GROVEMADE
Grovemade is a USA based company that has been
designing and manufacturing handcrafted wooden and
leather accessories since 2009 and has their own
interesting take on the type by offering a deeply dished
wooden dial machined from Eastern Hardrock Maple or
Oregon Claro Walnut in variations housed in a 40mm
steel or gold plated case.
Brought to life with a design emanating from their
Portland-based workshop, each Watch 02 features a
Miyota 5Y26 quartz movement and is held in place by a
vegetable-tanned leather strap. According to their press
release, Grovemade also assembles all of their watches
at their Portland facility.
In steel the Watch 02 retails for $149.99 with the
gold plated version priced at $199.99.
“This collection of watches is a culmination of a
multi-year design effort, and the outcome is truly a
representation of our expert craftsmanship combined
with distinguished design,” says Ken Tomita, co-founder,
Grovemade. “They are a clever inversion of our first
watch design and what our team believes to be more
conventional for everyday use, yet still unique enough to
be considered a conversation piece.”
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