Interview with Charlotte Jorst of Skagen

Most are dress-type watches that make good all-around wearers, and are very well priced at under $200. As such, they seem excellent candidates for Watch Report.Their PR firm has also loaned a couple of watches for review, so please keep an eye out for those here on WatchReport.Can you tell us a bit about the history of how Skagen watches came to be?My husband and I started pounding the pavement in New York City with watches that companies could add their logo to.  The Orient brand is one little known to those outside of Asia, though they've been in business since 1901 and are majority owned by Seiko. Since 1950, they've made over eighty million mechanical watches! I've owned one myself and quite liked it. (It was a pilot-style mechanical with power reserve, sold to fund another purchase.)Orient takes a different approach to mechanical from the Swiss movements most people have seen: their movements rarely handwind or hack, and almost all have a power reserve indicator. The PR, as it's known, is kind of a signature on their dials. Calibrated in hours, it shows how long before the movement needs to be wound. The CFDAC004W0 has a 40-hour reserve, with the PR at 12 o'clock on the dial.Specs for the CFDAC004W0:Mechanical, 21600 vph (3Hz), 40 hour reserve, non-handwinding and non-hacking.Stainless steel case and bracelent, signed non-screwdown crown.35mm across, 39 with crown, 43mm lug to lug.