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SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Viqueria have relaunched their Kickstarter campaign with a lower funding goal, so they've already fully funded!





Viqueria have moved the Calipso preorder over to Kickstarter






Viqueria Watches, out of Italy, have opened preorders for their vintage inspired diver, the Calipso.

Preoders on the site will be available from 6/20 - 7/8. On July 9, they will be launching a Kickstarter campaign for the Calipso.
You can save money by ordering direct, as pricing will be lower than the upcoming Kickstarter.

https://www.viqueriawatches.com/shop/vi ... -preorder/

Preorder price is €199 (roughly $209)
Upcoming Kickstarter pricing will be €210 (roughly $221)
Regular pricing will be €320 (roughly $336)

Expected delivery is September/October 2022

Introducing the new Viqueria Calipso, designed and crafted from the finest materials, the timepiece is equally a beautiful traveler’s timepiece and a robust diver’s tool inspired by 70s professional divers.

MAIN FEATURES:
- Rotating Bezel: The Calipso features an unidirectional bezel made from a thick piece of aluminum and is crafted with a double finish, black and brushed. The bezel not only allows you to calculate diving time or any other activity up to 60 minutes, it also gives you the time in a second time zone.
- Pearlescent Dials: Designed with a unique grained texture, the dial features a “variable light absorbing” pearlescent finishing that enhance the iridescence of the Chameleon Brown and Moon Black dials.
- Super Mirror Polishing: A Viqueria’s first time, this technology is employed to finish polished parts of the case and the bracelet to create a mirror-like surface. It gives perfectly smooth surface that appears a stark black from certain angles. The SMP differs from “Zaratsu” polishing because it can be done on curved surfaces.


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Specs:

- Movement: Seiko NH35
- Case: 316L
- Diameter: 42mm
- Lug width: 22mm
- Lug to Lug: 48.5mm
- Thickness 12.2mm/13.6mm (without/with crystal)
- Crystal: Domed Sapphire with Inner AR coating
- Dials: Moon Black and Chameleon Brown with Pearlescent finishing
- Superlume: Japan grade Superlume C3 + BGW9 on hands, markers and bezel
- Bezel: Thick aluminum insert
- Strap: Stainless Steel bracelet with solid ends and links
- WR: 300 meters
- Designed in Italy
- 2 Years Warranty
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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The bi-color lume is really cool, and this seems like a great price.
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Hello all, I'm Nicolo, the owner of Viqueria.
If any question just write here and I'll answer 😊
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Nickee wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:17 pm Hello all, I'm Nicolo, the owner of Viqueria.
If any question just write here and I'll answer 😊
Hello Nicolo.

Thank you for joining!

Calipso looks to be a very good value. I hope it is a success for you and for Viqueria.
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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More information about the Super Mirror polishing used on the Calipso.
If anyone has any questions, hopefully @Nickee will be able to provide more insights.


Some Swiss and Japanese brands uses the "Black Polishing" or "Zaratsu" to finish the flat surface of their finest timepieces, so we taken inspiration from this technique to make something unique and similar on the curved surfaces of our latest project, the Viqueria Calipso.

We call that polishing technique "Super Mirror" and it's achieved by first sanding and then polishing the surfaces with various abrasive materials and powders and finally with a polishing machine.

The end results it's mesmerizing, the surfaces polished with that technique could appears deep black or completely white. Often you could also see a mirror effect.

This depends on how you play with your watch and from what angle you catch the light.Both the bracelet and the case of the Calipso are designed with a mix of brushed and "Super Mirror" surfaces.
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Kickstarter just approved the Viqueria Calipso campaign! 🎉

You could preorder the Calipso until Friday 8th July on our website.

From 9th you could preorder the Calipso on Kickstarter, subscribe now to be notified about the launch!

https://bit.ly/calipsokickstarter
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Nickee wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:48 pm Kickstarter just approved the Viqueria Calipso campaign! 🎉

You could preorder the Calipso until Friday 8th July on our website.

From 9th you could preorder the Calipso on Kickstarter, subscribe now to be notified about the launch!

https://bit.ly/calipsokickstarter
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Re: PREORDER: Brand Direct: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Viqueria have announced the release date for their Kickstarter campaign on Saturday, July 16th.
Kickstarter pricing tiers will start at €213.

Granted, you can still preorder direct from Viqueria for €199


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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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The Viqueria Calipso Kickstarter campaign is LIVE!!


Early Bird pricing is around $215
Kickstarter Special pricing is around $226
Kickstarter Standard pricing is around $239
Regular pricing will be about $337

Estimated delivery is October 2022


**PRODUCTION UPDATE**

- The caseback will be brushed and not polished. In that way you will find less fingerprints;
- The hours and minutes hands will be 2mm larger and longer. This will help the legibility both during the day and the night.
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Kickstarter cancelled....again ?!? "Funding Canceled - Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on Jul 20 2022" :roll:
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sobwanhoser wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:55 pm Kickstarter cancelled....again ?!? "Funding Canceled - Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on Jul 20 2022" :roll:
They were only around 1/2 way to funding.
Not surprised. They were offering cheaper preorders on their own site anyway.
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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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And they're going to relaunch the Kickstarter with a smaller funding goal next week.


A Good News! New Funding Target!

Viqueria italian Watch Co.
July 20, 2022
Thanks to everyone that backed our project.

Unfortunately we are struggling to reach the funding target, so we have found a new agreement with our parts suppliers lowering the MOQ of certain components and increasing costs for case and bracelet (we will absorb the increased parts price without increasing preorder price).

This will greatly help us to review the target, but we can't do that on the ongoing campaign, so we decided to cancel it and resend for approval a new one.

The new funding target will be approx €5.500, so it's a similar amount to the one we reached on the actual campaing.

Probably we will start the campaign again by the beginning of next week, to stay updated please follow us on Facebook (@viqueriaiwc) or subscribe to our newsletter on the website www.viqueriawatches.com

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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Viqueria Watches - Calipso Vintage Inspired Dive Watch

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Viqueria and @Nickee have relaunched their Kickstarter campaign



Early Bird pricing is around $218
Kickstarter pricing is around $229

Estimated delivery has now moved to November 2022
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We discussed with our suppliers to lower the MOQ (despite they increased prices for the parts) and this allowed us to lower the Kickstarter target without increasing preorder prices.

Actully early birds spots are gone away, but we think that also at €223 is a great deal :)
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Nickee wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 3:32 pm We discussed with our suppliers to lower the MOQ (despite they increased prices for the parts) and this allowed us to lower the Kickstarter target without increasing preorder prices.

Actully early birds spots are gone away, but we think that also at €223 is a great deal :)
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