The Nassau sports a matte dial with silver hour and minute hands and a white sweep seconds hand. Further, unlike the Kingston, the name of the model is not printed on the dial, but it uses the same case*, crystal, bracelet, bezel, and bezel insert as the Kingston.
A date model Nassau will be available in the future.
All Nassaus were originally supposed to be fitted with a 7 mm twin seal crown, but due to some manufacturing issues with the crowns these were delayed while Bill Yao (MkII owner and founder) sought remediation from the supplier. A lucky few (25) returning Kingston customers were shipped the first batch of Nassau watches fitted with the 8 mm Kingston triple seal crowns. Only these 25 will sport the 8 mm crowns as they were supposed to be exclusive to the LE Kingston model; with the logic being 25 examples would not dilute the Kingston exclusivity.
*According to Bill, the remaining Nassau watches will ship with the now-fixed 7mm crowns and slightly modified cases. (It's not clear yet what changes there are between the older Kingston watch cases and the new Nassau cases). The remaining Kingston cases are to be held in reserve for future servicing of the 300 Kingston watches.
My Nassau is one of the first 25 made with the 8mm Kingston crown and Kingston case.
On the wrist.
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