Watches

Wooden watches make me anxious in the same way that ceramic watches make me anxious.

Sure, these materials are by now well understood (wood is literally ancient and manufacturers like Rado have long perfected ceramic cases and bracelets) but I still just feel… worried that they might get damaged more easily than steel and, once damaged, will be harder to repair without replacement cases and / or bracelets.

Aesthetically I have nothing against them.

I appreciate my views may not be wholly rational.

What is your experience with your wooden watches?

Wood is for clocks that sit indoors, stay stationery and in a controlled temperature environment.

Wood expands and contracts in heat, is naturally pourus, is brittle and can't be sized down accurately to the micro-milimetre.

There's a reason that wood has been around far longer than metal yet we only started getting wood watches in the last decade or so - it's because it's impractical.

Just because you can make watches out of certain materials that doesn't mean that you should. You could probably make a watch out of cardboard, leather, wool, bread or pasta. Doesn't mean you should.

Watches are ultimately a way for a person to express themselves. If a person likes a particular style, they should enjoy themselves!

I’m all about exotic materials (meteorite), difficult processes (chamfered bracelets), displays of time (jumping hours), or just excellent engineering, attention to detail, etc.

I personally have yet to come across a wooden watch that would make me want to wear it.