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SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Crafter Blue - Hyperion Ocean

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SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Crafter Blue - Hyperion Ocean

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Crafter Blue out of Hong Kong has launched their first Kickstarter for the new 600m professional dive watch, the Hyperion Ocean

*NOTE* This is an upgraded rerelease of the discontinued UNDIVE Dark Sea 500m

They do have another watch model they released previously, the Mechanic Ocean (https://www.crafterbluewatches.com/mechanic-ocean), along with selling dive straps.


There are no Super or Early Bird pricing, just a Kickstarter price of roughly $588
Which will be about $200 the regular price of $799

Estimated delivery is Oct 2019

Backers will receive:
- 1 HYPERION OCEAN
- 1 professional curved end rubber strap


The Hyperion Ocean has two versions - an all stainless steel model and the other featuring a PVD black coated bezel.

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A cool feature is that the Hyperion Ocean has soft iron shields which surround the movement to fight against magnetic disturbances.

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Features:
* Swiss Made
* Antimagnetic
* Date
* Screw down crown
* Helium escape valve
* Unidirectional rotating bezel (120 clicks)


Technical data:
* Bracelet: Crafter Blue vulcanized pure rubber strap
* Dial color: Black filled with BGW9 lume
* Case: 316L stainless steel
* Case Diameter: 45mm; 50mm lug to lug
* Case Back: Stainless steel back with sapphire crystal
* Dial color: Black
* Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal
* Thickness: 16.30mm
* Lug width: 22mm
* Movement: Sellita Calibre SW200 (stop-seconds function, 28,800 vibrations, 26 jewels)
* Water Resistance: 600m / 2000 ft
* Warranty: 1 year
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Crafter Blue - Hyperion Ocean

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Monochrome Watches has a short write-up of this watch at the link below. Also including a promotional video from CB's Youtube channel.

Value Proposition Crafter Blue Hyperion Ocean 600m, Launching on Kickstarter

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Re: SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Crafter Blue - Hyperion Ocean

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To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was:

SUCCESSFUL

83 backers pledged HK$ 395,015 to help bring this project to life.
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Re: SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Crafter Blue - Hyperion Ocean

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You can still preorder the watch with some savings directly through Crafter Blue.

https://www.crafterbluewatches.com/hyperion-ocean

Preorder price is $599
Regular price will be $799
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