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SUCCESSFUL: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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SUCCESSFUL: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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So this is slightly unusual for Indiegogo, the typical process seems to launch on Kickstarter first then continue to crowdfund on Indiegogo.
This campaign has just launched on Indiegogo and will then go live on Kickstarter in June.
And it is not a very ambitious goal, so not sure if they're just trying to cover some upfront costs before the Kickstarter funding covers the MOQ orders from the factory.

But enough speculation, Pitot Watches out of Denmark wants to make watches inspired by planes.

The campaign is for the F15 Tomcat inspired watch.

They are offering 50 watches at the preorder price of $271
Retail will be around $600


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Personally enjoy the plane silhouette on the rotor
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Pitot F14 specs:
Case: Stainless steel 316L
Case finish: Glass blasted surface
Glass: Sapphire with AR coating
Crown: Stainless steel 316L
Case sides: Look-alike air intakes with black PVD steel inserts
Movement: Miyota 821A automatic with date 3H
Movement rotor: Customized F14
Strap: Sporty custom design strap in canvas 22mm
Dial:F14 at 12H, Skull & Bones at 6H
Dial design: Inspired from the black and yellow Jolly Rogers from VF84
Dim: Width 45mm - Height 11.4mm
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Re: Preorder: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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Man I was obsessed with F-14s when I was a kid. This is cool.
I wish that watch were 38mm?
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Re: Preorder: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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Not to my tastes, but that is a bitchin' rotor.
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Re: Preorder: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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Thanks for sharing. That rotor!
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Re: Preorder: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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I agree. 1,000 points for the rotor design. Wonders if a rotor could be 3D printed in metal via a printing service...
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Re: Preorder: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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Honestly was THIS close to ignoring this one one until I saw the rotor. Haha
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Re: SUCCESSFUL: Indiegogo: Pitot Watches - F14

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To follow up, this Indiegogo campaign was...

SUCCESSFUL

They raised $4,218 USD by 14 backers on Apr 17, 2019
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