Detroit Watch Co City Collection 313 Review

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Detroit Watch Co City Collection 313

Aug 3, 2021

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Big thanks to Detroit Spartan for sharing unique models.


Specifications

  • Caliber: Swiss Eta 2824-2/Sellita SW200. Automatic & Manual winding, 25 Jewels, Glycidur Balance, Shock-Absorber-Incabloc, Nivarox 2 Hairspring, 28800 Vibrations Per Hour, 38 hour power reserve, Finition Elaboré, Perlage, blued screws, Cote de Geneve finish on custom phone dial rotor
  • Functions: Display by means of hands, hours, minutes, seconds
  • Case: 42mm diameter polished stainless steel, 9.4mm overall height. 52mm lug to lug.
  • Lug Width: 22mm
  • Weight: 3.4 oz (98 grams) w/strap
  • Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective coating
  • Water Resistant: 5 Atmospheres, 50m/165ft
  • Dial: 2-piece phone dial design with black & white graphics and gray numbers 3 & 4
  • Strap: Exclusive 313 black padded leather with copper stitching, quick release spring bars and deployant clasp
Area code 313 was created in 1947 as part of an original 86 numbering plan in North America primarily servicing Detroit, the largest city in Michigan. Long recognized as the historic heart of the American automotive industry and the birthplace of Motown Records (a portmanteau of motor and town), Detroit is referred to alternately as the Motor City and Motown. Similarly, the city of Detroit is identified by its area code and Detroiters often associate where they are from as, "The Three One Three."

$1,150.00







Our Story​

For the past 17 years, I have been developing and designing original timepieces for various watch brands complementing my career and passion for designing cars over the past 35 years. Together with my wife Amy, also a designer for the past 30 years and a Michigan native whose family is from Detroit, it has been our dream to ultimately create our own timepieces thus the Detroit Watch Company was born. Following the success of our 1701 Pontchartrain collection, Pontchartrain Watch Company is our newest stand alone collection alongside DWC.

Our vision to create a watch brand like no other, bringing together our passion for design, love of timepieces, and our esteem for the city of Détroit as founded by a Frenchman, Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

Patrick & Amy Ayoub

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From original sketch to final endorsement, the Detroit Watch Company timepieces originated in Detroit in the year 2013. Our vision is simple—offer timeless design together with our high-quality Swiss mechanical movements, each timepiece is hand assembled and regulated in our Michigan USA studio.

Bringing together our passion for design, love of timepieces, and our esteem for the city of Détroit as founded by a Frenchman, Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.

Patrick & Amy Ayoub

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We design every component of our watches upon selection of a specific movement and all components comprising the case, dial, hands, and crowns are original. Sketches and technical drawings are sent directly for manufacturing to our components specialists. Upon receipt of the necessary components for our collection, the automatic movements are cased entirely by us and all components are installed and tested by us. This process provides us complete control of our quality and manufacturing. Because of this, our collection will always be limited to a specific quantity each year. This also enables us to create limited quantities of exclusive timepieces in the future.

Movement

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We chose mechanical movements for their intricacy and the knowledge of the watch collector identifying with a wonderful complicated small engine at work on his or her wrist. Hundreds of small parts, gears, springs, etc. keep a watch functioning with a slight movement of the wrist to keep it continuously wound. Similar to all automatic movements, the watch can also be wound manually. The rotor is what keeps an automatic watch wound. The kinetic motion of the movement of the rotor, which contains a heavy metal weight around its outer edge, winds the mainspring. The rotor may either be wound unilaterally or bilaterally depending upon the movement model and manufacture. A specific amount of jewels are acquired for the hardened steel pivot of a movement’s rotating gear wheels depending upon the movement caliber. These are lodged in synthetic rubies (polished stones with a hole) and lubricated with a very thin layer of special oil. Swiss Eta and Sellita automatic movements are used in our collections. We also offer a limited custom built Eta Valjoux 7750 chronograph movement exclusive to us.

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42mm & 44mm M1-Le Mans Classic Chrono​

$ 2,200.00
M1-Woodward® Le Mans Classic Chronograph Exhibition

First series limited to 100 numbered pieces. 42mm is numbered from 001/100 to 100/100.

44mm from the M1 44 series

Ships as of August 15th


Number 20 - Porsche 917K. Le Mans movie car 1970 with Steve McQueen​

The 1970 Porsche 917K, chassis 024 was used as a test car for Le Mans before becoming the star car that Steve McQueen drove in the 1971 movie Le Mans with number 20.

Number 9 - GT40 1968 Le Mans winner​

The 1968 Ford GT40, chassis 1075, race car number 9, was the 1968 Le Mans winner and driven to victory by Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi. Chassis 1075 would go on to win Le Mans in 1969 with race car number 6.

Number 6 - GT40 1969 Le Mans winner​

The 1969 Ford GT40, chassis 1075, race car number 6, was the 1969 Le Mans winner and driven to victory by Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver. This was the second Le Mans win for chassis 1075 following the 1968 win with race number 9.

Le Grand Prix de Vitesse et d’Endurance known as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is one of the world’s best-known automobile races and has run annually since 1923 at the road racing circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France.

Since 1928, the winner has been the car that travels the greatest distance in a 24-hour time period. The racing circuit is approximately 13.6 km long and takes place in June. Le Mans is one of eight races in the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, FIA.

Le Mans dial configuration using the original colors is matched to a black leather strap with orange stitching

Includes our framed timepiece sketch and a special framed sketch of the matching race car. Artwork created by Patrick


More strap colors available to purchase in our accessories collection

Free shipping within the continental U.S.

Specifications


  • Caliber: Top execution. Swiss Valjoux Eta 7750 Automatic & Manual Winding 25 jewels. Chronograph. Shock-absorber-Incabloc. Anachron Hairspring, Glucydur Balance. 28800 Vibrations Per Hour, 4Hz. 48-Hour Power Reserve. Custom DWC decoration
  • Functions: Display by means of hands; hour, minute, second. Day-date display in window. min Subdial Counter, Hour Subdial Counter, Small Second Subdial, hour markings
  • 42mm Case: 42mm Diameter polished & brushed stainless steel, 14.5mm Overall Height. 52mm lug to lug. Exhibition back with custom M1 rotor. Screw down crown
  • 44mm Case: 44mm Diameter all polished case. 14.5mm overall height. 52mm lug to lug. Exhibition back with custom M1 rotor.
  • lug width: 22mm
  • Weight: 3.9 oz (112 grams) w/strap
  • Crystal: Sapphire with Anti-Reflective Coating
  • Water Resistant: 5 Atmospheres, 50m/165ft
  • Dial: Satin white. Hour indexes with Superluminova
  • Strap: Calf Leather with Deployant Clasp and quick release spring bars
M1-Woodward Avenue is a highway notably referred to as Detroit's Main Street and follows the route of the old Saginaw Trail that linked Detroit with Pontiac, and at the time, Flint and Saginaw.

Woodward Avenue was created after a devastating fire in 1805 and is one of five principal avenues in Detroit devised by Augustus B. Woodward as part of a street plan intended to make Detroit the Paris of the West, by emulating it’s wide avenues.

Woodward Avenue was the location of the first mile of concrete roadway in the entire country and in 1970, bore the M1 designation. Woodward Avenue is synonymous with cruising. As early as 1848, carriage drivers would race up and down Woodward Avenue after the roadway was converted from logs to planks.

M1-Woodward is a registered Trademark of Detroit Watch Company, LLC

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