We went to the District Time watch show in DC yesterday. It was a good show, lots of brands crammed into a smallish space. Mostly microbrands, but a few larger brands like Christopher Ward, Doxa and Fears. A lot of brands I hadn't even heard of before. My wife enjoyed the show too, but was disappointed there were so few smaller sizes -- she likes 36mm and smaller.
Hadn't actually planned to buy anything, but Tsao Baltimore had a surprise on their display bench -- I had looked at this particular model before online, but they were completely sold out before I had even heard of this company .... or were they?
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Well, it turns out this one was buried in their travel trailer, which they found when they organized the trailer to go to the show. They put it on display with a bunch of their other products. When we got there, a couple of other people were looking at it, and it took quite a bit of restraint to wait patiently until they put it down -- when they (finally) did, I snatched it up, gave it a quick once-over and handed over my credit card.
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Specs are nice -- titanium case and bracelet with hard coating, micro-adjust clasp, sapphire crystal and case back, Miyota 9015 movement regulated to +- 5 spd, a PVD coated meteorite dial (I'm a sucker for meteorite dials!) and an extra strap. Of this general design, they only made 50 of each colorway; this one is #49 of 50, and the very last one sold. And, they're local, just a few miles from where I work.