Lorier Hyperion Series II 39mm

Lorier continues to make some great watches. Just received my Hyperion SII in the mail this week and it wears great. Quite thin at 10.7mm including the crystal, and what for me is a perfect case width at 39mm.

I really like the muted tones on the bezel & the gilt face - gives it a more vintage feel than some of the GMTs I see floating around so I immediately gravitated towards it. Keeping great time so far & the bi-directional bezel rotates smoothly.

One of the features I like the most is their updates 5-link bracelet. It wears very light, but still feels relatively high quality for a sub-$1000 watch. The 5-link really catches the light well as you move your wrist around. This will probably be my daily wearer for some time to come!

PROS

• I am very fond of the size. 39mm diameter and 46mm lug-to-lug makes it sit well on my wrist.
• I didn't care much for the bracelet at first, but it definitely grew on me. I didn't think I would like the flat jubilee bracelet, but I came around. Now, if I had a choice between the flat links or the more raised links like in a traditional jubilee, I'd chose the raised links all the way. But the flat links, I think, make the Hyperion more unique.
• I absolutely love the gilt dial and the acrylic crystal. Not to mention the glossy black dial. The combination of the three make a killer combo.
• This is the first watch I've seen in the metal with a lumed bezel. I especially like that the lume on the dial and the lume on the bezel are different colors. It's a fun detail. It shines pretty decently too.

CONS

• I wish the hour hand had more lume on it than just on the tip. It can make reading the watch in darkness a little difficult. Specifically when the minute hand covers the hour hand.
• This isn't so much a con with the watch itself, but the product page. There is no where on the product page that gives the movement accuracy range. For reference, my watch is has been running about -15s/day and I don't know if that falls within the accuracy range. Is it horrible? I don't think so, but that's just me.

I think Lorier really nailed the vintage look they were trying to go for.

I love the fact that they tried to make their own version of a GMT instead of just copying a well known brand.

I really love the faded colors of the bakelite-esque bezel (compared to some more eye catching ones), the gilt print, the overall very well balanced dial with some details like the trapezoidal date window at 6 o'clock, the roulette datewheel.

I had some concerns about the domed hesalite crystal but they vanished, it really adds to the vintage look and the watch really would be different with a sapphire. It's hard to capture in photos but the hesalite definitely is more pleasing to the eye, somewhat warmer and clearer.