Ando Vinyl Record Automatic Watch

Delivery of the 6th RBS batch in July!

RBG delivery end of July!

Do you like music? Do you like vinyl? ARE YOU IN THE GROOVE? If you answered yes to any of these questions (or even none), this might be the watch for you!

Inspired by the legendary Technics SL-1200 turntable (Panasonic) and equipped with a Miyota 9039 Premium automatic movement, this wristwatch isn't really meant to tell you the time (although it does that very well). Rather, it's meant to show those around you what kind of person you are: a sophisticated music lover!

Since the birth of the “Chillmatic” vinyl dial (now available on ModModeWatches), the project was to create a complete watch with it.

I then designed the R-1 Mod case "in secret" and presented it as a simple, ordinary rectangular watch case for modders.

"Secretly," meaning with no intention of revealing that this was the case designed for the Vinyl Record Player automatic watch. Because there seemed to be a lack of rectangular cases in the watch modding world. And it's actually easy to add/remove the hour ring, thanks to the sandwich construction of the case.

I also created these vinyl record-shaped hands. This design, which can be confusing when it comes to checking the time, is the result of thinking inspired by the endless number of "vinyl record and turntable-inspired wristwatch" designs.

Most of the existing products were cheaply made, had no time resistance, or were modified watches using the "Chillmatic" vinyl dials :)

And most of these watches simply used normal watch hands, instead of using the elements of the vinyl record/record player.

Time: The disc label with the "A" logo is the hour hand disc. It indicates the time with the tip of the "A." (In reality, the tip of the "A" should be tilted slightly to the right.)

Minutes: The "arm" (tonearm) of the record player is the minute hand. Yes, it's not straight, it doesn't point directly to the minute marker, but you can interpret that in your own way (i.e., the center of the headstock points to the minutes, or the outer edge of the headstock points to the minutes).

Seconds: The disc in the center is the central disc. You can interpret this in different ways, for example, when the text on the disc is level, it corresponds to 0 seconds.

Anyway, it took over a year to get to this point, and the manufacturing process is still ongoing, but here we are finally!

I can finally reveal the full design of the Vinyl Record Player Automatic Watch! (The rendering above doesn't show the strap, but it will look like this :)

Technical characteristics:

Movement: Miyota 9039 Premium Automatic, made in Japan

Accuracy: ｰ10～＋30 sec/day

Vibration frequency: 28,800 per hour

Power reserve: 42 hours

Water resistance: 5 ATM

Strap: genuine leather

Dimensions:

Width between lugs: 36 mm

Width between lugs: 22 mm

Case width: 41 mm

Case thickness: 10.7 mm

Case back: case back with four screws and sapphire crystal

Case back: case back with four screws and sapphire crystal

Packaging: the usual AndoAndoAndo packaging, recyclable, cool, small, fun, cardboard!