{"title":"Open Heart Mod Watches","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open heart dial cuts an aperture into the face so you can watch the balance wheel beat. It is the clearest reminder that nothing inside is running on a battery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese run the genuine Seiko NH38, the open heart variant of the NH35 family, under sapphire crystal in a 316L stainless steel case on an integrated bracelet. Made to order and sized to your wrist, roughly 2 to 3 weeks, with a 1 year warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/royal-oak-nautilus-homages-integrated-bracelet-seiko-mods\"\u003ehow the integrated bracelet styles differ\u003c\/a\u003e, or see the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nautilus\"\u003eNautilus range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nautilo-mod-open-heart-chocolate","title":"Nautilus (Open Heart, Chocolate) | NH38 Custom Mod Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead the dial.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot the case. Not the bracelet. The two words printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt says SEIKO. Underneath that, AUTOMATIC. That is the entire claim this watch makes about itself, and both halves are true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow look at what is not printed there. No chronometer certification it never passed. No Swiss town it has never been to. No name borrowed off a watch that costs five figures. In this shape, at this price, that empty space is usually where the lying happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn this one it stays empty. Which tells you where the money went instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat A$349 actually buys\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine Seiko NH38 open-heart automatic. A sapphire crystal, not mineral glass. A 39 mm case with an exhibition caseback, on a butterfly-clasp bracelet in 316L marine-grade steel. No date window, by design. Every part named, nothing dressed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich brings us to the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChocolate brown in a rose gold case is the combination nobody expects to like and then does. It is warmer than black and quieter than blue, and it reads brown in daylight and closer to bronze under a lamp. It is also the one this family sells more of than any other, by a distance, and we did not plan that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAnd then there is the hole in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything above asks you to believe there is a real mechanical movement inside a A$349 watch. This one does not ask. There is a cut-away in the dial with the balance wheel behind it, swinging back and forth six times a second, and it will keep doing that as long as you keep wearing it. No battery does that. You are not taking our word for the movement. You are watching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the caseback is glass too, so you get the other side of the same argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNow the price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original of this design costs five figures and comes with a waiting list. Here is what that money buys that this watch does not have. A showroom on the most expensive street in the city. An authorised dealer's margin. Decades of advertising you have already sat through. A waitlist that exists mainly to make you want it more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of that ends up on your wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo showroom rent. No middleman. No brand tax. You are paying for the movement, the crystal and the steel, and nothing else. That saving is built in before the watch ships, not handed back at checkout as a discount code. It is also why we don't haggle. The watch is the deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“Then why not just buy a Seiko?”\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood question, and the honest answer is that this \u003cstrong\u003eis\u003c\/strong\u003e a Seiko where it counts. The NH38 is the open-heart calibre Seiko builds, and it is what you are looking at through the dial. What changed is everything around it: sapphire instead of mineral glass, marine-grade steel, and a case and bracelet Seiko has never made in this shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe movement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt winds itself as you wear it, and it can be hand-wound if it has been sitting in a drawer. The NH38 is the open-heart calibre Seiko builds, and it is what you are looking at through the dial. There is no date window, by design: nothing interrupts the dial, and nothing gets between you and the balance wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to know before you order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 50 m water resistant. Rain, handwashing, everyday wear, all fine. \u003cstrong\u003eNot a dive watch, so don't swim in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIf something goes wrong\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou deal with one person, not a support queue. Our ABN is published, and messages get answered in minutes, not days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReady?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd it to your cart and yours goes into production today. A$349.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMovement:\u003c\/strong\u003e genuine Seiko NH38 open-heart automatic, no date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCase:\u003c\/strong\u003e 39 mm, 316L marine-grade steel, exhibition caseback, butterfly-clasp bracelet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal:\u003c\/strong\u003e sapphire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50 m (5 ATM). Splash and everyday wear, not dive rated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to integrated-bracelet watches? Our guide covers \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/royal-oak-nautilus-homages-integrated-bracelet-seiko-mods\"\u003ehow the Royal Oak and Nautilus styles differ, and which one suits a smaller wrist\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo things I would rather you heard from me first\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour watch does not exist yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is made to order, which is why it takes 2 to 3 weeks to reach you instead of 2 days. If you need something on your wrist by the weekend, buy something else. I would rather lose the sale than have you refreshing a tracking page for a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow the other one. You are choosing a watch from photographs, and a photograph is not a wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo wear it. Put it on, live with it for a week, hold it next to whatever else is in your drawer. If it is not what you pictured, email me your order number within 30 days of delivery and I will refund the full purchase price. Unworn, in its original packaging, spare links unused, and you cover the post back to me. Once it lands and checks out, the money goes back the way it came. No restocking fee. No store credit. No form designed to wear you down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if it ever fails on you in normal use, the 1-year warranty covers the movement, crystal, case and dial. That one is on me both ways, postage included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady? Add it to your cart and I will get it started.