Podium P2000 Wooden Watch

As I blog more of my watches, I'm surprised by the number that don't have any notable presence online.

This goes for today's watch which is the second wooden watch that is on my blog. The watch is called the P2000 or Podium 2000, and I guess that Podium is the brand. The front of the dial has a P2000 logo, with the metal access screw in the back showing Podium 2000.

The watch case is made from a rectangular block of wood, which looks like it is a continuous solid block which has been chiselled out. The watch movement is covered by a wooden back plate with a metal screw in the centre.

The face is also chiselled out, and houses the two hand dial covered by a plastic glass. The front of the watch also has metal blobs embedded at the 3,6, and 9 o'clock positions and two at the 12 o'clock position.

Inside, the watch has a hand wind mechanical movement, and he strap is a single fabric strip which loops behind the body.

I don't know when it was made, but I bought it online in the early 2000s. The name could be a clue that it is from 2000, or it saw the year 2000 as futuristic.

Tense wooden watch - Hawaii edition

This watch was one I purchased while on my Honeymoon in Hawaii last year.

The watch is a standard 3-hand dial watch, but the case and strap are made from wood.

The watch is made by the Canadian brand Tense, who were started in 1971 in British Columbia, and who specialise in wooden watches.

This particular watch was sold by Martin & MacArthur in Hawaii, and is meant to be made of Koa wood (from the 'iliahi alo'e tree). Looking at the Tense website, it states the watch is Sandalwood, not Koa, but this version may have a Koa wood face.

The watch uses a Japanese movement, with a main 3-hand dial, and 3 small dials at the 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions. The small dials show day (left), date (right), and hour (24-hr scale, bottom).