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Old 23 October 2022, 04:37 AM   #1
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Vario Empire Watch with Salmon Guilloché Tuxedo Dial

So while 'cheating' on TRF at other places, saw this lovely piece pop up. It's a Vario variation of their Empire timepiece with Seiko NH38A automatic movement and Salmon Tux dial. They've made a bunch of variations, some are visually more attractive than others, but that's just my preference.

VARIO's Empire is an homage to Art Deco, and has a nice guilloché dial and bold reeeeeally nicely-styled font applied lettering. The hands geometry works very well too, so nice to see a bit of 'extra' effort there.

Art Deco

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Tech Details: Sapphire crystal with inner AR coating, solid back, Seiko NH38A automatic movement.
Case Diameter: 38mm
Lug to Lug: 46mm
Case Thickness: 11.5mm
Strap Width: 20mm taper to 16mm at buckle
Water Resistance: 5 ATM
Warranty: 1 Year Global

Strap: Vintage style Italian leather. Must say the strap really is nice as is the case. Size-wise, it wears like my Seiko Alpinist blue dial Hodinkee edition. The applied numbers and hands really work incredibly well against the guilloché dial. jmho

Oh, and under $350 from Singapore shipped FAST via DHL included.

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Old 23 October 2022, 07:07 AM   #2
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That is bang for your buck, thanks for the heads up.
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Old 23 October 2022, 11:39 PM   #5
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Thx and it punches well above the pricing for style. Plus it filled two 'holes' in my collection:

Tux dial

Something salmon.

Glad I got the stock Mahogany Brown strap to add to my strap collection, but the typical black dress leather band looks more the part imho.

https://vario.sg/collections/empire-...ic-dress-watch
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