Hey Thomas, is a deployment clasp as an option a possibility on these? I know it's supposed to be an entry level model, but a deployment clasp is a buy/not buy feature for me--perhaps as an option?
I'll probably order one of the first run variants, but will eagerly await one in Grey!
We don't plan to offer a deploy as we as a retailer are now seeing very little demand for them. Most of our customers are believe it or not. Not watch enthusiasts at all which to be honest has really shocked us. At any rate we found most of our customers just don't like them. So we are going to leave the choice up to the customer who can then source the exact type they want from the aftermarket.
Personally I can't find one that does not dig in on my wrist.
We may offer versions with metal bracelets but we really were planning on holding off and adding those later.
Here is what our game plan and hope is for these models.
Basically we are trying to come up with the 3 dials in a total of 6 versions. Each dial would have a brushed SS and a black PVD version. We are trying to come up with dial colors that we think will be the best sellers to start with. Then we plan to kick the series off with a crowd funding effort on say Kickstarter in the first quarter of next year.
I am thinking the MSRP will be $299 and we will pre sell at something like $240. The hope is that we can get solid traction for these then expand as we go be then adding other dial colors, SS bracelets etc. In playing with things behind the scenes its become clear that dials in an array of colors seem to look good with this design.
We hope this smaller lower priced model will appeal to those who have wanted a smaller model such as woman who like a large watch, and men that prefer an old school size watch. Which is pretty much the same size as it turns out. =)
We are also starting to see people who are serious watch collector types starting to swing back to smaller sized watches. The hope is that we will then be able to sell about 100 more of these per year than we do of our higher priced models in 2015. We think we might be able to sell 300 of this smaller series in all in 2015. We believe this series will basically almost double the amount of money we are be able to raise for charities that help veterans.
