✿ The Story
Every Welsbro watch has a food story. This one is inspired by Grape Soda. Each bottle contains multitudes. Enough fizz to burp the alphabet. Sugar high for days. And the distinct, unmistakable taste of purple. YUM.
Now let's talk about the watch. Our Grape Soda is something special; a perfect blend of old and new. Inside is a vintage movement from the 1960s. The industrial case is 100% handmade in Japan by Kenkichi Kumada. Did we mention there are only 4 of these Daddy Purps?!
Also! As a bonus! In the spirit of handmade goods, we have partnered with Tim Brown Knives to create this gorgeous handmade "Welsbrown" (Welsbro + Tim Brown) Funakyaki knife. YOU GET A WATCH AND A HANDMADE KNIFE! FROM A VERY COOL DUDE. SO COOL.
Also! As per usual, 10% of sales from this watch support Meals on Us in Portland. They provide free daily meals to those in need. YES.
✿ Details
ᕯ Type: Two register manual wind chronograph
ᕯ Functions: Time (hours, minutes, subsidiary seconds), 30 or 45 minute chronograph; tachymeter outer scale and telemeter inner scale
🍬 Movement: Vintage Valjoux 92 (circa 1960s) with geneva striping, high polished screw heads and beveled edges
🍫 Case: Handmade by Kenkichi Kumada. Stainless steel brushed case with exhibition caseback affixed by 4 screws, round chronograph pusher.
🍭 Dial: Electric purple with outer dark purple chapter with royal purple tachymeter scale and white 1/5th seconds track showing Kenkichi Kumada secret signature between 5 and 6 o'clock, red inner telemeter scale, white Welsbro roof logo at 12 o'clock, applied red luminova Arabic numerals
🍫 Hands: Silver painted baton hour and minute hands with purple colored luminova, guilloche subdials with a silver seconds hand at 9 o'clock (all time keeping functions are in SILVER) and a white chronograph center seconds hand and subdial hand at 3 o'clock (with either a 30 minutes or 45 minutes counter)
🍫 Crystal: Sapphire front and back
🍫 Crown: Ridged unsigned crown
🍫 Bezel: Milled stepped brushed steel
🧁 Strap: Handmade Eggplant Pebbled Leather Strap
🍩 Box: Yes
🍩 Papers: Yes
🍫 Made in Japan │ 🍬 Made in Switzerland │ 🍭 Made in China │ 🧁 Made in Italy │ 🍩 Made in the U.S.
✿ Measurements
ᕯ Diamater (without crown): 38mm
ᕯ Diamater (with crown): 41mm
ᕯ Diamater (lug to lug): 46mm
ᕯ Height/Case thickness: 12mm
ᕯ Lug width/Strap size: 18mm
ᕯ Buckle width: 16mm
ᕯ Weight: 72 grams (with strap)
ᕯ Water-resistance: N/A