Xetum Tyndall Watch Review

A material known for its eco-friendly nature and it has a pretty good feel and texture to it.Eco-friendliness is another core value of Xetum. The boxes that Xetum watches come in are made from rubber wood. This is wood from trees used to grown and collect natural rubber. Such wood is normally just burned after the trees are no longer useful for rubber harvesting, but can be collected for uses such as this. Xetum as a brand also engages in other eco-friend ventures, and you can visit their website to learn more about that. Speaking of the watch box, it comes in an interesting green tone and has a nice large cloth that arrives with the watch for cleaning.Price for the Xetum Tyndall watches is $1,395 each. For a small brand with a unique design and Swiss movements that is not a bad price. Xetum's Tyndall, as well as their Stinson watch (less expensive, using an automatic ETA 2824-2 automatic three-hand movement) have a fresh style that is getting a lot of people excited. Especially those who are searching for a neat looking, moderately sized watch that feels classic in character, but with a modern edge. Top choice for me would be this black dialed version of the Tyndall watch, though it also comes in an off-white tone.Learn more or get one at Xetum here.Though Xetum plays with this concept by adding a single element to the dial to gently disrupt the symmetry with the "automatic" label referring to the movement. The choice of font on the dial for the numerals is interesting as it looks like a Courier New (noted for being very legible) and a military style font (noted or use on "important" technical instruments"). Lastly, all the best "*** style" watches have at least one additional color on monochromatic dials - often red. Here it is green, and the sole element displaying this color is the Xetum logo under 12 o'clock.Inside the watch is a Swiss ETA high-grade 2895-2 automatic movement. Having this watch inside the Tyndall makes it one of the least expensive watches around to have this movement inside of it. The movement is visible through the uniquely shaped caseback window - and you can see the Xetum signed automatic rotor. The movement is done in an elaboree finish giving it some nice polish and su***ce textures. Part of the 2895 movement is a subsidiary seconds style seconds indicator and the date. Xetum went ahead and used a black date disc with white text on it, which I think was a smart move.Xetum opted for a steel butterfly deployment strap on the textured leather strap. On this black dial version of the watch, the black color with white stitching really compliments the dial tones nicely I think. On the deployment clasp is a deeply engraved Xetum logo. The leather straps are interesting as they have cork linings.