It’s every watch journalist‘s dream to design their own watch. After all, we can only write, “this is what [insert brand here] should have done” so many times before we just come across as bitter.
Even so, few of us are willing or able to put our literal money where our keyboard is and invest in creating a watch from whole cloth. But that’s just what Zach Weiss of Worn & Wound has done.
The site’s cofounder, who’s already shown a willingness to venture outside the confines of his dot-com domain with ambitious projects like the Windup Watch Fair, has just launched his own watch brand called Oraorea (Latin for “Golden Hour”), and it’s very clearly designed for enthusiasts, by an enthusiast.
Golden hour
One of my favorite things about watches is the amount of minute details that can be packed into such a tiny, wearable package. I suspect Zach feels the same way, as the first watch from Oraorea, the Coriolis Pointer Date, is bursting with small details that watch geeks love to nerd out over.
I’ll start with the dial, as that’s the most interesting thing happening on the Coriolis and the aspect that I suspect took the longest to develop. At first glance, there’s a lot going on, and it’s a bit confusing, but once you get your bearings, the design really is as intuitive as it is beautiful.
