Metropolitan Inspired: Hands-on with the Maen Greenwich 38 GMT
Years ago, when I first began writing for WatchTime, I penned a weekly column dubbed ?Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy.? I wrote the column for several years early in my career, looking at the many vintage re-editions and inspired watches which in-part help define the industry in the latter half of the 2010s. As part of that work, I was privileged enough to not only able to learn much about some of the most prolific watchmakers around, but simultaneously able to make interesting connections with many new entries to the world of watches, and the many interesting watches they were producing. Among these many brands I was able to get to know, a few stood out, among them including Baltic, Nezumi, and our subject of focus today, Maen.
Maen saw its founding in 2018, then in Stockholm by Dutch founders as part of a Kickstarter campaign, at the time working to launch its first collection in the Hudson Automatic dive watch. The campaign was successful and the brand was off to the races, one year later introducing the follow-up Skymaster 38 and ever since expanding the two lines and its larger catalogue, most recently with the introduction of its very own take on a steel integrated sports watch in the Manhattan 37.
Recently, I had the opportunity for a long-term, hands-on review with one of the brand?s other more recent additions to its catalogue in the Greenwich 38 GMT, specifically with the original blue colorway, though three other color options also exist? including o...
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