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SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Ferro & Co - Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series

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Ferro & Co out of Vancouver have launched their first Kickstarter campaign for their Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series.
Ferro & Co have released a number of watches via their own website - https://www.ferrowatches.com/


Super Early Bird pricing for Swiss Ronda 715 Quartz is around $241
Regular price will be about $399

Super Early Bird pricing for Miyota 9015 is around $400
Regular price will be about $599

Super Early Bird pricing for Swiss STP1-11 Automatic is around $528
Regular price will be about $799

Estimated delivery is August 2020


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Distinct 3 will be available in 3 styles (Gulf Series / Grand Prix Series / Petrol Series) and choice of 3 different movements (Swiss STP1-11 Automatic, Miyota 9015 Japan Automatic and Swiss Ronda 715 Quartz). Each movement will be limited to 1000 units.

Distinct 3 watch is a one hand watch where the 12-hour dial is divided by 144 markers. Each marker represents 5 minutes.
The combination of the bold 15, 30 and 45-minute markers and the prominent needle pointer make it easy to read time.
By looking at the single hand watch you can tell the time within +/- 2 to 5 minute discrepancy .

Gulf Le Mans series:

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Grand Prix series:

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Petrol series:

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Specs:

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- Case: 42 mm
- Lugs: 22 mm
- Lug to lug: 48 mm
- Thickness: 13.1 mm including top crystal
- Crown: 8 mm / Screw in
- Dial Opening: 36 mm
- Case Material: High Grade Stainless Steel Polished finish
- Crystal: Scratch Resistant Domed Sapphire Crystal with Anti-reflective Coating / Quartz models will be with Flat Sapphire Crystal
- Back Case: Screw Down Stainless Steel / display back
- Straps: Finest Italian Leather / perforated racing style / comfort fit
- Water Resistance: 100 Meters (10 BAR)
- Movement: Automatic Swiss STP1-11 / Automatic Japan Miyota 9015 with in-house decorations / Swiss Quartz Ronda 715
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Ferro & Co - Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series

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I'm happy the Gulf isn't a chronograph, because if it had been, it would have been irresistible.

(One of my grails is a (Tag) Heuer Monaco in Gulf colors.)
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Ferro & Co - Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series

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Not going to lie, the design is cool and it's from my backyard. I cannot get past the "distinct 3" on the dial, though.

I will always speak on behalf of my experiences as well; the lug design is kinda bad if the actual area with the holes protrude inwards (like a capital L). This tends to slowly dig into the springbar holes in leather straps. It means it may end up ruining a nice leather strap real quick by expanding the springbar openings, as it as happened to me.
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Re: SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Ferro & Co - Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series

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To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was:

SUCCESSFUL

334 backers pledged CA$ 187,462 to help bring this project to life.
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Re: SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Ferro & Co - Distinct 3 Vintage Racing Style Watch Series

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For anyone still interested in preordering, the project has moved over to Indiegogo

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ferr ... 16205959#/

Preorder pricing is as follows:

Early Bird for Swiss Ronda 715 Quartz is $269
Early Bird for Miyota 9015 is $449
Early Bird for STP1-11 is $569
Early Bird for ETA 2824 is $699
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