Thank you for your detailed review. It really helps potential customers to determine if they like this watch.

If I ever start a microbrand I'm gonna come out with a skin diver at 36mm just as a statement. I think smaller watches are sooo elegant the way they make the strap curve up to the top of your wrist and how it sits there like it was made for you and you only.

I don't think that the font is too "modern", I consider it to be period correct, kind of resembling the jugenstil/Vienna secession styles of the early teens of the 20. century. This is the first micro brand watch featured on this channel that I might actually end up buying. Still got some war time memorabilia handed down by my grandfather. Wouldn't want to show this on camera, though... Great video as always, mate!

Good looking piece.Great for an ol' fella like me who just wants to look at his wrist and see the time clearly

this watch is in an Art Nuevo style and the name actually does go with the numbers, it is about contrast

Wow I’m really digging the aesthetic of this piece. And it’s reasonably priced... very tempting.

It's a WW1 era homage watch and the font makes the watch more desirable to me. Price is very good for the movement, sapphire crystal, and work that goes into the design. Love it

I fell in love with this watch. Althought with the brass case one... I'm the fond of steampunk and dieselpunk style so no wonder that I love this watch. This green bund strap looks awesome, I love green color, and also the orange so this lume color is lovely.

I really like this one! I dig the classic look and it’s actually in my price range! 👌👌

*I'm more impressed, that you were able to find AMMO these days.* 😁

Here's my take on the brand font. I think most vintage inspired micro brands are trying to make their watches look old when if you think about it, Old brands try to make their products look futuristic (Or at least their idea of what a futuristic thing is) So I think the font is consistent with that.

No, the typeface for "Vario" is Art Deco and perfectly in keeping with the era they're going for. You're mistsken.

Excellent video. Nice watch. The sweeping of the mini secs is awesome. Hold that ammo. It is pretty scarce now.

A thinner handwinding model would be great.

I'm on-board for this watch. In the Vietnam War we often wore our watch threaded through our shirt (Jungle Utilities) pocket because the space between the watch and my our wrist got funky.

Who feels that Jory could make an video without audio and still understand what he says with just his hands?

As a Marine vet, man! I love this watch!

I do like this watch. Might get the white dial, orange loom, camel strap..

A beautiful watch and that strap , wow !

Dial is similar to my Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935.

Probably going to make this my first KS pledge. The white/ white just speaks to me with its red outlined twelve. Counting down the days :)

Reminds me of Tissot and their 1936 heritage model. The women’s size was a pleasant 36mm. Same fixed lug design.

I bought the medic variant a day before they temporarily closed their website to work on the orders. Also, the medic uses a Seiko NH38A. You can also get the Trench variant in 40mm if you opt for a brass case for a little more $.

Vario will definitely stay on my radar, this watch is really original. And the owner Ivan is a very responsive guy who values his customers. Today I ordered their Empire automatic , hopefully it'll turn out to be a cool watch on my wrist. This watch will take a lot of attention too I'm sure.

I love the design of this time piece. Simple straight forward. Even the the choice of the letters. Going to get one.

I like the current Vario font. However, I think it would have been even better if, for this watch, they would have went with a more period correct font for the dial. I'm still getting one.

Love this watch, the numerals really do it for me! They've nailed the design with this one! Can't wait for the release!

i just bought a 1910 trench watch by Levrette...porcelain dial...and im loving it....

I read where officers would actually take their pocket watch and tie/strap it to their wrist, probably why this looks so much like a pocket watch. Very cool looking piece!

Good stuff Daddy-O nice watch , my father was in the Canadian navy during WW 2 everybody wore a watch , I like pocket watches have owned several , micro brand monday is a good deal .

I like that it has numbers. Nice looking watch.

I like this watch. Although I prefer larger watches; the 36mm is not bad and period correct. Respectable movement, WR, crystal, and lume; at a fair price. The font is not a problem, either. Looks good and not out of place. I'm going to have to keep my eye out for this one, when it does get released to the buying public. Good job!

I recently wrecked a Solar Tuna by hitting it in the crown. IME, the 4 o'clock crown is *more* vulnerable, not less. It's directly a target when walking forward in a forward swing of the arm.

I really like this one. I could honestly see myself buying this one. Thanks for sharing such a cool watch.

I dig this watch, even the brand font. I find the brand logo to be in keeping with the art-deco theme, with a dash of space-age thrown in. I will buy one of these!

There are a few of the original trench watches in sterling silver here in the UK on eBay. £150 for a decent condition one.

Hand wind only and closed case back, as well as a retro Vario font would make this nearly perfect. Also a true Kitchener Strap, and possibly a “shrapnel guard”, would be the cherry on top. It looks like like really good value for the money.

I like it. However, I would prefer a hand wind movement only. Crown at 3 and the wire lugs could utilize spring bars (I have a mid 90s Swiss Army that has a similar look to this that has them).

