The perfect vintage 24 hour watch! Akerfalk First Season Watch Review

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The perfect vintage 24 hour watch! Akerfalk First Season Watch Review

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Күн бұрын

Swedish outfit Akerfalk have developed this beautiful vintage inspired 24 hour watch. Costing £189 / ~$240 / ~€215, it's very well manufactured and eye-catchingly designed. It also comes with a leather travel case and has three strap options: leather, NATO, and a milanese mesh bracelet. Watch on to see it in more detail!
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@skemsen 4 жыл бұрын

I think only the UK and the US in general operate with 12 hour AM/PM time. I've never heard of anyone else in the rest of Europe mention time other than 24 hour. So not only uses in military, science etc. as you mention. It always struck me as extremely impractical with that AM/PM stuff.

@GAUROCH2 Жыл бұрын

...what has this to do with the watch? It is a 24 hour face, right?

@eustache_dauger 4 жыл бұрын

Would have preferred 00 instead of 24. As well as an option for the 00 at 6 o'clock position as to resemble the positioning of the sun.

@learnguitardammit 4 жыл бұрын

date window at the 00!

@LeDebutDeLaSuite 2 жыл бұрын

I would love the position of the sun aspect as well☝🏼; Noon up top with 00/midnight at bottom

@Feldspar__ 9 ай бұрын

You're great at this. Åkerfalk owes you a commission.

@dmntuba 4 жыл бұрын

I find it's vintage simplicity stunning.

@mosmicke 5 жыл бұрын

The Å in Åkerfalk is pronounced like the British variety of "Aw" in Awkward and the a in falk is pronounced almost like the A in Atom

@WIAAWatchReviews 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Swedish lesson!

@johntaylor5473 5 ай бұрын

Not so. Å is pronounced like the “o” in bowl. So it would be pronounced more like Okerfalk

@BillyTheKidsGhost 4 ай бұрын

Some counties only run on 24-hours. 😄 But in the States and the UK, nothing matters after 18:00 anyway. 🍻

@Falkenroth1 11 күн бұрын

I bought one for ham radio. Track UTC time with it.

@stableianF1oracle 6 ай бұрын

The hours hand has passed the hour marker when the watch minute hand is at 12. I think your watch is knackered.

@7inchwrist915 5 жыл бұрын

Just went to their website...thought the watch comes with all three straps ...apparently not. Or maybe I miss something...thanks for the review

@WIAAWatchReviews 5 жыл бұрын

No you're correct, there's the option for each of the straps, not all three. Sorry if I made an incorrect impression!

@neilpiper9889 4 жыл бұрын

Vintage inspired. Should be 36mm. And not quartz. Raketa made lots of beautiful 24 hour dialed watches which you can buy from £50. Nice watch you have there sir.

@patricj951 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Out of curiosity I recently wondered if a 24 hour mechanical watch exists, and when I searched for it I found this video! And it's a swedish brand, pretty unusal. Such a watch should be a must have in a true watch nerd's collection, or?

@myhoyoki 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do my frien u can check botta watch website but mechanical watch are expensive specialy mechanical i have botta quarts 24h and cost 800 eu the mechanical version is 1800 eu with pioneer movement the quarts are ronda movement

@jefferyneu3915 5 жыл бұрын

Before computerized medical records, this would have been ideal for hospital nurses and doctors. Now, the computer times all notes and orders automatically.

@jonathanm877 5 жыл бұрын

and places were its 24 hr day light or on a submarine or space.

@michaellust 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely. Just missing a date complication. Otherwise very worthy.

@nopenada8071 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could get your hands on a Raketa Cosmos? Though this has my eye much more actually.

@bendaharasmpbpau5695 3 жыл бұрын

This watches is shipped from swedish or UK?

@als.92 3 жыл бұрын

It's so beautiful.. so simple and classic.

@andrewsmactips 5 жыл бұрын

The hands aren’t aligned properly.

@gitmoholliday5764 5 жыл бұрын

What I think is this Ronda 515 movement is actually a quartz GMT movement and they just attached the hour hand to the GMT tube.. to make it look like a 24 hour watch.. if so it would be ..or should be possible to align the hour hand with the crown in 1st position outwards ( just like a date adjustment ) if there is only one crown position the watch indeed is incorrect.

@gregarends2731 5 жыл бұрын

@@gitmoholliday5764 , according to a "how to set the Akerfalk" video, you're absolutely correct. The hands can be set individually, so correct allignment should be easy.

@gitmoholliday5764 5 жыл бұрын

@@gregarends2731 Yeah that must be it... it is just a Ronda GMT movement with one hour hand removed. ( wouldn't surprise me if someone skilled can attach a 2nd hour hand on this watch or even a second hand ) 😁

@WIAAWatchReviews 5 жыл бұрын

@@gregarends2731 Thanks for clarifying

@hannahuang6118 3 жыл бұрын

According to Ronda specs, the 515.24H has 4 gears at the center of the movement, 24h, hours, minutes and seconds hands, and also a date wheel at 3 o’clock, so they must modify the movement to eliminate the date wheel, seconds and hours hands, just keep the 24h hand and minutes hand. That is quite a lot of work. The minute hand has a flat center. That means the second hand pinion needs to be trimmed short or total a new gear. Again a lot of work. Nice looking watch. Nice reviews too.

@GAUROCH2 Жыл бұрын

I love the 1 hand 24 hour watches...but I do not understand the inspiration of the designers: isn't zenit (when the sun is in the highest position in the sky) at mid day... why is midnight (24 h) at the top? odd!!!