Dial Scout

OraOrea is Zach Weiss's new project after years on the W&W side of things, and the Coriolis Pointer Date is the debut. 38.5mm steel, Sellita SW386-1, and solid 18k gold hemispheres set right into the dial. $3,950 across three colors. #DialScout #OraOrea #Coriolis #microbrands

@LaciteWatches hand-assembles the Urbanite GMT in Montréal. 40.5mm, Miyota 9075 true GMT, and an oil-pressed gravel dial that has more depth than you'd expect at $699. Three colorways, all sold out on the first run. #DialScout #Lacite #UrbaniteGMT #watches #microbrands

Loresum put natural stone dials on the LS04 V2 and the aventurine looks like someone trapped a piece of the night sky under sapphire. True 29.5-day moonphase, Sellita SW200-1, 36.5mm. From $777 on Kickstarter. #DialScout #Loresum #LS04V2 #watches #microbrands #microbrandwatches

Worn & Wound co-founder Zach Weiss just launched OraOrea, and the Coriolis Pointer Date is a strong debut. Solid 18K gold hemispheres where the hour markers should be, Sellita SW386-1, 38.5mm. $3,950. #DialScout #OraOrea #Coriolis #watches #microbrands @wornandwound

@fareruniversal added a burgundy dial to their World Timer line and it might be the best one yet. The Thorne comes in steel or gold PVD, and that deep red against gold hands just works. ~$1,935. #DialScout #Farer #Thorne #watches #worldtimer

@furlanmarri cut a slab of 4.5-billion-year-old Muonionalusta meteorite and turned it into a chronograph dial. 38mm, mechaquartz, and every Widmanstätten pattern is one of a kind. ~$810. #DialScout #FurlanMarri #MeteoriteOcta #watches #microbrands @fratellowatches

Hrotsky hand-heats each titanium dial until it shifts from gold to bronze to purple, then a deep interference blue. No two are the same. 41mm steel, De Bortoli DB6 manual-wind, 53-hour reserve. Twenty pieces total. #DialScout #Hrotsky #FlameBlue #microbrands

De Rijke somehow put 3D-engraved champlevé enamel inside a 38.2mm ceramic case for the new Turini. Automotive art by Guy Allen under transparent grand feu enamel. #DialScout #DeRijke #Turini #watches #microbrands

@Anordain spent three years developing a true porcelain dial for the Model 2. Each one is hand-fired by a single artisan in Glasgow. 39.5mm, La Joux-Perret automatic, 68-hour reserve. $2,450. #DialScout #anOrdain #Model2Porcelain #watches #microbrands

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Xalt fit an Australian opal dial into a case that's only 5.6mm thin. Every Axiom dial is one of a kind. Swiss quartz, lines inspired by the H. Moser Streamliner, under £900. Worth a closer look. #DialScout #Xalt #Axiom #watches #microbrands

@BrewWatchCo designed a chronograph around pulling espresso. The Retrograph has a 25-35 second timer window right on the dial, meca-quartz movement, sapphire crystal, all in a '70s case from NYC. $375. #DialScout #BrewWatches #Retrograph #microbrands

@furlanmarri turns four and celebrates with the Red Hunter. 36mm, La Joux-Perret movement, 68-hour reserve, and a hinged caseback that opens to a rose gold rotor. $1,830. Pre-orders April 23. #DialScout #FurlanMarri #RedHunter #watches #microbrands

Kiwame Tokyo's new MUNE is a field watch built by a 30-year industry vet in Asakusa. 38mm, Miyota 9039, and the kind of quiet confidence you rarely see at $690. Available April 15. #DialScout #KiwameTokyo #MUNE #watches #microbrands @MONOCHROMEwatch

Varon Chiri is a new Korean microbrand and the Blazer is a strong debut. 38.5mm, Miyota 9039, glidelock bracelet, and five dial colors including an ice mint that has no business looking this good. Starting at $420. #DialScout #VaronChiri #Blazer #watches #microbrands

Axon is a new Italian microbrand and the Origo somehow fits five complications into a 39mm case. Moonphase, day, date, month, day/night. All built on a Miyota 9 base for under $700. Worth a closer look. #DialScout #Axon #Origo #microbrands

Albishorn's Thundergraph Khumbu imagines a chronograph built for 1952 Swiss Everest expeditions. 39mm, COSC-rated, green dial, and a crown at 10:30 for gloved hands. 99 pieces at CHF 3,650. #DialScout #Albishorn #Thundergraph #microbrands

@MAEN_watches and Nico Leonard squeezed a Swiss hand-wound La Joux-Perret calibre into a tonneau case just 6.4mm thick. Four fumé dial colors. Pre-order opens April 14 at €1,519 ($1,780 USD). #DialScout #Maen #GrandTonneau #watches @MONOCHROMEwatch