One of the things that all great micro and independent watch brands have in common is that they lean into exactly who they are. The brands that attempt to cater to changing tastes and trends never seem to last, or if they do they seem to just kind of languish and not really grow or do anything all that noteworthy. Another way to say this is that brands who are authentically themselves, and a reflection of the point of view of those in charge, and their clients, are almost always going to be the most interesting. Oak & Oscar, I think, neatly falls into that category. Whether the designs are your cup of tea or not, there’s no denying that the brand, their aesthetic, and the choices they make line up precisely with the ideas that founder Chase Fancher and his colleagues are trying to bring to the larger watch community. That was apparent in their recent Humboldt GMT SAR limited edition, which helped to underline the brand’s general love of the outdoors, and it’s built into their latest release, a limited edition version of the Atwood chronograph, in an entirely different way. 

The new version of the Atwood is a collaboration with Wind Vintage, the well known vintage retailer founded by Eric Wind in 2017. The Atwood Wind Vintage Edition is simply a product of two friends coming together to work on a cool product, which Oak & Oscar describes as a tenet of what they’re all about. Eric and Chase go way back, having met in New York just after the release of the Burnham, Oak & Oscar’s first watch. In the years since, Eric and Chase have not only kept in touch, but Eric has visited the Oak & Oscar offices in Chicago numerous times, and was featured in their Watch Table YouTube program. 

Unsurprisingly, the design of this limited edition Atwood is influenced by hallmarks of vintage watches. The Atwood as a platform is well suited to this – a three register chronograph with a symmetrical 39mm steel case with no crown guards and pump pushers is already in communication with classic vintage watches, so for this release it’s just a matter of Eric and Chase adding some more overt vintage inspired details. 

The most telling new detail is the scale out the perimeter of the dial. Rather than the tachymeter scale that is common to racing chronographs and part of the Atwood design since its debut last year, this limited edition gets a pulsation scale designed to measure an individual’s heart rate. While pulsation scales still exist, they are very rarely used, and their origins trace back to watches of the late 19th century that would have been purpose built and marketed toward physicians. As Oak & Oscar explains in their press materials for this watch, it’s the anachronistic nature of a pulsometer in 2025 and the nostalgia associated with them that make watches with these scales sought after by vintage collectors. 

The colorway here is dominated by a cool grey with crisp white subdials and little accents of blue and orange. The color selection is meant as a tribute to Georgetown University, Eric’s alma mater, but I think the gray also makes a certain amount of sense as it relates to vintage watch aesthetics. While we usually associate browns with tropical patina, certain dials and bezels might have a tendency to wash out to a similar tone of gray over a long enough time. While the orange and blue accents are a contemporary counterbalance, there’s a neutrality and soberness to the gray that feels very vintage inspired in a general way. We’ll also note that the dial is double signed with Oak & Oscar’s logo appearing near the 12:00 position in blue, and the Wind Vintage logo in orange near the 6:00 position. 

The Atwood Wind Vintage Edition, like last year’s Atwood, is powered by the Sellita AMT5100M, a manually wound flyback chronograph. Flyback functionality is useful in sporting contexts (and quite rare), allowing the user to reset and restart the chronograph instantaneously. When fully wound, the movement has a 58 hour power reserve. 

The retail price of the Atwood Wind Vintage Edition is $2,950. It’s limited to just 25 pieces. Oak & Oscar