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Rafter Watches is a brand-new, one-model American independent built around a music conceit rather than the usual dive or field template. Coming out the gate with persaonality, the debut Arpeggio puts a skeletonized NH70 in a 40mm cushion case, with a sheet-music dial, note-and-clef shaped brass hands, and 200m of water resistance. It is a numbered Founders Edition of 500 pieces. Hope they keep going!
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Needs ConfirmationSourcing Notes: Rafter's debut Arpeggio runs a Seiko NH70 skeletonised automatic (24 jewels, 21,600 vph, 41-hour reserve) in a 316L stainless cushion case with sapphire front and display back. Hands are brass, cut as musical notes and clefs with lume-filled etching, and the strap is calfskin with a 316L buckle. The brand publishes materials and caliber but not case, dial, or hands manufacturing origin, and the specific lume compound is not named.
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Ships from Sheridan, United States
No import duties for American buyers
This brand assembles in the US — watches ship tariff-free to domestic addresses.
No import duty on domestically assembled watches. Brands like TSAO Baltimore, Nodus, Vaer, and Vortic ship tariff-free to US buyers.
Tariffs are assessed based on where the watch is assembled, not where individual components originate. A watch with a Japanese movement assembled in the US incurs no import duty.
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This page was last updated: August 28, 2026 at 4 am