I don't think I've ever been more excited for a watch. Great video!

Imteresting historical watch. The font doesn’t bother me a bit. Maybe I’m the only one, but I would love to see that with a full lume face and black hands. For the price, this seems like a cool watch. If it was $500.00, I would be out.

Great lum. Really like the simplicity of the dial with the old school feel. Maybe I’ll get one.

I think it's stunning. I get what you mean about the logo font but it's not a deal breaker for me. The fixed lugs is cool but kinda a shame. I bet you could pop it on a nice lizard grain strap and it would make a great dress watch. All that said, I want one.

I have my great Uncles Gallet trench watch which may be the inspiration for this. It is 33mm, has no company name on the dial but is otherwise very similar in apoearance. Cathedral hands, small seconds, etc. This is a nice offering and I might consider since Gallet estimates it would cost $1,000 to get mine working!

I love this watch. Have pulled the trigger on the 40mm brass version, white numerals with the red 12. The imperfections is quite expected on the enamel dial, virtually all enamel dials have them. Just great to see something different.

They should use the watch pod as their packaging.👍 I like the bund strap.

Font works for me, and I really like the size. If it were 40mm or bigger, that would seem wrong for this vintage type.

My dad has an old Waltham pocket watch that actually predates WWI, 1904 I think is the date of manufacture. I think it may have a hand missing and no crystal but I’d love to see it get fixed, it has a large white dial, with script-style Arabic numerals with a small seconds hand.

I understand gents' watches were smaller in years past so surely this has been sized to be in keeping with the period that it represents.

I would love to have a watch like this, but around 42 or 43mm. I have sorta huge hands (I’d look funny if I had small hands @ 6’5) that make most approx 40mm watches look tiny. So a watch even smaller than that is just a no-go for me. It IS a beautiful piece, though.

A threaded crown !!!! God bless them !!! They are doing the lords work ....

"Hand winding not gritty or grainy" HMMMM are you sure it's a Miyota? I think the font works and looks somewhat period, think Bahaus or Mondrian. Love it and now I know what Santa will be bringing me for Christmas

I own an original trench watch. They are wonderful

Crown position at 4:20 yeee bois, bliaaze iit!

I had to get buy of these. My favorite style of watches are vintage-inspired pieces. I love what Vario has done with these and appreciate what they're doing as a company. I already own one of their bund straps for another watch, so it was an easy sell. I already know how it's going to look on my wrist, but this one will have the added historical nods. I went with brass to give that extra vintage look as it develops a patina.

I like. I want. I have so many watches now it takes a lot to make me stop and consider putting it on my short list of watches to get... this one is on it.

Now to check out the other colorways..! Thanks!

Love this! I'm a big fan of old pocket watches and this has direct lineage. Really nice!

U gotta check out Tourby's trench watches. I have one with a rose gold 6498 movement with gold chatons. So much luxury at a reasonable price

Great watch, multiple color variations, gonna launch on Kickstarter Nov 11th, most definitely gonna pick one of these up, thanks Jory, great review

The logo looks out of place but not a deal breaker. I like this one.

I really like this. But was thinking I might like it even more in a black or cream colored dial. Checked out there web site and they happily have a bunch of dial and bund strap color variations! A really attractive proposition.

I'm really excited about this new Vario watch. It's looking great. 👍

It looks similar to the Brillier BR-16. Understandable they are bost based on the vintage military though this one is closer to a pocket watch style.

Wow. I didn't know I would like a watch like this. Very impressed and useful video

Interesting piece, but the only square watch I'm into is the Heuer Monaco. Also am I the only who misses the live unboxings?

Love the classic look of this piece.

I love the Arabics on this dial. The V looks like they were mimicking thre watch hands with the shorter hour hand. Would have been clearer if thet had points instead if dots. Love the strap and fixed lugs

I’m coincidentally wearing an original 1912 trench watch right now. This Vario watch is very ok. It looks like a million other WW1 trench watches that were sold for about a dollar. I have a few with blued hands and others with radium hands. It looks fine. It’s far from an original, or new, design. During and after WW1 it wouldn’t have garnered a second glance but that’s probably the point. If so then it’s well done! The font is about right. That V isn’t far from some Art Moderne and Art Deco style fonts. It’s not perfect but it’s OK. It’s definitely not ultra modern but I’m not sure the designers were to interested in that as the V is seemingly made from two interred watch hands. More of a logo really. It’s a big step above my period pieces in terms of technology. That’s nice. The price? That’s a big step up too, probably a fair one. I was enjoying this quiet niche in the watch collecting world by the way. Just had to invite everyone to the party didn’t you Mr J? Anyway. If I wasn’t in the market for other things I’d probably start saving my pennies. The only problem with 100 year old watches is they tend to break and they’re not always easy to fix. Makes a person feel bad.

