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On March 11th, Alcadus Watches will be launching two collections on Kickstarter, the Dromo dive watch and Opus v2 tool watch.




Super Early Bird pricing for both models will be around $320

Dromo is inspired by the skin divers of the 50’s, the DROMO is designed to be a slim and compact dive watch. Premium Miyota 9039 automatic movement. Box sapphire crystal and lumed sapphire bezel insert and stainless steel bezel insert.







Dromo Specs:

- Case: 316L Stainless Steel with scratch-resistant coating, brushed finish with polished chamfer, rotating bezel with lumed sapphire insert / lumed stainless steel insert
- Dimensions: 39 x 45.5mm
- Thickness: 13.5mm (including 2.5mm thick box sapphire crystal) / 11.5mm without crystal
- Lug width: 20mm
- Dial: Textured Black, Blue Sunray, Salmon Sunray, Yellow, Glossy White.
- Hands: Faceted sword style hours hand, faceted baton style minutes hand and custom seconds hand with ALCADUS Logo. All covered in a photo-luminescent coating.
- Luminescent: Swiss Super-LumiNova® on dial, hands and crown
- Movement: Japanese Automatic Miyota 9039 (regulated)
- Lens: Box sapphire on top (with 5 layers of clear AR coating)
- Crown: Screw-down, engraved ALCADUS logo with Luminescent applied
- Included Straps: Stainless steel bracelet, premium Italian leather straps / nubuck strap
- Water Resistance: 200 meters / 20 ATM / 660 ft
- Warranty: 2 years


OPUS v2 is an aviation inspired tool watch. The Opus v2 is the updated version of the OPUS 39. Additional 4 new colorways. Premium Miyota 9019 automatic movement. Improvements on the crown, dial and watch case. Same beloved box sapphire crystal and X1 Grade Swiss Super-LumiNova® luminescent.









Opus v2 Specs:

- Case: 316L Stainless Steel with scratch-resistant coating, brushed finish with polished bezel
- Dimensions: 39 x 45.5mm
- Thickness: 13.3mm (including 2mm thick box sapphire crystal)
- Lug width: 20mm
- Dial: Jet Black, Phantom Grey, Argent White, Blue Sunray, Salmon, Mint Green, Modern Grey.
- Hands: Sword style hours hand, baton style minutes hand and custom seconds hand with ALCADUS Logo. All covered in a photo-luminescent coating except the Grey full-lumed dial version. Flame-blued hands on Argent White and Modern Grey.
- Luminescent: Swiss Super-LumiNova® on dial, hands and crown
- Movement: Miyota 9019 (regulated) with customized skeletonized rotor
- Lens: Box sapphire on top (with 5 layers of clear AR coating), flat sapphire on display see-through caseback
- Crown: Screw-down, engraved ALCADUS logo with Luminescent applied
- Included Straps: Stainless steel bracelet, premium Italian leather straps / nubuck strap
- Water Resistance: 100 meters / 10 ATM / 333 ft
- Warranty: 2 + 1 years

The Alcadus Dromo and Opus v2 have launched and successfully funded!



Super Early Bird pricing is around $320
Early Bird pricing is around $337
Kickstarter pricing is around $357
Regular price will be about $449

Estimated delivery is December 2022

The kind folks at Alcadus were generous enough to let me borrow the Dromo and Opus v2 so I can write a review.




If anyone has any questions about the prototypes, let me know.

Reviews are up for the Alcadus watches.

Dromo - https://www.manontime.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3125

Opus v2 - https://www.manontime.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3128

To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was

SUCCESSFUL

91 backers pledged S$ 46,766 to help bring this project to life.

The Dromo and Opus v2 can still be preordered directly through Alcadus

https://www.alcadus.com/store/dromo-opus-v2-pre-order/

Preorder price for either model is $337