This is the first Kickstarter for the Trident Watch Co out of Chicago for their debut model, the Incipient bronze dive watch.
Kickstarter pricing is $400
No mention of what regular price will be
Estimated delivery is May 2021
From the campaign description:
We decided to name our first watch the Incipient, meaning beginning to develop, a name fitting for the first watch from a new company. The Trident Incipient design inspiration came from the trident weapon.
Specs:
- Materials: CuSn8 Bronze with 316L stainless steel screw-down caseback
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 45 mm
- Thickness: 13.2 mm
- Lug width: 22 mm
- Lug-to-Lug: 52.70 mm
- Water Resistance: 300 meters
- Bezel: 120-click uni-directional
- Crystal: Flat Sapphire with AR coating
- Movement: Automatic Miyota 9015 with 42 hour power reserve and custom date wheels
- Lume: Swiss Super-LumiNova® BGW9
- Straps: Hand crafted brown and black leather, rubber dive strap all with CuSn8 buckles
Disclaimer: Final production case-back design and leather strap buckles will change appearance for a more elegant design.
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Love it! I can even tolerate the date window.
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There's something about turtle lugs that always works.
Even if psuedo-turtle lugs.
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Something about the proportions seem wrong to me. The dial feels congested. All the elements are one size too big: too big indices, too big 12:00 marker, too big hands.
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I agree. I want to like it. But.....
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Trident Watch Co - Incipient Bronze Automatic Dive Watch
looks good for folks looking for a bronze watch to add to their mix!
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Re: UNSUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Trident Watch Co - Incipient Bronze Automatic Dive Watch
To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was
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The project's funding goal was not reached on Tue, November 10 2020 8:58 AM EST
No other updates from the project creators.
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The project's funding goal was not reached on Tue, November 10 2020 8:58 AM EST
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