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosevari Watches","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41934687338562,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/5107\/4882\/files\/seiknautilus-open-heart-chocolate-nh38-custom-mod-watch_60fc0056-75aa-4857-8289-e68fc8d00f69.png?v=1785547359"},{"product_id":"nautilo-mod-open-heart-royal-blue","title":"Nautilus (Open Heart, Royal Blue) | NH38 Custom Mod Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead the dial.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot the case. Not the bracelet. The two words printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt says SEIKO. Underneath that, AUTOMATIC. That is the entire claim this watch makes about itself, and both halves are true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow look at what is not printed there. No chronometer certification it never passed. No Swiss town it has never been to. No name borrowed off a watch that costs five figures. In this shape, at this price, that empty space is usually where the lying happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn this one it stays empty. Which tells you where the money went instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat A$349 actually buys\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA genuine Seiko NH38 open-heart automatic. A sapphire crystal, not mineral glass. A 39 mm case with an exhibition caseback, on a butterfly-clasp bracelet in 316L marine-grade steel. No date window, by design. Every part named, nothing dressed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich brings us to the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal blue with the horizontal embossing running across it, in steel rather than gold. The texture is what stops a blue dial looking flat, and the cut-away sits in the middle of it, so the eye goes to the movement first and the colour second. Which is the right order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAnd then there is the hole in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything above asks you to believe there is a real mechanical movement inside a A$349 watch. This one does not ask. There is a cut-away in the dial with the balance wheel behind it, swinging back and forth six times a second, and it will keep doing that as long as you keep wearing it. No battery does that. You are not taking our word for the movement. You are watching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the caseback is glass too, so you get the other side of the same argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNow the price\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original of this design costs five figures and comes with a waiting list. Here is what that money buys that this watch does not have. A showroom on the most expensive street in the city. An authorised dealer's margin. Decades of advertising you have already sat through. A waitlist that exists mainly to make you want it more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of that ends up on your wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo showroom rent. No middleman. No brand tax. You are paying for the movement, the crystal and the steel, and nothing else. That saving is built in before the watch ships, not handed back at checkout as a discount code. It is also why we don't haggle. The watch is the deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“Then why not just buy a Seiko?”\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood question, and the honest answer is that this \u003cstrong\u003eis\u003c\/strong\u003e a Seiko where it counts. The NH38 is the open-heart calibre Seiko builds, and it is what you are looking at through the dial. What changed is everything around it: sapphire instead of mineral glass, marine-grade steel, and a case and bracelet Seiko has never made in this shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe movement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt winds itself as you wear it, and it can be hand-wound if it has been sitting in a drawer. The NH38 is the open-heart calibre Seiko builds, and it is what you are looking at through the dial. There is no date window, by design: nothing interrupts the dial, and nothing gets between you and the balance wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to know before you order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 50 m water resistant. Rain, handwashing, everyday wear, all fine. \u003cstrong\u003eNot a dive watch, so don't swim in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIf something goes wrong\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou deal with one person, not a support queue. Our ABN is published, and messages get answered in minutes, not days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReady?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd it to your cart and yours goes into production today. A$349.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMovement:\u003c\/strong\u003e genuine Seiko NH38 open-heart automatic, no date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCase:\u003c\/strong\u003e 39 mm, 316L marine-grade steel, exhibition caseback, butterfly-clasp bracelet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal:\u003c\/strong\u003e sapphire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50 m (5 ATM). Splash and everyday wear, not dive rated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew to integrated-bracelet watches? Our guide covers \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/royal-oak-nautilus-homages-integrated-bracelet-seiko-mods\"\u003ehow the Royal Oak and Nautilus styles differ, and which one suits a smaller wrist\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo things I would rather you heard from me first\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour watch does not exist yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is made to order, which is why it takes 2 to 3 weeks to reach you instead of 2 days. If you need something on your wrist by the weekend, buy something else. I would rather lose the sale than have you refreshing a tracking page for a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow the other one. You are choosing a watch from photographs, and a photograph is not a wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo wear it. Put it on, live with it for a week, hold it next to whatever else is in your drawer. If it is not what you pictured, email me your order number within 30 days of delivery and I will refund the full purchase price. Unworn, in its original packaging, spare links unused, and you cover the post back to me. Once it lands and checks out, the money goes back the way it came. No restocking fee. No store credit. No form designed to wear you down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if it ever fails on you in normal use, the 1-year warranty covers the movement, crystal, case and dial. That one is on me both ways, postage included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady? 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