JORD Frankie Zebrawood & Champaigne

Jord’s Frankie series watches are amongst the most stylish wooden watches you can buy. This watch would be an excellent accessory for men who enjoy the casually elegant style. Frankie series watches are powered by the Swiss Made Ronda Normtech movement, which is extremely thin and lightweight.
The design of the watch is clean and elegant, and champagne colored dial complements beautifully with the fine grain of the zebrawood and gold toned hands and indexes. Frankie series also offer six other color options, so not finding a single Frankie model which you will not fall in love with is quite unlikely.
All Jord’s Frankie series watches feature scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and are waterproof at 3 atm. (which is, they are splash-resistant, but should not be submerged in water).

TRUWOOD Hybrid

TruWood Hybrid features relatively common for a wooden watches two-colored case and bracelet, made of two different kinds of wood – in this case, zebrawood and dark sandalwood. The finish is pleasantly smooth, the links of the bracelet are well aligned and firmly joined – all this speaking of good quality. The dial is made of dark sandalwood, in a nice contrast with the silver-toned hands and indexes. The watch is powered by Japanese quartz movement and is splash-resistant. It comes in a nifty round bamboo box with engraved lid, which is another nice detail.

TruWood Hybrid could be a great addition to your everyday casual attire. Its size of 40mm makes it suitable for both men and women. Last but not least: TruWood will plant ten trees for every order they get, so if you love wooden watches and care for nature conservancy, TruWood Hybrid will be a great choice of an everyday watch for you.

SPGBK Midnight

Springbreak Midnight is not that big (for a men’s watch), but its rugged, sport-styled bezel makes it look bigger that it is. In fact, that is a part of its allure, because Midnight is made to look masculine. The case and bracelet are made of black sandalwood, and the gold toned elements (the ring around the crystal, hands, indexes, inscriptions and the crown) stand out nicely.

The inscriptions on the dial are another great detail. The inscriptions just below the center of the dial read HYACINTHUM AMET and VACANZA DI PRIMAVERA. You can be sure that only a very few people will know their meaning, so that’s a great conversation starter. Oh, and just in case you wonder – “Hyacinthum amet” is in Latin and translates roughly as “He/she who loves blue”, and “Vacanza di Primavera” means “Spring Break” in Italian. And no, I have no clue why did they put these inscriptions on the watch either 🙂

Midnight features Japanese Miyota quartz movement and hardened mineral crystal. The bezel is just decorational, so don’t try to rotate it. And – last but not least – Springbreak offers a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty for all their watches.

Springbreak Midnight comes at a very affordable price and will look great with any casual outfit.

WeWOOD Kardo Choco White

The wooden watches featuring multiple subdials are not very common, so the men who like to wear sport-style watches don’t have a big choice if they want to buy a wooden watch. Here’s where WeWood’s Kardo series watches come to rescue. The Kardo Choco White has the solid, sturdy look, typical for the ordinary men’s sports watches, combined with the irresistible charm of the wooden watches. The case and bracelet are made of Indian rosewood. The diameter of the case is 46mm, which is just the right size for men’s sports watch. The movement is quartz Miyota 6P22, featuring three subdials, displaying military time, date and day. The Kardo series can be purchased in five different versions, each made of different type of wood.

LUX WOOD The Glenwood Chanate White

Originally this model was not included in the list of wooden watches I wanted to review here. The Glenwood’s features are quite standard for the wooden watch, and nothing makes it stand out of the rest. But then it is not the tech specs what you look for at first place when choosing a wooden watch. So I decided that the review will not be complete without a watch which is so stylish and which so much resembles some of the best modern classic designs created by watchmakers such as Longines, Dreyfuss and Co. and Karl F. Bucherer. So here it is – The Glenwood by Lux Woods – a great choice of wooden watch, suitable to wear both in casual and official occasions, for the fans of the classic and minimalist style.

WOODSTONE Queen Black Sandalwood

Queen is one of the few wood women’s watches that goes well with a blazer or even with an evening dress. It is powered by Swiss Ronda movement. The hands and indexes are gold plated, and the dial is decorated with eight tiny Swarovski crystals for some extra chic. The case and bracelet are made of black sandalwood. The case size is just 29mm, and the watch feels very delicate and elegant. All that makes The Queen by Woodstone a great choice for a dress watch.

Woodstone’s Queen series offer a choice of five color variations and includes watches made of maple, rosewood, purpleheart wood (another great choice for a dress watch) and green sandalwood.

TREE HUT Olive Ash Red

What makes this watch stand out is the unique wood grain on the dial. Now, many wood watch manufacturers decorate their watches with various motifs and patterns, and most of them look pretty cool indeed. However, none of these man-made motifs can match the amazing simplicity and natural beauty of the plain wood grain. Moreover, each watch will have its very own and truly unique grain.

The case is made of bamboo. For the strap, Tree Hut use soft and comfortable genuine leather. The face is made of olive wood and is clean and easily readable, with the hour indexes and the company’s logo engraved on it.

Tree Hut succeeded in creating a watch that feels and looks great and which would be a great addition to your casual wardrobe.

AMANO ARTISANS Orbit

Amano Artisans’ watches are not widely known, and that’s a pity because their watches are more work of art than an everyday accessory. The Orbit collection itself includes 16 different color variations, which should be more than enough for even the most meticulous eye to make a choice.

Every wooden watch is unique due to the natural grain of the wood, but Amano goes one step further. While most of the manufacturers use prints for their logos, indexes and various decorations, every Orbit watch is hand-painted. Buying one of Amano Artisans’ watches you can be absolutely sure that you own unique, one-of-a-kind, made-just-for-you piece of art.

PLANTWEAR Royal Series Mapple

Royal Series is the flagship of Plantwear’s collection, which includes five models,  available in five different colors.  Maple, however, is the most elegant and feminine model in the series. Although it is slightly on the bigger side, Maple is lightweight and neat, and would be an excellent choice even for ladies with thin wrists. The pink leather strap is a perfect match to the white maple case. The dial is also made of maple. The company’s logo is not just a print – it is embossed, made of stainless steel. Such attention to detail clearly speaks about good quality. The watch resembles the classic Longines Heritage and, although made of wood, possesses the same air of relaxed elegance as the classic Swiss timepiece.

TENSE Delta

Delta by Tense is unique even by wooden watches standards. First, watches with triangular-shaped face are quite uncommon. Second, Delta is more of a bracelet than just a regular watch – it has no clasp, and its band is made of pyramidal shaped blocks, joined by an elastic band. And – last but not least – that’s one really oversized watch, even compared with men’s sports watches. In other words – if you want to have a unique, extraordinary watch, then Delta is for you.

Delta is available in six different colors: dark and green sandalwood, rosewood, walnut and the truly unique combination of teak, walnut and rosewood.