r/kuoewatches

Purchased my first Kuoe while in Kyoto last week. Absolutely love it. Purchased this additional bracelet to go along with the tan leather strap.

Quick question - the correct way of winding is upward toward the 12, correct?

I tried winding and the wheel felt a bit tight so I didn’t know if I was doing it correctly (or perhaps the watch was already wounded as much as possible).

Got the royal smith dusty pink with a jubilee bracelet. Only issue is I really don’t like the look of the straight end links. Any aftermarket option that you guys know of?

Cloud Defensive MCH Light
Kuoe Old Smith Watch
Leatherman Garage 005

The Kuoe Royal Smith 90-006 was the first microbrand watch I bought for myself quite a while ago (2024 I think). And as much as I love the design, the watch just never really fit me. Not aesthetically; in that sense, it fits perfectly, but the watch always moved up my wrist and looked out of place.

Soon after, I gave it to my partner, but she has quite a few very similar watches, and again it got very little wrist time.

So yesterday, out of a hunch, I tried a different strap. It’s much thinner than the brown leather strap it came with, and that allows me to wear the watch a bit tighter without compromising blood flow, and now it doesn’t move up my wrist anymore.

I also love the black color giving the watch an even more classy vintage touch. I might look for a thin alligator style strap, as the current one is 1mm too small.

I am sure the Kuoe will get a lot more wrist time again 😊

How do you like the black strap?

Just saw some new released photos of new Seiko watches and thought they looked very much like Kuoe. What do you guys think?

Haven’t had this baby on rotation for awhile.

Hello,

I recently bought this watch on the aftermarket can someone tell me if its the real thing?

Sorry i have 0 knowledge when it comes to watches ):

Bracelet or Strap, Strap or Bracelet.

The Kyoto store was sold out so I ventured off to the Tokyo location when we changed Air BnBs and was able to snag the last Old Smith 90-013 Blue Dial. The photos from this subreddit don’t do it justice - it’s such a pretty blue.