When was the last time you handled or even saw a watch that made you feel happy? What about one you thought was actually fun and looked good? Watches and watch enthusiasts often take things too seriously, which inevitably leads to what others have termed blanding: the copy-pasting of product design that leads to a flattened market segment saturated with sameness (How many white/black/orange GMTs have you seen?). Aren’t you tired of the seeing the same three or four diver designs over and over? The same chronograph design to the point where you have to wonder if the brands are using the same designer? Call me cynical, but when was the last time you saw a watch that wowed you because of how unique it was. That’s the reaction I had when I first saw the Sō Labs Layer Two watches. A bit of whimsy, repliki zegarków a bit of joy, a bit of happiness at what I saw as an almost entirely novel watch. Sō Labs is the sister brand of the Chicago-based microbrand Astor + Banks, which makes argu...