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The kickstarter adventures of Sólás - solaswatches.com

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    #962
    MAJJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,679 ✭✭✭MAJJ


    Over the line on day one, you must be so relieved , well done. Delighted for you !


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    #963
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,795 ✭✭✭✭banie01


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    Well done TF, delighted to see your vision catch such a wave of appreciation and some day in not too distant future, boardsies can check the time while watching you on one of those CNN behind the brand shorts....

    And say!
    I was there when he started ;)

    Well bloody done!


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    #964
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,546 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    Well done, now the work begins :) Great to see a quality Irish watch Kickstarter succeed.

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    #965
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    ThirdFox's computer right now

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    #966
    Dev1234
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭Dev1234


    Well that was easy!!

    Delighted for you TF, you took a gamble and it's paid off in spades!!


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    #967
    redlead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭redlead


    Congrats Thirdfox. The hard work that you've put in has really paid off.


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    #968
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,743 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    Wow, what a result!

    Fair play, @ThirdFox, well played!


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    #969
    KrustyBurger
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭KrustyBurger


    What a result! Delighted for you TF! Can't wait to see it in the flesh now!


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    #970
    laserlad2010
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭laserlad2010


    Fair Play Third Fox - I was on the app from 14:57 refreshing and then nailed spot #10 for €329

    Delighted to see it come to pass, and looking forward to Equinox ;p


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    #971
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,795 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    So we know #10 is a Boardsie, and I'll own up to being #4.
    Is #1 amongst the Boardsie crew?
    Or are they keeping schtum?


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    #972
    shano76
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭shano76


    Well done Thirdfox! Amazing achievement! Delighted for you!


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    #973
    Horoaddict
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Horoaddict


    So happy the number was hit in day 1! Very ballsy decision to pull it but was well worth it! I was on from 14.55 waiting and just about managed to get #44 at 3.02! Can't wait to see it it the metal now! Hopefully in time for my birthday on May 26th!


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    #974
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,521 ✭✭✭This is it


    banie01 wrote: »
    So we know #10 is a Boardsie, and I'll own up to being #4.
    Is #1 amongst the Boardsie crew?
    Or are they keeping schtum?

    #26, and I thought I was quick


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    #975
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,795 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    This is it wrote: »
    #26, and I thought I was quick

    My wife always said I was a bit quick off the mark!:o *
    Finally worked out for me :pac:




    *I'm actually a sexual dynamo!
    As long as its for a low wattage LED ;)


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    #976
    SnowyMay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭SnowyMay


    Well done TF. You must be delighted!!!!

    I am also delighted for you, and for the fact that I’ll be getting one of these bad boys!!

    I wasn’t #1 btw.


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    #977
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,296 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    When do all the boards members get their free watches? Hope everything goes well TF, think your openness, honesty, passion and hard work are a what made this a success.


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    #978
    John Hutton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭John Hutton


    banie01 wrote: »
    So we know #10 is a Boardsie, and I'll own up to being #4.
    Is #1 amongst the Boardsie crew?
    Or are they keeping schtum?
    I thought I was very quick, had backed it and replied on this thread saying I did by so 15:01, but not even in top 10!


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    #979
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Well done TF, funds just too tight for me at present, good to see the re-launch worked out for you.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #980
    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,864 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Anyone flipped theirs yet? :D


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    #981
    dakar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭dakar


    I think there's a good chance Ireland will have the highest per capita microrotor watch ownership in the world when these get shipped.


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    #982
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    ...and maybe salmon leather straps too - after saying I won't do options for the first campaign (and I still won't I guess) - I will put out some stretch goals I think just to try and encourage things along...

    if we get to >80k - blued screws for all!

    if we get to >100k - salmon/Italian nubuck straps for all (who want it over the Horween)...

    about to start working on these stretch goal presentations now.

    ^ from those goals people will be able to see what my "true" funding goals are at too - I think realistically I'm looking at hopefully another 100 backers from across the world to get on board which would be fantastic for Sólás' long term future - rest assured at current funding the watches will get made too without problems.


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    #983
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Would you think about add-ons for that as well, or is it only worth your while to get more people committing to a watch?


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    #984
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    To be honest it's only "worth" it to get more people on board - because the add-ons means that things turn into options - I'm trying to unify everything into one standard option so that the orders etc. can be streamlined (you can imagine if 28 people said they wanted blued screws and 37 said they wanted X strap) how messy the orders can quickly become - I do want to offer those options in the future (though perhaps no longer through Kickstarter but through my own portal (so KS aren't taking 8+% of all funds raised) - but under-promise/over-deliver is my aim here.

    This way it's about promoting the watch to people - and everyone gets a win/win/win (existing backers: extra features for free, and you've let someone who might be interested in what Sólás/Starlight is about know about us, Sólás: I get funding for future models).


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    #985
    John Hutton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭John Hutton


    Forgive the stupid question, what are blued screws?


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    #986
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    update coming on the KS site very soon - here's an article I'll be referencing though:
    https://watchesbysjx.com/2015/02/20

    for people who will be checking out the visually interesting movement on the back - having blued screws will be an extra touch of interest for those looking at the back.


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    #987
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,795 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    John Hutton wrote: »
    Forgive the stupid question, what are blued screws?

    A really lovely way of heat treating screws to bring out a blue colour.
    Quite a nice watchmaking skill.

    https://wornandwound.com/bluing-process-thermally-treating-screws/


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    #988
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    banie01 wrote: »
    A really lovely way of heat treating screws to bring out a blue colour.
    Quite a nice watchmaking skill.

    https://wornandwound.com/bluing-process-thermally-treating-screws/

    To clarify though - they can also be chemically treated - it is more likely that Hangzhou will be going the chemical route (which is covered in the SJX article too) - but I will clarify.


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    #989
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,795 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Thirdfox wrote: »
    To clarify though - they can also be chemically treated - it is more likely that Hangzhou will be going the chemical route (which is covered in the SJX article too) - but I will clarify.

    Very true, effect and finish is pretty much the same tho.
    If you add it as a stretch goal, I'm sure it'll be appreciated by the WIS and shown of whenever the chance arises ;)


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    #990
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 2,151 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    Before this thread, I never even thought about watches...now I'm reading in-depth articles about blued screws :-P


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    #991
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    colm18 wrote: »
    Before this thread, I never even thought about watches...now I'm reading in-depth articles about blued screws :-P

    Ha - you're definitely in too deep now then…

    Soon enough you'll be debating the aesthetics of swan neck regulators vs free sprung balances (I'm a swan fan - free sprung is too hard to adjust without technical tools) :P


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