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Batavi Kosmopoliet GMT ----- ETA 2893-2

  1. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 4, 2020

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  2. Faz Apr 4, 2020

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    Nice looking watch but a GMT with no date?
     
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  3. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 4, 2020

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  4. abrod520 Apr 4, 2020

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    615 EUR - when I backed, about $700 US. Still, fantastic.

    I had the exact opposite reaction - a GMT with no futzy date? I'm in!

    :D
     
  5. abrod520 Apr 4, 2020

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    I did it because I've found that the Yema Superman GMT I bought as a travel watch, is just too nicely done to risk damaging etc. But this one hits the right intersection between cool and cheap enough that I won't worry about damaging it. The Yema will probably be going up for sale soon though.
     
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  6. jhross98 Apr 4, 2020

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    Cool watch but prefer the baltic acquaschape by a country mile
     
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  7. abrod520 Apr 4, 2020

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    Not a GMT, be nice if there were one though
     
  8. Faz Apr 4, 2020

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    Doesn't it defy the purpose of traveling through time zones and changes of date?
    Cool aesthetics but...
     
  9. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 4, 2020

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    i'm trying to exercise avoidance withe these 500>1k watches. seems like i have unlimited funds with them, but when i jump to 3-5k i'm broke and miss out on a higher end piece.
     
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  10. TDBK Apr 4, 2020

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    If I recall, @pIoNeErOfThEnILe, you're the one who enabled me into the bronze Yema last year, which I've been quite happy with. I like this watch, and while I think it's a good value, I don't think I like it enough to want to have it in my watch box. But thanks for finding the best of these Kickstarters and letting us know!
     
  11. abrod520 Apr 4, 2020

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    I haven't noticed any issue figuring out what date it was, since I usually already know around when I'll be landing before I even get on a flight. In fact, having a date has actually caused more confusion in the case of my Tudor, which ties its date to the GMT hand and not the quick-set hour hand - which itself will actually roll the date back anyway if you set it back past 12.
     
  12. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 8, 2020

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    that yema bronze is a real looker.


    as for this watch..i would like to see the all dlc model. but it doesn't look like they will meet the goal
     
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  13. TDBK Apr 8, 2020

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    It's the sandwich dial that almost got me going. (But not quite.)
     
  14. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 9, 2020

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    i don't own a gmt...i don't have a dlc watch. i don't have a sandwich dial...

    right size, no date, passes value & movement.

    i'm being tested

    downside...i cannot lie. the name sounds like "butabi"


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  15. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 14, 2020

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    seems like they will offer the two reaches .the all dlc and the grey polar.

    sharp

    [​IMG]

    they don't really have an image of the black, so it doesn't look as nice as the others.

    [​IMG]
     
  16. sonicosa Apr 14, 2020

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    These definitely caught my eye, and I even messaged with them a bit on Instagram. If I didn’t already have the Yema GMT, I would be considering more seriously.

    The only thing that I don’t really like about this watch is the hour and minute hand shape.

    @abrod520 have you settled on a colorway yet?
     
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  17. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 14, 2020

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    i like the hands. kind of reminds me of the ikepod seaslug..and in some ways the whole watch does as well

    the grey alesund is checking in at $733 usd with the eta and the dlc model is $744.

    it's going to be hard for me to pass on one of these two..i hate bringing in the value part of the equation,..but jeezzz, this is priced too low. if i owned the company i wouldn't be selling it under 1k

    all the watches would look much better if they used a single color bezel.....imo....if u want a splash of color buy a colorful rubber strap..i mean,..your stuck with some funky color bezels and half of them are written in arabic
     
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  18. sonicosa Apr 15, 2020

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    I actually like the Arabic numbers and funky colors. Since I already have a more traditional GMT design in the Yema GMT, I think I would choose the Medina or Sahara if I were going to pick one of these up right now.

    I hear you on the value part of the equation, the ETA movement for under $800 seems like a pretty great deal to me.

    How do people feel about the fully polished case? I watched the video @pIoNeErOfThEnILe posted above last night, and felt like the case could have used a little contrast in the finishing.
     
  19. abrod520 Apr 15, 2020

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    I'd actually pulled my funding before, as I wasn't too into any of those colorways and I figured I'd just sit it out. Which is good, because I do quite like the gray and it seems it's a separate product rather than just being able to choose it after the campaign, so I may back again and go with that one. I also have the Yema, but found it's a bit too nice to fill the travel watch role I bought it for so I've actually put that up for sale.

    One issue I have with them though is the bezel numerals are misaligned - they're all upright, so 0800 thru 1600 will be upside down when you're viewing those timezones.... maybe something worth verifying on IG before production?
     
  20. pIoNeErOfThEnILe Apr 15, 2020

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    one update they did was brush the case sides, so it isn't a fully polished watch anymore. smart decision by them
     
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