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SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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Maen Watches are going to launch their 3rd Kickstarter campaign soon. The Maen Hudson( 2nd campaign) seems to have hit some complaints from backers along the way. The comments from backers of the first and second campaigns are linked below:

First campaign


Second Campaign


Their 3rd campaign aims to bring to life the Maen Skymaster 38mm Swiss Automatic Chronograph running on the ETA 2894-2 movement. It will house a 12H GMT bi-directional bezel to keep track of an additional timezone. Available in potentially 5 colorways. It doesn't seem like there's a working prototype yet. Renders below.
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The Maen Skymaster will launch on the 1st of September on Kickstarter. Prices starting at:
799,00€ Including VAT (almost USD 900)
639,00€ Excluding VAT (almost USD 720)

The campaign will go live at the following times:
Los Angeles Time: 07:00
New York Time: 10:00
Stockholm Time: 16:00
Hong Kong Time: 22:00
Seoul Time: 23:00

Link to watch on the website is here https://www.maenwatches.com/pages/skymaster

Specifications:
Model Case
DIAMETER: 38mm
THICKNESS: Case 10,9mm. Including glass 12,9mm
LUG TO LUG HEIGHT: 46mm
WEIGHT: 135 Gram
CASEBACK: Screw down with sapphire glass
CROWN: 7mm
MATERIAL: 316L Surgical grade stainless steel
BEZEL: 60 click bi-directional stainless steel bezel with aluminium insert
CRYSTAL: Box domed hesalite glass
WATER RESISTANCE: Waterproof to 5ATM
Movement
MOVEMENT: ETA 2894-2 Swiss Made Automatic Movement ( Elaboré Grade )
REGULATED: Regulator system ETACHRON and regulator corrector
SHOCK PROTECTION: Incabloc
VIBRATIONS PER HOUR: 28.800 vibrations per hour; 4 Hz
POWER RESERVE: ~48 hours
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Switzerland, Swiss made
JEWELS: 37 Jewels
FUNCTIONS: Hours, Minutes, Chronograph
WINDING: Self-winding mechanism with ball bearing
Strap
STRAP: Arizona top grain black leather with white contrasting stitching
STRAP WIDTH: 20mm narrowed down to 16mm
CLASP: 316L Stainless steel clasp with embossed logo

Dial
DIAL: Jet Black, Panda, Reverse Panda, Midnight Blue, Thunder Grey
LUME: Applied C1 Superluminova on hands and markers, Printed at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock
DETAILS: Radial textured sub dials, Detailed seconds on rehaut ring
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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster: Launching on 1st Sept 2019

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I'm just adding some links and pics here. I probably won't be ordering one but I really like the looks of this watch. Reading comments from the Hudson campaign doesn't instill a great deal of confidence but I hope they can turn it around for this. If they can, this would be a really great value. On the rare occasion that you see an ETA 2894 chronograph for this price, it is usually a real dog......some unattractive watch from an unloved brand that has been sitting in stock for a couple years.....and the seller finally decides to discount it enough to move some inventory. Unfortunately, there is probably also more that can go wrong here with a mechanical chronograph comparison to a 3-hander. It will be interesting. I'm ok with 38mm but if this was just slightly bigger, 40mm maybe, that would probably have been enough for me to be willing to take a chance on this, although I still would have a tough time picking from the different dial colors. And well done to the designer for going with a 12 hour bezel. It's the only thing I didn't care for with the Dryden panda, another great looking chronograph. I think if you already have a chronograph for timing, the best added functionality for a bezel is 12 hour markings, rather than elapsed time, tachymeter, telemeter, etc.

Also, just some pre-order updates that Maen has emailed. There will be an option to upgrade the acrylic crystal to sapphire for 59€ and to add a stainless steel bracelet for 69€. Concerning the VAT, Maen has said the following:
FOR NON-EU BUYERS: Please note that all initial payments will be made including VAT. Only after the campaign has ended and we received your shipping details we will refund the VAT! So the prices you see on Kickstarter will be including VAT!
LINK TO THE SKYMASTER ON MAEN'S SITE

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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster: Launching on 1st Sept 2019

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This campaign is now live.

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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster: Launching on 1st Sept 2019

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Yesterday, Maen sent out an email with the following:
Hi everyone,

To those of you that have already backed our Skymaster campaign, thanks so much!!
We are really overwhelmed by your support!

At the moment we are considering to offer a 42 mm version of the Skymaster as well, so we would like to ask a few questions to find out if there is enough interest for that. Creating a new size means a considerable investment, so we want to make sure that we can sell enough watches for it to make sense.

Please note that we have not made a prototype of the 42 mm version yet, but we will be able to share a render shortly. The design will not change, but the proportions will be slightly different due to the fixed position of the sub dial hands.

Here is a link to our short survey; it should not take more than 1 minute to answer:

FILL IN THE SURVEY HERE

Thanks again to all our backers and we look forward to receiving your feedback!
The link above should work for those that would like to fill out the short survey. I know it is not on offer, but I asked for 40mm.

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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster: Launching on 1st Sept 2019

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yinzburgher wrote: The link above should work for those that would like to fill out the short survey. I know it is not on offer, but I asked for 40mm.
I asked for the same. Hopefully we are not the only ones.
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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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16 days to go on the Kickstarter with Early Bird pricing at about $885

Though looks like you can preorder directly from Maen at pricing around $708

https://www.maenwatches.com/pages/skymaster
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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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TheJohnP wrote:16 days to go on the Kickstarter with Early Bird pricing at about $885

Though looks like you can preorder directly from Maen at pricing around $708

https://www.maenwatches.com/pages/skymaster
Thanks. Interesting to them open pre-orders before the Kickstarter campaign has ended.

It looks like pre-order pricing is the same as KS Early Bird or am I missing something?
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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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Re: PREORDER : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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8 more days to go for this campaign. The movement has been upgraded. Click below.

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Re: SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was:

SUCCESSFUL

219 backers pledged €195,282 to help bring this project to life.



You can still preorder the watch direct from Maen here - https://www.maenwatches.com/pages/skymaster
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Re: SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Maen Skymaster

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Anyone own the Skymastwr and willing to speak of any quality issues and overall impressions?
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