LuxuryWatchesThese vintage themed watches from Brew are a must-haveSub-$500 duo watches put a slab of 70s nostalgia right on your wristWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
LuxuryWatchesThese vintage themed watches from Brew are a must-haveSub-$500 duo watches put a slab of 70s nostalgia right on your wristWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Sub-$500 duo watches put a slab of 70s nostalgia right on your wrist
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Brew Watches)
(Image credit: Brew Watches)
I spend a lot of time looking at thebest watches. My Instagram algorithm serves up little else, and I write about new timepieces a couple of times a week here at T3. So it’s rare for a watch to cut through the noise and beg me to buy it as much as the Metric from New York-based Brew Watches.
I hadn’t even heard of Brew before this week, yet now I’m frantically working out how to afford a Metric. And challenging myself on whether I could really, honestly get away with wearing a fully gold (plated) watch without drawing alotof attention.
The Metric has been around for a little while now and is available with a multi-coloured colourway called Retro Dial. But it was when I saw the Max Gold and PVD Black options that I truly fell for the Metric. That said, the Gold & Black is also pretty great, retaining the all-gold case and strap of the full-gold model, but with a black dial toning things down ever-so-slightly.
Let’s leave the gold corner for now and take a closer look at the Metric in PVD Black. Like its siblings, the case measures a modest 36 x 41.5mm, with a 10.75mm thickness and a lug width of 19.85mm. You could certainly call it gender neutral, and that 36mm width is really what made me think the Metric could be my next watch. It feels like the old standard for 42mm men’s watches is behind us, and smaller is (finally) better.
(Image credit: Brew Watches)
(Image credit: Brew Watches)
There’s a sapphire crystal on the front and behind that you’ll find a black dial with red details and numerical minute markers around the circumference. Yes, it looks a lot like thePorsche Design Chronograph, especially with how the minute numerals sit on the sloping edge of the dial. But the Brew’s square case does just enough to give it its own identity.
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The gold model with black dial is mechanically the same (and costs the same too), but with the stainless steel finished in PVD gold. I think the black dial just about does enough to tone down the all-gold case and dial, resulting in a watch that shouts but doesn’t quite scream. Above all else, it’s unashamedly 70s, and I respect it for that.
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