The worst thing about living/working in Australia is the oligopolies and lack of competition it creates. It creates a marketplace of fkn retarded ppl (sorry PC crowd, i mean that in terms of spastik biz peeps) and its all ol’boyz, dumbos, and plans that never happen. It’s why u end up with crazy shite like #clean_internet_feed. So I’m all for competitive marketplaces; I blogged about U-Boat watches, which are a bigger is better, crisp Italian post Rolex designed watch - to compete against your dad’s smaller is worse traditionals.
Welder K24 All Black Beauty at $600 Direct off teh Interwebs
Love a Yellow Face
Well it seems the founding U-Boat designer : Italo Fontana - setup his own brand - Welder (check out K24 line); Prices 1/5th to 1/10th of Uboat. Oh, the irony. And they r nice watches; Big. (@ 48mm - gr8 on the wrist) I’m grokkn the Welder K24 line esp the all black PVD models. Yellow face nice. My Welder flickr pix’ere.
Read Customer Reviews of the Welder K24, Look at how the Watch is Delivered off the Internet!
That is a really well priced watch. Look at how they deliver it to your house, direct off internet when traditional brands refuse to sell online because of 3rd party discounting; You have to love the packaging it arrives in. How military.
Or Maybe Try an Orange Dial ?
I also love the U-Boat Type_1 carbon fibre line, which at 52mm are suitably huge and again very cheap at $475-$525. Up to just under $1k for the beautiful gold bezel K24 (and im not into gold watches)
Noice Gold Bezel K24 for Under $1k
Do u want 50% of a small entry line Tag Heuer ? or a distinctive Italian (post) modern watch ?
Welder Carbon Type 1 Line is About to Come Out at $475-$525, Huge at 52mm
Beautiful Yellow Face PVD 48mm Welder K24 Chrono @ $770. This is the one I'd get, um and is now on my shopping list for next watch givn I cant afford UBoat + I have an All Black Magic Hublot, so Yellow Face will mix it up.
Ironically, you can see the U-Boat influence, but also Audemars Piguet (prob my fave watch brand) which is favoured equally by your JayZ/Pharrell and Silicon Valley billionaires. Oh, and Californian governors, who may have done some promotional duties for a similar watch for the Terminator_3 movie 
Great article here if u r interested in watches, esp the killa brand - AP. See any similarities designwise at $60k each? How does $600 sound ? Welcome to the class structure of watches and branding. Is there really that big a difference between $600 + $60,000 ? hehe
Read About Audemars Piguet my Fave Watch Brand + Doesnt the T3 Look Similar. Arnie wears AP and U-Boat. Maybe soon he will wear a Welder K24 at $600 not $60K for Ap or $3K for U-Boat!
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Welder is a very nice find Ben. I love it when industrial design meets beauty at a very reasonable price; it almost becomes a guilty pleasure.
I'll be definitely putting on of those on my wishlist.
Wow! That is such a wonderful watch. So, is that a waterproof watch?
The Welder K24 looks awesome.
totally amazing!! wish I could have one of those, specially K24 Chrono, but the price hurts a lot..