Imperial Dial 28.5mm Prototype
Imperial Dial 28.5mm Prototype
Imperial Dial 28.5mm Prototype
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Imperial Dial 28.5mm Prototype

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€60,00
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Originally intended to be as a dial for a collab for the Koumori / The Bat, with Antick Design, somehow it started to have a life of its own.

The name is Imperial because it reminded me of some of the design elements of the Galactic Empire of the Star Wars franchise. (Although I used to be a main Star Wars article writer at Kotaku Japan and Gizmodo Japan, the similarity was not my intention.)

I originally colored it like on the left image, with the hour lumes blue, and the minute lumes between the hours green. But some people suggested that these colors should be swapped like the image on the right, as the green lume is brighter.

This dial has a several layers, and the hour indexes are made of metal. Making this dial is quite expensive as it's using many different colored lumes!


But anyway, I wanted it to be a fun dial with a lot of lumes, and I hope you would like it too! :)



SPECS!

- Dial diameter: 28.5 mm

  • Japanese lumes!

    - legs compatible for NH 35/36/37/38/39 and Miyota 9039, both 3 o'clock crown position (You have to cut the unnecessary ones)

 

Cost Breakdown:
- Prototyping: 660 USD
- Freight: 20 USD

Total cost 680 USD, so the per-dial cost is 68 USD = 63 EUR, so selling these prototypes at 60 EUR doesn't bring any profit, but oh well! :D

Standard International Shipping

Our international shipping use DHL Global Mail.

We will provide you two tracking numbers. One that tracks your shipment from Finland to DHL warehouse in Germany, and another which tracks the shipment from Germany to your address.

It would take several days between the second tracking number would be updated.

According to DHL, their delivery aim is the following:

To Germany: 2-4 days

To EU: 3-6 days

To USA and Canada: 5-9 days

To Rest of the World: 6-12 days (for example, a package to Nagoya, Japan took 10 days)

 

DHL Express Shipping

It costs more, but it's faster!

 

Free Domestic (Finland) Shipping

Shipping within Finland use Posti Domestic Parcel shipping service which delivers our product to your nearest Posti Parcel Locker.

Delivery in 1–3 working days. (If you trust Posti that is!)

1-Year Manufacturing Defects Warranty

I have been wearing one of the functioning prototypes for almost 6 months. So far, it's functioned with no problems, and I am confident that it would for at least the next 6 months.

The reason I made sure that it's specifically 1-Year warranty for "Manufacturing Defects" is that I believe that most of the people who have never utilized the warranty of a product don't realize that the warranty only covers Manufacturing Defects. Some watch brands offer a longer warranty, such as 5 years or 10 years—but by then, how would you know that your broken watch suffered a manufacturing defect, or normal wear-and-tear? And would you ever be able to convince the brand's customer service that it was indeed a manufacturing defect?

Their warranty doesn't cover wear-and-tear, or user error, and neither does this warranty. But I do think it is important to clarify that it is a warrant for manufacturing defects, instead of just issuing that it is a vaguely worded "warranty" which sounds like something that might cover something more than manufacturing defects. And 1 year is enough time to warrant manufacturing defects.

60-Days 100% / 90% Return Policy

If you wish to return the watch, you can absolutely do that within 60 days of purchase. You have to take several photographs of the watch and send an email to me before shipping it back. Depending on the condition of the watch, the amount of the refund is different.

-Full Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, and the packaging (boxes, wraps) is intact. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will fully refund the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.

-90% Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, but some of the packaging (boxes, wraps) is missing. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will refund 90% of the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.

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hans chirilov
Amazing detail

Dial looks great and the details are amazing . Great quality.