Free delivery on everything  ·  Late past day 25? R200 back in your pocket.
Collection 01  /  Three references

Watches that
don't behave.

Melted chrome, cushion steel, cutaway lugs. Three cases, one dial, shapes a Swiss house would never sign off on. Delivered anywhere in South Africa, duties paid.

Collection 01, all three references
From R1,199 · duties in
Free delivery, alwaysTracking within 48 hoursImport duties paid by us14-day returnsSpare battery in every boxLink tool included Free delivery, alwaysTracking within 48 hoursImport duties paid by us14-day returnsSpare battery in every boxLink tool included
01 / The collection

Three references. One dial.

R1,199  ·  The Melt R1,399

More references land with Collection 02

View the collection
02 / Shipping

How long it takes,
and what you get for waiting.

DAY 0

You order

Paid in rand through Payfast, Ozow or your card. Nothing else to pay later, and no customs bill at your door.

DAY 1–2

Dispatched

Your watch is packed and on its way, and the tracking number is in your inbox within 48 hours.

DAY 3–14

In transit

Air freight to Johannesburg. Tracking updates as it moves.

DAY 12–18

At your door

Cleared with duties already paid by us, then couriered the last leg. Signature on delivery.

The day 25 deal

If your watch hasn't arrived by working day 25, we send you R200 and keep chasing the parcel.

Still nothing by working day 35 and we reship it free, or refund you in full. Your call, not ours.

Most stores hide the delivery time until after checkout. Ours is on the buy button with money behind it.

Some ship in three days

We keep a small number of colourways here in Cape Town. Where a watch is in stock locally the product page says so, and it ships the next working day instead. Everything else comes direct from our maker on the timeline above.

03 / Questions

The ones you're actually asking.

Will I get a customs bill?

No. Duties and import VAT are included in the price you pay at checkout. If SARS or a courier ever invoices you for an DATUM order, send it to us and we settle it.

Where are you based?

Cape Town. Some colourways are held here and ship the next working day; the rest come direct from our maker, which is why the window is two to three weeks. Returns and support are handled locally either way.

Is it a real watch or a toy?

Stainless steel case and bracelet, quartz movement, water resistant to 3ATM, which covers rain and hand washing but not swimming. A spare battery and a link removal tool are in every box. It's a R1,199 watch and it behaves like one, just a much stranger looking one.

What if it arrives damaged or faulty?

Email us within 14 days of delivery with a photograph. Send it back and we'll replace it or refund you, whichever you prefer. We cover the return postage when the fault is ours.

Can I return it if I just don't like it?

Yes, within 7 days of delivery, unworn and in its box. You cover the postage back to us and we refund the full purchase price once it arrives.

Do you ship outside South Africa?

Not yet. South Africa only for now.

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