Watch Giveaway: The Peren Hintz Returns To Fratello In Search Of A New Home

transylvania, well that explains the blood red numerals

I really like that watch, there’s a lot going on. It’s distinctly retro, but there’s a lot of bahaus thrown in there as well. It’s a sublimation of these two themes, at the very least.
I can think of some very whacky second displays.
Imagine a sphere rather than a circle, that would revolve so as to show time. You’d have to add some thickness to the watch so as to fit everything. Imagine it spinning left to right for seconds 1 through to 30 and top to bottom for seconds 31 though to 60. It’d be pretty awesome. I’d get no work done just watching it spin. Or it could spin down for each even second and left to right for each uneven, two seperate sphere therefore, one bigger than the other.
For something that would fit in a thinner case, imagine an internal bezel the likes of which we see on vintage dive watches that would spin and an immobile hand would point at the seconds. Reversing the order of it and have the watch come alive differently, kind of like on the Peren !
Crazier yet, imagine a chronograph where all the sub dials would be devoted to counting up the seconds, either ten or twenty each or one every three seconds so all the dials would be spinning in unison.
For colour combinations, I’m really loving green dials and silver. But it’s somewhat mainstream, like a lot of the other cool colours. I would like to see deeper greens and blues and burgundies with bronze polished hands. Hey, you asked, I went full out !
Cheers

In a flash, I was sent back in memory to boyhood by the question of interesting second hands. The ten-year-old me showed my father an ad in the back of a science fiction magazine that promised riches in the import-export field. For a sum that is lost in time but clearly seemed heady to me, one could get samples of each item to consider for resale. I think my dad wanted to foster a business mind in me, so he ponied up.

What came included a tie pin made in Thailand (itself causing a bit of naming confusion in my young mind), a hand-carved model of a Hawaiian outrigger, and a watch. The watch was made in Japan, which certainly then did not mean then what it means now. It was a small watch with a north-pole-centric image of a globe covering the dial.

The amazing part was, in fact, the seconds indication. It was a small golden jet aircraft circumnavigating the periphery of the dial, get this, supported by nothing! I couldn’t understand it. My father wore a 1953 Longines with a sweep second hand, so I knew what that was all about. This was otherworldly and wonderful. I finally came to understand that the jet plane was printed on a plastic disc, but that did nothing to quell the wonder. I never did anything with import-export, but I wore that watch for a long time.

Unique color combinations, per se, are difficult to come by, since almost everything has been done, sometimes with unfortunate results. (I really do not crave a gold Rolex with a tiger motif, but that’s just me.). However, with the element of low wrist respect added, something comes immediately to mind. For some everyday activities that would endanger a watch of some dearness, I wear a $45 Casio Duro. I know a lot of people do like this watch, but my Patek-wearing friend sneers at it. I admire its bright sunburst-blue dial and highly legible hands—and it’s an actual tool watch and with 200 meters capability, so I can stick my arm in a bucket of water without fear.

It’s let down by a less-than-beautiful bezel. I have happily discovered that the Duro bezel insert is the same size as a Planet Ocean bezel insert, so my plan is to find one of those in a light seafoam green color and try one of those “mods” the youngsters speak of. So this useful water watch would then have a distinctive combination of fresh water colors, blue and green. Come to think of it, I might change the black diver strap out, maybe for seafoam green as well? Dang, I might have to start surfing again…

I love the watch design of the Peren, traditional, timeless, but also unconventional due to the second wheel and the color accents. And also a very nice movement. A watch you never get bored of.

Interesting way of displaying the seconds

Some time ago I was introduced to a „Mondia Top Second Flashing Dot“. Believe it or not, it was on Fratello. ; D
This flashing red second dot immediately fascinated me. In my opinion one of the greatest and most creative way to display the seconds. If I owned one of them, I would without a doubt, stare at this dot and forget all around me, even time. It’s incredibly hypnotizing. It looks like the watch really lives and you can see its heart beating!

Color combinations for rarely wristpected watches

I love pastel colors, so a nice pastel green will bring fresh wind and a modern aesthetic (like this one here https://www.pantone.com/eu/de/color-finder/13-0116-TPX). You can combine it with so many colors.
It works with different metals like stainless steel, gold, rose gold, bronze, copper and the colors black and white will light up on a pastel green background.

My favorite is a pastel green dial with white brandtext, black hands, indices and numbers with snow white lume added on top. You can offer it in gold and stainless steel as well. If you want it on a leather strap I would prefer a nice grey nubuk or distressed leather strap, which ages perfectly.