Has anybody ever heard of We Wood watches? Up until Wednesday I hadn't. I came across them on http://www.watchco.com/we-wood-watches, and feel that a lot more people should hear about them. The watches are entirely made out of wood (I think that is really cool) and every time one of their watches is purchased, they plant a tree. As being environmentally friendly is very important, you should check them out.
Frankly I have seen them before and find them to be a very cheap, tacky, and overpriced fashion watch. You've really got a $3 Miyota quartz movement inside about 2 cents worth of wood, the design is extremely basic, being a copy of a generic Seiko/Citizen style dive watch with no detail or effort put in whatsoever, and I'm saying that as someone that is related to wood boat builders who do put a lot of detail into their work. The gimmick of offering to plant a tree on each sale is also a bit of a turnoff, the reality is that you can pay online through environmental groups to sponsor a tree planting, and its more in the order of $5. It just seems very much like a case of environmental opportunistic marketing with a cheaply made product which will no doubt be quickly discarded by the owner, sold with extremely high markup in order to make people who consider themselves "green" feel like they're doing the right thing, while We Wood line their pockets, and the description on their website re-enforces that idea really. So as a watch enthusiast, I would have to recommend against these in the strongest possible sense, while as someone that does in fact care somewhat about the environment, and in particular honesty in advertising when it comes to purportedly green enterprises, I have to give We Wood watches two resounding thumbs down.
Coast Guard approved flotation devices? If they came with a flare or an EPIRB the company could make a fortune selling to the boating community.
Often over the years, for what-ever reason.....I would have to ask a person for the time. I can't imagine approaching a stranger....and asking if they had Wood.
What about when you put it in to be serviced, maybe 40 years from now just like the Rolex vintage nutters they'll be checking to see if the lugs have been over-sanded.