Customer Reviews
The Devil's In The Detail
With small diameters come small parts - dials have less room to display the time and hands have less room to move. Given the limited space we had to play with, we've enhanced the feeling of depth by using multiple tiers for the dial, with an outer ring angled into a contrasting chapter ring, both elevated above the main textured dial. This stadium-like rake leads the eye into the dial, giving the impression of depth and separation.
Of course with small watches legibility is absolutely paramount. We worked through countless iterations of hand designs, each one trying to extract the maximum legibility from the dial while being original and unique at the same time. In the end we chose simplicity over complexity, and opted for a tapered hand with rounded ends, large apertures filled with luminous paint and a simple counter-weighted hairline seconds hand. Why complicate matters when the best answer is almost always the simplest?
“Never has a tag line been so apt - the Tay Sail is most certainly small but mighty. Finally a watch for us girls that looks classy and is well made.”
“What a fantastic watch. A truly beautiful addition to our lives. Thank you to Gordon and Oliver for creating the Marloe brand and such exquisite time pieces.”
“The Tay has a beautifully designed case and dial - simple and elegant. It’s sturdy looking yet light & very comfortable to wear. Pretty much everything I might want in a watch!”
DNA
The Tay is part of the wider Solent architecture - an idea set out in a period of design review. That DNA, of robust design with simple angular lugs, wide dial apertures and, in a twist on the norm, inverse tapered case sides, brought a different take on what an everyday watch could be: simple yet engaging. The Solent set the foundations for the next iteration called the Sceptre - a more rugged iteration of the Solent. Next up was the Tay - a smaller diameter chassis that retains the core robustness and case design aesthetic.
Small But Mighty
The Tay features an automatic movement with bi-directional rotor, and despite all the mechanical wizardry inside this movement, it's still 3.9mm thin. This has allowed us to keep the Tay to a very respectable 10.8mm from crystal to case-back. The diminutive size doesn't betray its capabilities, hitting a universally adaptable 35mm diameter and a lug-to-lug distance of just 41mm.
Tay Collection
- Regular price
- Sale price
- £369.00
- Regular price
- Sale price
- £369.00
- Regular price
- Sale price
- £369.00
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