Firstly, there needs to be a hand winding model. Secondly, a "shrapnel guard" would be nice.

I love this watch. I wore a hand wind chronometer in the Army and quickly realized a digital quartz was more durable, I could illuminate the time, and I could lose it without guilt. But I still have that chronometer, a LeJour.

That's a really well done watch at a fair price for a change. I don't object to the font for their name. I like that the distinctive 'V' is also engraved on the crown (pretty deeply it looks like). The hands and dial are great. I love the sort of stained glass pattern on the hour and minute hands. I generally don't care that much about lume, but that is really nicely done. I even like the Bund strap. It looks to be of good quality and replacements in case you wanted more than one color (which you might), are very reasonably priced. Regarding the case back, It doesn't appear that a display back is an option on the production watches. Given the type of watch this is paying homage to, I can't fault that since I'm sure trench watches didn't have display back. It's a fairly plain movement anyway and trying to see it if you had the Bund strap would be difficult anyway.

It's a fine attempt at a 1920s watch IMHO. The maligned brand font looks good in my opinion. It's got the art deco / futurist style and doesn't look out of place at all. I have a couple of inherited wrist watches from the 20's with similar modernist fonts - it's how they really did design things in those days and is perfectly in character with the appearance of a watch of 100 years ago.

Jory not everyone is going to be looking at their watch through a macro lens and it's also a preproduction prototype and usually the small imperfections are addressed when the watch goes into full production. Overall I think that it's a really nice retro style watch harking back to the time attitudes were changing towards wrist watches, I will agree with you about the font for the company name, it would have been better if they didn't have a company name on the dial. I say this for a good reason, if you look back at the watches that were converted to a wrist watch and the ones produced from scratch as wrist watches during and around the time of the first World War you will see that a lot of the wrist watches from around that time, not many had the name of the watch company on the dial and it just makes for a cleaner asthetic. Also the enamel dial is really nice and an uncluttered dial would allow you to appreciate it more with a clear view.

Brilliant, I've been waiting for this one, some great colour combinations too. The cream/orange & black/orange are winning currently.

I think the Vario logo looks fine... but the non-V letters would look better in script.

Wow I just love it. Should I get this one as my first wrist watch??

Nice watch and I like the font, its very 1910’s in style as are the Arabic numerals. Excellent price too, if you are in the market for a WW1 watch. Didn’t Bell and Ross do something like this about 7yrs back?

I think the watch is beautiful!... beautiful military watch??! .... yes!!!! And I wouldn’t have minded if it was manual wind but I’m fine with it as is!

I would have rather it be judt hand winding and I bit rougher looking to be more of a faithful replica

My man got that 7.62 straight blazin 🔥

Little speck on the outer minute hand also.

Shout out for Sheffield Steel, my home City.

The V on Vario is 11:05 hands.

Vario trenchmaster. Some nice spec on that Beaut. Thank you.

How apt the Kickstarter starts on Rememberance day.

really very impressed nice value for the money @ $250-$350

Great looking watch, wish they would go Swiss though (maybe and STP2-12-12m?) but I guess you gotta save where you can. In terms of the logo, I agree it doesn't work on this watch so well. It was great on the brands first model as the whole thing was based around the bauhaus aesthetic, it just doesn't work here. It was also one of my hang ups on their last watch, the Empire.

Check out the Brussels Atomium sculpture - 1950s (compare to Vario logo). So I think Vario can be proud that their logo fits a general 20th century aesthetic, and especially the Empire Art Deco theme.

I like it, they have some nice coloured dials.

@The Time Teller - hey Jory ! I enjoyed the review. But if you'll please allow me. You did miss one thing about the watch, that has an important historical reference. On the back is the Date of the End of "the Great War" or "the World War" - "Armistice Day". We Americans celebrate that, as "Veteran's Day" - "On the Eleventh Hour, of the Eleventh Day, of the Eleventh Month ... " - '11 - 11 - 1918'. thank you.

Nice. But the automatic movement was not invented until the late 1920s and as a previous commenter said a hand winding watch would have been thinner.

I like the font honestly. Its a lovely watch. 👍🏻

How I know I'm hungry: "onion" threaded crown--"lettuce" unthread this . . . something something "bun" strap.

I think the font looks a little art deco

I love it. Have to have one.

Good replica of a ww1 watch and I love it. The brand name font is okay, similar to the Oris Siro which had the same sub second dial hand. The serif font on the numbers is identical. What would I change, perhaps the colour of the strap.

I quite like it, I think the price sounds pretty fair. Is it actually an enamel dial? At that price I would have thought it would be a lacquered dial. Actually I think I would enjoy a video on the differnce between enamel and lacquered dials and if the price differnce is worth it. Do love the content BTW.

It gets a YES from me!

I know what Im asking for Christmas now!

Picking up a “Corps of Engineers” vibe. I like it!