All around nice guy Sven from Buscum Ducis is reporting that he just got his first shipment in of his first watch line and one is winging its way over to the US as we speak. As you’ll probably not recall, Sven van der Zande is a 21-year-old horologist with a dream: he wanted to make his own watch. The resulting beefster, as we see here in this mock-up, looks like a monster. Look for it in the next few weeks and please pop over to his site if you’d like to pre-order a timepiece.
Making your own watch is a risky and difficult endeavor and I’ve been consistently impressed with Sven’s work. Other watch companies like Bathys and Serket are making quite a go of it and it’s clear the market for custom watches is absolutely booming – people want something different. If you’re looking for a watch, consider these guys. They’re great.
The 2 in the twelve makes the dial appear heavy to the 3:00 side.
Buscum Ducis? Why clutter the dial with two lines of Latin gibberish. Who is he marketing to…priests?
(I know, its very easy for me to criticize. Particularly since my watch design is sooo much better. But hey, I am quite the analog watch consumer.)
45mm and quartz? No thanks.
Good luck to him though.
I’m OK with a quartz without a seconds hand. As we all know this is a tough market and it’s nice to see the little guy try for a piece.
At least his design has some originality to it. Most of the Serket and Bathys watches come across as overpriced Luminox in my opinion.
He wanted to make his own watch. Will so do I. And I tell you, it woule look a whole lot better than this one
The watch is nice and trendy. But looks a lot like the U-Boat classic watch!
nicer crown, though. I hate u-boat’s screw down