IN THE NEWS: Fratello Goes Hands-On with the Atwood

Our friends at Fratello covered the Atwood release last year, but they didn’t have a chance to go hands-on with the watch until now. Editor, Daan de Groot, finally got the Atwood on his wrist and published his thoughts on the Fratello site. 

Like his colleague, Mike Stockton, de Groot is impressed by the manually wound AMT5100M that powers the Atwood. “It’s still far from a common choice since I don’t recall seeing this [movement] inside any other watch yet. In my eyes, that makes that Oak & Oscar Atwood cool and distinct.” 

As any Atwood Owner knows, we worked hard to ensure that the tactile feel of using the watch is satisfying. Part of that comes from the oversized crown and pump pushers that also get callouts in de Groot’s article. “You can wind the movement with the large push-pull crown at 3 o’clock. The process feels quite smooth, and a full wind should give the watch enough power to keep ticking for 58 hours. The chronograph pushers on either side of the crown also feel very smooth when operated.” He adds that the “action on the pushers also feels much smoother than on several more expensive chronographs I have tried.” 

These features make operating the chronograph a really fun experience. “I found that especially nice in combination with the flyback function because it made me want to push the reset button repeatedly. It’s just so cool to see the central chronograph hand jump back and instantly start sweeping again.” 

We never get tired of hearing it, but everyone has been incredibly impressed with the proportionate wearing experience of the Atwood. And de Groot is of the same mind. “It’s a compact package with fairly short lugs, which will work well for wrists of many sizes.” 

Thanks for the review, Daan! Read the full story here.

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