SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: François Aubry - La Planète Bleue, aka The Blue Planet

[TheJohnP]

François Aubry watches has created this Kickstarter as part of a partnership with the great sailor Yvan Bourgnon, and his organization The SeaCleaners. For every timepiece sold, a portion of its sale price will be given as a donation to The SeaCleaners to help them in their efforts to protect the oceans from plastic pollution.


There will be three versions of La Planète Bleue, or "The Blue Planet"

- La Planète Bleue Classic - is an unlimited, numbered version.
- Yvan Bourgnon Signature - is a limited edition of 220 watches in recognition of his last world voyage, which he completed in 220 days.
- Le Manta - is a limited edition of 300 watches in recognition of The SeaCleaners plans to construct 300 boats to help in their efforts to rid the ocean of its plastic pollution.

Super Early Bird Pricing for the Classic version will be $636
Regular price will be $1,030

Early Bird Pricing for the Manta/Seacleaners version will be $715
Regular price will be $1,060

Early Bird Pricing for the Yvan Bourgnon Signature version will be $734
Regular price will be $1,079




Specs:

[watchpalooza]

Definitely not my style, but appear to tick all the right boxes as far as quality components...and it represents a worthy cause.

[TheJohnP]

Depending how you look at it, this release is a major step down or an affordable entry point into this relatively new brand.

https://francoisaubry.ch/collection-en/

[TheJohnP]

To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was:

SUCCESSFUL

63 backers pledged CHF 55,721 to help bring this project to life.