Oak & Oscar Announced The Sandford, A Handsome Swiss-Powered replica GMT Sport Watch

Offering a similar appeal and aesthetic to that of the Burnham, the Oak & Oscar Sandford continues the brand’s design-focused and reservedly rustic style in a  replica watch with an independent 24-hour hand and a crown-controlled internal rotating bezel.As a follow up to their very limited and entirely sold-out Burnham, Oak & Oscar has announced the Sandford, a handsome Swiss-powered replica GMT sport watch.

The  replica watch is 40mm wide in either brushed steel or charcoal PVD finishing with 20mm lugs and a cuff-friendly thickness of just 12mm. The Sandford sports a double-domed and anti-reflective sapphire crystal and, with both signed crowns being of the screw-down variety, water resistance is a welcome 100m.In a fitting tribute for a GMT watch, the Sandford was named after Sandford Fleming, who was instrumental in the development of the Canadian railway system and the early adoption of standardized time zones.
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The seconds hand is bright orange and its counter balance will line up perfectly with the logo at 12, in what Oak & Oscar calls the “Stonehenge effect.” Aside from its bright orange and luminous arrowhead tip, the GMT hand is color matched to the dial, making for a legible but not overly complicated implementation for that fourth hand.Like the Burnham, the Oak & Oscar Sandford has a charcoal grey sandwich dial with a Super-LumiNova BGW9 sub layer. The dial also carries over a few interesting design elements, including the use of a distinctive “7” (not only on the dial marker, but also on the date wheel), the date display at six, and an eye-catching use of orange accents.
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GMT functionality is supported by Oak & Oscar’s use of the Soprod C125 automatic Swiss movement. The C125 ticks at 4Hz and has 42 hours of power reserve supporting time, date, and the independently set 24-hour GMT hand. The movement has been custom decorated for use in the Oak & Oscar Sandford, with blued screws, additional bridge finishing, and a custom rotor – all of which can be seen via a sapphire display case back.

Additionally, the Sandford has a rotating 24-hour scale on its internal bezel, which is controlled via the crown at two o’clock. This functionality allows an owner to easily view up to three time zones, with home time on the main hands, GMT on the 24-hour hand, and a third timezone read by rotating the bezel to reflect the +/- of a given timezone vs GMT.
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For those of you who don’t remember the full Burnham kit, replica Oak & Oscar doesn’t just ship you a watch in some boring box. The  replica Oak & Oscar Sandford comes in a custom watch wallet produced by Defy Mfg Co, a Chicago-based apparel brand. The wallet is a pretty cool design, made of Horween leather (the same used for the Sandford’s strap), the interior is finished in wool felt with three suede pockets for your favorite  replica watches. In a further stroke of cleverness, each of the watch pockets can be detached from the wallet, should you want less bulk while traveling. I’ve seen the original Burnham case, and this one looks like an effective evolution of the concept. It is a good example of the thoughtfulness and design acumen that sets  replica Oak & Oscar apart from the rest of the micro-brand world.