Grey, flat and quietly good
By Sam Okafor, London ยท
The DS30 is the Damasko many people picture: a 39 mm pilot-style three-hander with a date at 3. In grey it becomes almost architectural, the dial and the bead-blasted case sharing one matt tone, broken only by white markers.
The case is hardened submarine steel, 9.95 mm thin, 200 m water resistant, with flat sapphire. The movement is a Sellita SW200-1 fitted with a silicon escape wheel, which Damasko adds for better resistance to magnetism.
The typography is functional to a fault, a slightly heavy sans serif with a date window that clips the minute track. It's the sort of dial an engineer would draw, and you'll either find that honest or a little cold.
At around $1,520 it is very good value for what is, under the hood, a carefully made German tool watch. On the pink leather strap Damasko photographs it on, it's even a little playful.