Introducing the Hawthorn Watch Co. Hemingway Collection, Now on Kickstarter

Hawthorn Watch Co. was founded by friends Brian Dunnigan and Jeremy Cossgrove. The brand and its freshman collection are inspired by Dunnigan’s grandfather, Bernard “Bernie” Brown, who after returning from military service studied watchmaking at the Waltham Watch Company before becoming a watchmaker in his hometown of New Haven, Connecticut.

The inaugural collection, dubbed the Hemingway Heritage, has two bedrock models: the Hemingway and the Hemingway Classic. Both share a 316L stainless steel case (available in brushed metal, rose gold, and black) measuring 40mm wide with a thickness of 6.84mm. The crystal is double domed sapphire with an anti-reflective coating on the underside. Powering the series is a Swiss Ronda 705—a five-jewel quartz movement with a 60-month battery life.

The main differences can be found in the dials. The Hemingway features numerical hour markers for each hour paired with long hash marks. Around the outer edge of the dial is a minute track with double digits at five-minute intervals. The hour hash mark then extends past each of these five minute markings to the very edge of the dial. The rounded date window is right above the six o’clock marker, and on both the black and white dialed variants the date is black print on a white background. Below 12 o’clock is the Hawthorn logo and brand text, and just above the date is “Swiss Movement” indicating the Ronda caliber.

The Hemingway Classic features a simpler dial design. There are no numerals, only metallic hour markers and a minute track along the outer edge of the dial. The rounded date window is still above six, but the “Swiss Movement” text is printed just below the date window. Both models share a handset, finished either in simple metal or rose gold depending on the case. The hour and minute hands are skeletonized rounded sticks, and the second hand is a simple needle and blue across all versions.

The Hemingway and Hemingway Classic will come in four variants each: the white dial in either a stainless or rose gold case, and the black dial in either a stainless steel or black PVD case.

Hawthorn Watch Co. is currently running a Kickstarter campaign, and as of this writing Hawthorn has reached its funding goal of $20,000. The entry pledge to receive one watch of the backer’s choosing is $149,  $279 for two watches, and so on. The campaign ends Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

To view the full campaign, click here.