UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype
UFO Watch Prototype

UFO Watch Prototype

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€380,00
Sale price
€380,00
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€450,00
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Have you watched the U.S. House of Representatives hearing of a United States Air Force (USAF) officer and former intelligence official testifying under oath about non-human spacecraft?? No? 

Are you a believer? Non-believer? Experiencer? Well anyway, here is the thing. This fantastically lumed and polished turbine dial, was originally found in a secret UFO watch case design. How else we could come up with such an avantgarde futuristic watch dial??

I think it was 2022 I was making this UFO full watch design. I think at that time, I was a bit tired of making practical watch designs, and I wanted to make something that is very different, fun, and unique. Also, I wanted to make something that is thinner than the NH35/36 movements. And so this UFO Watch concept was made. With the Miyota 9039 movement, and pretty much ignoring the readability, but with fun lumed elements, and a rotating bezel.

I really wanted to make the UFO watch, but the cost was a real big obstacle for me. So I started to make a part of it, the dial. And luckily for me, Namoki (Namoki exclusive color already sold out!) and ModModeWatches (still available!) were interested in selling these dials in 2023.

But I think now is the time to revive the old, round, strange-looking watch concept.

The pre-order price is 380 EUR, and most of the cost are molding and assembly. This is because making completely new case and bezel molds are expensive. HOWEVER!

If the payment was made on PayPal, and if it was sold to an EU country, my profit is minus 25.07 EUR, so it's a good deal for pre-order customers!

I'm really a bad businessman! :D But at this point, it's more important for me to make the molds (which is the most expensive part) with this, rather than to make profit. 
 

- The UFO -

So it's really a weird watch. Many radial lines. The dial, the case, the bezel, the crown.

The case having a kind of chapter ring, but with lumed lines on each 5 minute places.

The bezel also has the radial lines, and one pip that can be used in many ways.

The lugs are kind of hidden, and made to look like... landing gears of a UFO?

And I would imagine this case would attract a lot of dusts, and so as the so called "wrist-cheese". But this is what I call a necessary sacrifice to achieve this aesthetics. It's just... I wanted you to know that it's a design decision, instead of something that I didn't think about when designing it.

 

- Modder Friendly? -


Well, this case is very... unique, so I'm not sure how many people would be interested in modding it, but it will hold a 28.5mm diameter dial, which is a very common dial size.

Hmm, that's about it. So maybe it's not so modder friendly.

 

- Specs -

 

Movement: Miyota 9039

Case Diameter: 36 mm

Case Body Thickness (Case top to Case Bottom excluding the crystals and the lugs): 9.58 mm

Case Body Thickness (Top Crystal to Bottom Crystal): 10.07 mm

Case Body Thickness (Top Crystal to Bottom Lug): 12.71 mm

Lug-to-Lug: 31.45 mm

Lug Width: 20 mm

Water Resistance: 5 ATM

Crystals (front and back): Sapphire Crystals

Lume: Swiss

Bracelet: Something like this flexible old-school metal strap with several endlinks for adjusting the size.

 

- Earlier Prototypes -

 

Prototypes were made with a 3D printer called Prusa mini+ from Prusa Research.

It... kind of looks like a space-turtle?

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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