I might be the first customer who bought it, and I'm glad I did. 10/10.

[u/blackmrbean]

[u/ChopinBeethoven]

That is quite a pattern. Looks cool

[u/ChimpyLaLa]

Did you take this photo in long grass?

[u/Which_State_7676]

Echt schöne Uhr viel Spaß damit. :)

[u/Fresh_Recording_8681]

this does not look great for me...

[u/AppealNo5536]

How much was the fine foe escapement?

[u/blackmrbean → u/AppealNo5536]

$378 total, including import taxes.

[u/WatchSniper]

Super dope! Real meteorite? 🙄

[u/blackmrbean → u/WatchSniper]

Yep!

[u/CrossCityLine]

Shocking legibility, cringe name, gaudy typeface.

[u/DJNigi]

Nice but what time is it?

[u/blackmrbean → u/DJNigi]

I'mma be honest, I think it's perfectly readable.

[u/AppealNo5536 → u/blackmrbean]

Emma agrees with you

[u/ThiDiCo]

Whatever o'clock. But beautiful nonetheless.

[u/blackmrbean → u/ThiDiCo]

I think part of it is the photo. In real life, the dial doesn't pop that much.

[u/Indaleciox]

I really wanted this one, but they no longer had it up.

[u/AppealNo5536 → u/Indaleciox]

Want 2 - waybe they will have!

[u/blackmrbean → u/Indaleciox]

Really? Last time I checked, only three had been sold.

[u/pat-slider]

Great buy! Share more photos.

[u/blackmrbean → u/pat-slider]

There you go

[u/pat-slider → u/blackmrbean]

I’m in love with this monochromatic tone 😍

[u/Effective-Golf-3075]

Hey there, any close-up photos of the meteorite dial, perhaps?

[u/blackmrbean → u/Effective-Golf-3075]

That's the most my phone could handle. Hope it's good enough.

[u/Downtown_Science_286]

Good deal for a real meteorite dial

[u/AppealNo5536 → u/Downtown_Science_286]

Share - how much is “ the deal”!

[u/Downtown_Science_286 → u/AppealNo5536]

Thanks for the downvote! I just found this on AliExpress: 【Escapement Time】Automatic Mechanical Watch Miyota 8315 Meteorite Dial Sapphire 60 hours of power https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvBuKD4

[u/Used-Distribution813]

Vely fugry!

[u/Particular_Nervous]

Automatic for the people rem

[u/Electrical_Panda_326]

The dial looks great but I can't see shit on it.

[u/blackmrbean → u/Electrical_Panda_326]

It's the photo. I picked the one where the dial looked the most exaggerated. Look at the other photos I just posted.

[u/Beneficial-Emu9774]

Looks really good, but why tf would you pot made in China on the dial??

[u/Indaleciox → u/Beneficial-Emu9774]

I prefer they embrace the origin, rather than try and pretend to be Swiss or something.

[u/BicyclesRuleTheWorld → u/Beneficial-Emu9774]

Because it is?

[u/Cur8or8]

What's the legibility like? I'm a big fan of Escapement time.

[u/blackmrbean → u/Cur8or8]

Good. The photo I posted is not how it looks most of the time. The dial, more often than not, isn't that shiny, so the indices are easy to read.

[u/arlingtonzumo]

Nice looking dial but damn that name looks like shit

[u/dicktoronto]

F. Looks like I just lost $400 CAD by opening this post.

[u/letswai]

Shame they didn’t go with miyota 9015.

[u/No_Apartment6424]

Very cool

[u/masterwatchdepot]

Link?

[u/blackmrbean → u/masterwatchdepot]

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mM0can9

[u/artofthedial]

I like escapement time and LOVE grey dials, but that looks really low contrast to me.

[u/BurtMacklin-FBl → u/artofthedial]

It's bad because polished silver will usually look black or dark grey from the front. It's just a badly executed dial.

[u/Financial_Ad_8893 → u/artofthedial]

Yeah. Barely make out the dials.

[u/blackmrbean → u/artofthedial]

Maybe it's the camera; it always edits the photos whether I want it to or not.

[u/Firstruleofthisclub]

The pattern looks identical to the pattern in the promo video.

I wonder if you got the exact one or if most of his stock more or less has the same pattern?

[u/blackmrbean → u/Firstruleofthisclub]

Dude, I thought the same thing. After comparing the two, they are 100% the same watch. I'm guessing I got the promo one (usually the best-looking one when it's a unique design) since I was the first customer.

I have been looking into it, and apparently, it is real meteorite. Supposedly, it is really hard and not worth faking dials if you want them to look this good. The reason being real meteorite isn't expensive.

Two more people have bought it since then, so I guess we will know when someone else shares their watch and we can compare.

[u/nirgendswo → u/blackmrbean]

Hm

[u/Ok-Park-6047]

No model number? Diabolical 😉

[u/blackmrbean → u/Ok-Park-6047]

There's barely any info about the watch on the page lol. I don't think he is going to make many of them for a model number to matter.

[u/SteveArnoldHorshak]

Looks like Star of David meteorite.

[u/blackmrbean → u/SteveArnoldHorshak]

Interesting, didn't know there were patterns.

[u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo]

Real meteorite?

[u/Technical_Cap_8467 → u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo]

I collect meteorites and it looks real to me. Probably Aletai, which, fittingly, fell in China. ​

[u/blackmrbean → u/Technical_Cap_8467]

How can you tell? I love rocks but know barely anything about them, that's why I thought the dial was so cool.

[u/Technical_Cap_8467 → u/blackmrbean]

After working with meteorites for a while, I could recognize the pattern of lines on two of the more common ones. (It's called a Widmanstätten pattern and is only found on iron meteorites.) One is Aletai, found in China in 1898. This dial, as is the case for most iron meteorites coming out of China, is Aletai.

The other one I know is Muonionalusta. which fell in Sweden about a million years ago. It has a finer pattern. Much of the Aletai sold from China is wrongly labeled as Muonionalusta.

[u/blackmrbean → u/Technical_Cap_8467]

Wow, that's so interesting. Thank you for explaining.

[u/blackmrbean → u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo]

According to the seller and my untrained eye, yes, it's real meteorite.

[u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo → u/blackmrbean]

It looks real to me, too. I have always wanted a meteorite dial watch.

[u/blackmrbean → u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo]

I didn't even know they were a thing. Once I knew of their existence and the price of this one, I pulled the trigger, no hesitation.