Canadian Bespoke Strapworks

I received my two hand-made watch straps from Canadian Bespoke Strapworks. The hard part was deciding which of my Ka La watches would show off these great straps to best effect. The Merino leather and Alcantara is the same as in the interior of my car. And the contrast stitching is also a nod to the interior finishing of my factory custom BMW M6. So these will be great watch & strap combinations to wear when driving my Beast. The PVD black Ka La watch also has a Hawaiian Koa Wood dial to match the Koa trim in my car. Since each strap made by Canadian Bespoke Strapworks is unique, these straps are not something that will be offered to Individual Design customers. But they do showcase what Kris can create!

Koa Dial with Blue Alligator Strap

I put a Blue Alligator strap on a Ka La watch with has a Hawaiian Koa Wood dial and blue hands and hour markers. I think the strap  and watch accents compliment each other nicely.

4 feet by 8 feet sheet of Hawaiian Koa wood veneer

How do you get a 4 x 8 feet (yes, feet) single sheet of Hawaiian Koa veneer into your car? Rolled up of course! 

I now have a large supply of curly Koa veneer. But of the 32 square feet of wood only small sections ( 32 mm diameter each - a little over an inch) with pronounced, tight curls and virtually no wood grain will be used for watch dials. I will post photos later. 

Anyway, producing more watches with Koa dials will not be a problem.

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Ka La Watch with Hawaiian Koa Wood Dial

The latest Individual Design Ka La watch with a Hawaiian Koa wood dial is available exclusively at Honolulu Time on the corner of Kapiolani Blvd and Piikoi St in Honolulu. See David for a presentation of this unique watch. Priced at $1700. 

HONOLULU TIME SERVICE
1311 Kapiolani Blvd. #101
Honolulu HI 96814

Business hours: (Hawaii Time Zone)

Monday - Friday [ 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ]
Saturday [ 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ]

Tel: (808) 591-2611
Toll-free: 1-866-591-2611
International: 011-808-591-2611
Fax: (808) 591-2738
International Fax: 011-808-591-2738
Email: info@honolulutime.com

Ka La Watches with Koa Dials

I just got two Ka La watches back from my watchmaker today (2 days ahead of schedule). These have Hawaiian Koa wood dials with ion plated blue hands and hour markers. The previous three Koa wood watches had IP Rose Gold hands and hour makers. So this is a test to see if the blue components increase contrast. I think the results speak for themselves.

Below is a quick and dirty cell phone photo taken in my car (parked). The watch straps are just placed by the cases (they are not mounted) but they give you an idea of what the watches would look like with these genuine alligator strap colors.

What makes "Curly Koa" so special are the stripes that are a natural polarization. The light and dark portions of the stripes change places when the viewing angle is changed and you have a direct light source. So, as you rotate your wrist a bit, the stripes change from light to dark. Pretty cool!

Enjoy...

Canadian Bespoke Strapworks

I contacted Kris at Canadian Bespoke Strapworks a while back and he has just completed a couple of totally hand made watch straps for me. The leather and Alcantara used matches the interior of my car so these incredible straps will look great on my Ka La watches while driving my "Beast".

All straps he makes are unique, no "production run" or "stock items" ever. If anyone is interested, he can be reached at: canadianbespokestrapworks@outlook.com

I won't get them until Thursday, but here are the photos from Kris:

Presentation Box Design

I'm doing the engineering now for a presentation/display box for my Ka La watches. The animated image is just a teaser showing the mechanism. The interesting part, which I will reveal later, is the lid design.

BaselWorld 2013

I'm off in less than a week to Germany and Switzerland to attend BaselWorld 2013. This annual watch and jewelry show held in Basel, Switzerland is the foremost watch show in the world. I will be assisting Ariel Adams of A Blog to Watch along with James Stacy (a contributing editor to ABTW). This will be my first BaselWorld, so I'm really looking forward to it. I won't be 'showing' my Ka La watches as an exhibitor, but I will of course have a number of them with me as personal wear items.

"Canadian Bespoke Strapworks" is making a couple of hand made, piece unique straps for me, They will be constructed using the same materials as the interior of my car (which has a factory custom interior). I will post some photos after I get these straps (which should be Thursday, April 18th).

I'm having my watchmaker assemble a couple more Ka La watches with Hawaiian Koa wood dials. These will use the blue ion plated round (and lumed) hour marker dials and will be fitted with blue hands for more contrast than the earlier 3 watches with Koa dials. As my car has Koa wood trim in it, I will mount the custom straps to Koa dialed Ka La watches. Photos to come...

Sport Watch Desgin

I'm back to designing dials and hands again. Trying out more of a sporty combination this time but still utilizing the Ka La case.

Some food for thought...

Honolulu Time Service Co.

Please visit our debut retailer of Individual Design watches in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Individual Design Ka La watches are now available at Honolulu Time Service Co. A number of models (references) are now on display with this leading Honolulu watch retailer. All Individual Design watches are available for sale from them as well as directly from Individual Design.

Contact Mr. David Bui for presentation of our Ka La watches:

HONOLULU TIME SERVICE

1311 Kapiolani Blvd. #101
Honolulu HI 96814

Business hours: (Hawaii Time Zone)

Monday - Friday [ 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ]
Saturday [ 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ]

Tel: (808) 591-2611
Toll-free: 1-866-591-2611
International: 011-808-591-2611
Fax: (808) 591-2738
International Fax: 011-808-591-2738
Email: info@honolulutime.com