Do you dare to assemble your own watch?
A watch that was not put together by a Swiss master, but simply by yourself. It’s possible with the Rotate Watchmaking Kit. At your own risk: do you dare?
Everyone encounters it somewhere: you have to put something together yourself. For example, think of Ikea furniture. You will of course receive clear instructions, but above all the result must do the work. Useful labor.
DIY for fun
That is ‘useful building’. Things like Lego prove that you can also build for fun. You can also build for the sake of building and the result is nice, but perhaps it was more about getting started. We can imagine that such a Lego-Titanic is not for everyone, so maybe this DIY project is something for you.
Rotate Watchmaking Kit
The company Rotate has watches that you can assemble yourself! Of course such a cool Rolex is worth the effort of a Swiss grandmaster, but a watch that you have built yourself is perhaps all the more fun and cool. Rotate makes it possible.
Okay, you don’t have to figure out how each cog drives the clockwork, because that would be very tricky. No, with the Rotate Watchmaking Kit you get all ‘physical’ parts of the watch and the necessary tools to assemble everything. A kind of Lego for advanced users. Currently the only models available are all difficulty ‘hard’ on the Rotate website.
Challenge
Even then it should be doable, because the Rotate Watchmaking Kit takes someone who knows what he’s doing about three hours to assemble. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s made as easy as possible for you. Videos and an extensive manual ensure that you are discharged through it. If it still doesn’t work: there is a Rotate technical service that is available seven days a week. A challenge, but one where it seems obvious that you can always manage with a watch.
To order
Rotate grew out of a Kickstarter project and raised $91,000. Because it was a success, consumers can now also get to work with it. Costs for the Rotate Watchmaking Kit are 220 to 255 euros, depending on which model you buy. You can buy on the Rotate website.
