Pre-order: Voyager GMT & Vagabond Guide Watches

Now Crowdfunding Two Tool Watches for Travelers

I decided to skip Indiegogo this round and crowdfund the parts for two new watches directly through my own site:

Last time, Indiegogo held the funds for almost five weeks after the campaign closed. Then it had to clear my bank, and so on. This time, I’d rather keep it simple, save the fees, and run everything through my own cart and PayPal. After two successful fundraisers and zero returns, I think it’s time to take the training wheels off.

Introducing the 4-Hand “Voyager” – with the New Double-12 GMT Bezel

If you travel, this one’s especially useful. It has what you actually need, and nothing you don’t.

The Voyager uses the new “T-Style” bezel, built around a multi-function Double-12 GMT layout:

• Top: hour marker for a second time zone

• Bottom left: countdown timer

• Bottom right: elapsed time timer

Instead of assuming you’re a pilot or in the military and printing 1–24 around the bezel, I went with a “double 12” layout: 1–12 (noon), then 12–1 (midnight). When you’re tired, jet lagged, and six time zones away, you don’t need to be converting “17 o’clock” in your head. You can just read the time straight off the bezel like a normal person.

It’s the travel watch you probably didn’t realize you were missing.

The “Vagabond” Guide Watch – a 3-Hand NH35 Sleeper

The Vagabond is the quieter sibling. Same overall case set as my dive watches, but a simpler 3-hand layout with a 12-hour movement.

Think of it as a “poor man’s GMT” or a backcountry guide’s watch: less flashy, same core idea. It gives you a clean, legible tool watch for people who are more interested in getting things done than getting noticed.

By the time this is all wrapped up, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to choose a new bracelet option for either watch as well.

Parts Sold Separately (Again)

If you build your own watches—or you just like to tinker with mine—you can buy both dials and both bezel inserts individually.

That was the whole point of this push: to reach a place where someone can pick the exact parts they want and build a watch that does the specific job they need it to do.

If you’ve ever thought about:

• Swapping bezel inserts (easy; anyone can do it), or

• Swapping dials (more involved, but doable),

this is the time to grab what you want. These will be very limited runs, and most of the parts will be reserved for full watch builds.