connection. For pairs like these, #NOMOS offers #watches with round and square cases that feature the same iconic typography: Tangente 38 and Tetra 27 duo. https://t.co/Totq5Ee9nR

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

@mmiwatches has the Heritage 38 live on Kickstarter and it's their first piece with a micro-rotor. HangZhou 5015A keeps the case at 9mm thin, beads of rice bracelet, see-through caseback. Super early bird from $468. #DialScout #MMI #Heritage38 #microbrands #microrotor

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The Mitico PhantomX skips watch hands entirely. Four arms orbit the dial, each carrying an hour disc. As each one sweeps the minute arc at six, its number lines up with the minute. Miyota 9039, $429 on Kickstarter. #DialScout #Mitico #PhantomX #microbrandwatches

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

@axiatimellc made its name on the Heisman Trophy commission, and the DIASIMOS opens up that design to everyone else. 40.5mm Grade 5 titanium, bronze PVD, split coin-edge bezel, Sellita SW300 inside. $2,495. #DialScout #AXIA #DIASIMOS #microbrandwatches

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Selten is a Hong Kong microbrand built around dial work, and the Grand Feu Enamel Spiral is the most extreme yet. 700 hand-cut lines under eight layers of fired enamel, polished by hand, Soprod M100 inside. About $2,260. #DialScout #Selten #GrandFeu #microbrandwatches

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

UWO is bringing 1950s computing hardware back to the wrist. Their Nixie tube watch is built from rescued Z5900M tubes set into a rectangular 45 by 36mm titanium case. That warm orange glow is the kind of thing you can't fake with an LED. Funded on Kickstarter. #DialScout #UWO #NixieTubeWatch #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Astor+Banks reinvented the field watch with the Terra Scout. 38.5mm steel, La Joux-Perret G100 regulated to 8 seconds a day, and a roving indicator that circles the dial to show the date. The outer ring lumes too. $995. #DialScout #AstorBanks #TerraScout #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

De Rijke & Co. brought illustrator Guy Allen back for the Amalfi Amazon. A solid silver dial engraved by hand under jungle green grand feu enamel, depicting a Land Rover Defender in miniature. 38.2mm fully ceramic case. 50 pieces, around $5,000. #DialScout #DeRijke #AmalfiAmazon #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Tedoro is a Lebanese microbrand and the Harmony 39 Sarab is a quiet stunner. Mother-of-pearl dial in a desert mirage pattern, Eastern Arabic numerals, Miyota 9075 GMT in 39mm. $785, limited to 300. #DialScout #Tedoro #Harmony39 @timetidewatches

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

@AxiaTimeLLC cut their teeth making team watches for college football. The Diasimos is them stepping wider. Grade 5 titanium DLC, Sellita SW300, and a coin-edge bezel that catches light just so. 40.5mm, $2,495. #DialScout #AxiaTime #Diasimos #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Kiwame Tokyo is a new Asakusa microbrand from a 30-year industry vet. The Iwao Ginkai is their take on a field watch, Miyota 9039 in a 38mm case with a textured silver dial that earns the $690 ask. #DialScout #KiwameTokyo #Iwao #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Axon Watches is a new Italian microbrand from Bologna and the Origo somehow fits five complications onto one enamel dial. Moonphase, day, date, month, 24-hour. 39mm steel, modified Miyota 9, around $640 USD. #DialScout #Axon #Origo #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

Naga Time Co. built a whole chronograph around a serpent and it works. The Granturismo Dakar has scale textures running through the subdials, a 39mm case, screw-down crown, and 100m WR. From $604. #DialScout #Naga #Granturismo #watches #microbrands

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Matthew Mercury started with a WWI veteran handcrafting watches in France. The Magnum Black Anniversary carries that forward: Swiss Ronda 3540.D chrono, 18K gold accents, sapphire crystal. $495. #DialScout #MatthewMercury #watches #microbrands

[Dial Scout @Dial_Scout]

@hrotsky_watches heats each titanium dial by hand and lets the oxide layer settle into a deep interference blue. 41mm steel, modified De Bortoli DB6 manual, 53hr reserve. Twenty pieces, no two read the same. #DialScout #Hrotsky #FlameBlue #microbrands