October 09, 2010

Praesto Aviator II (mockup)

Ever since the release of our Aviator I, surprisingly we received lots of requests for Praesto Aviator II using Seagull ST1901 chronograph (hand winding), which is proven/well-known for its robustness / reliability. We did some mockup designs. Case would be same as Aviator I, except the movement, and sapphire crystal would be domed.



Specification:

- 316L steel case, 44m
- Movement: Seagull ST 1901 chronograph
- Lug width 24mm
- Domed sapphire crystal, with double AR coating
- Screw-down crown and pushers
- 20 ATM W/R

Release date: Unknown

Seagull ST1901 chronograph (hand winding)






What do you say? Any comments would be appreciated!





August 20, 2010

Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, Sep 6-10, 2010

We're showing at the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, September 6-10, 2010 - the world's biggest timepiece event! You're welcome to visit us! Our booth number is 3D-B40.

February 28, 2010

Design contest: Praesto's Sports Car Watch model

Hi Folks,

Like the dive watch here http://www.watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&p=26747#p26747 we're planning to make our first sports car watch model. We're inviting you gifted designers again to propose designs for us. All designs proposed will be subject to voting. Like the dive watch contest, the winner will be rewarded with 3 % of the total quantity produced PLUS your name be engraved on caseback of the watch!! You deserve the credit! You can do whatever you want with the 3% watches rewarded, e.g. selling to others at SAME price we do and reap full profit at zero cost on you!!

Submission deadline: March 31, 2010, @ 11:59 PM

Requirements are simple and straightforward:

1) Design must be modern and unique.
2) Design must be original (no copies!!).
3) Design must be practical and legible.
4) Design must be given a name, other than the Praesto name logo.
5) Design must be presented with specification.

Looking forward to seeing some proposals soon!

Good luck!

Design contest: Praesto's 1st Dive Watch Model

Ladies and Gentlemen!

It's time for Praesto to plan and make our first dive watch model. We're inviting you gifted designers out there to propose designs for us. All designs proposed will be subject to voting. The winner will be rewarded with 3 % of the total quantity produced PLUS your name be engraved on caseback of the watch!! You deserve the credit! You can do whatever you want with the 3% watches rewarded, e.g. selling to others at SAME price we do and reap full profit at zero cost on you!!

Submission deadline: March 31, 2010, @ 11:59 PM

Requirements are simple and straightforward:

1) Design must be modern and unique.
2) Design must be original (no copies!!).
3) Design must be practical and legible.
4) Design must be given a name, other than the Praesto name logo.
5) Design must be presented with specification.

If interested, please propose your designs here: http://watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5870

Looking forward to seeing some proposals soon?

February 26, 2010

New Praesto straps just came out!

We have 3 new straps that just came out like hot cakes. It will fit well with the Aviator and many other watches.

http://www.praestowatch.com/home/accessories/

Material is all genuine Italian leather. Very soft and comfortable even though it's 24x24 mm wide and 4mm thick.

We will post some pictures of the Aviator dressed in these new straps! Stay tuned!

February 13, 2010

Praesto is on Google Buzz.

Praesto is on Google Buzz. http://www.google.com/profiles/praestowatch#buzz

Are you using Gmail? Let's hook up! If you use gmail, then you have google buzz!

January 22, 2010

Is your email still valid?

We just sent out this message below to our newsletter subscribers about email problem. If this applies to you, please respond to us immediately.

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This is a message to those who have pre-ordered our Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator watch.

The Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator is released and ready to ship. We sent out individual emails and Paypal invoices to those of you who have pre-ordered one or two versions of the Aviator, but have not heard back. Some emails even bounced back because the recipient eamil address no longer exists or its inbox has reached maxiumum size of storage. Therefore, we wondered if you have changed to use another email address more frequently than the one used to pre-order, or the emails we sent got trapped / deleted in the spam folder, or even got lost during transmission. Please kindly check your spam folder or your email filtering system.

To speed up processes, if you're still interested in the watch, we ask that please kindly email to sales1 at praestowatch.com to re-confirm your order. If you have decided to cancel the order, please kindly let us know also. Otherwise, we will continue to hold the watch for you for another 2 weeks from today. After this 2 weeks time (max.), the watch will be released out to others. Therefore, if you still want to keep the pre-order price, please respond at your earliest convenience. Otherwise, normal retail prices will apply. Thank you for your attention!

If you have already responded to us and/or already made the payment via Paypal or other payment method as agreed, please sit back and relax as the watch is being delivered to your doorstep! Note that delivery time for some countries may take longer due to local customs process, transportation, and/or winter weather conditions.

If you would like to see how the actual Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator looks like, please click the following links.

http://www.watchreport.com/2010/01/review-of-the-praesto-modern-fliegeruhr.html (Watchreport.com review)

http://watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5667 (Reiew from Designer's perspective)

http://www.praestowatch.com/home/2010/01/06/modern-fliegeruhr-%E2%80%93-aviator-in-action/

If you have any questions please direct them to sales1 at praestowatch.com


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December 24, 2009

Delivery update

We're working hard to get this Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator out as soon as possible. Currently waiting for the parts and components for assembly. Sorry for the delay, and thank you for your patience!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2010!

Praesto Watch Team wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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December 21, 2009

Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator being delayed

Apparently Modern Fliegeruhr – Aviator is being delayed due to delay of parts and components. We're trying hard to release partially in early January 2010. We apologize for the long wait!

December 12, 2009

Praesto Tourbillon LT1

Despite the hectic season, we're already quietly in the process of developing our first tourbillon model - LT1. The movement will be top notch seagull ST8000 tourbillon, housed in black DLC stainless steel case.

Pre-ordering is coming soon!! Initial plan for production would be 50 units. "First come, first served". Price is to be finalized and listed on our website.

Specification:

Model: DLC Tourbillon LT1
Movement: Seagull ST8000
Case Diameter: 44mm excluding crown, stainless steel, DLC coated.
Crown: Screw down
Crystal: Sapphire
Caseback: display / see-through, with sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 20 ATM
Strap: 24mm black genuine leather
Buckle: Polished stainless steel (not DLC coated)
Production Quantity: 50 pieces

Mockups:


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November 19, 2009

What happened to Praesto the past 2 days?

The past 2 days has been a bad history for us!

Here is what happened. Our website went down the past 2 FULL days, just because there was a technical misunderstanding between our web host and credit card company. Our web host tried to automatically debit account renewal fees from our credit card, but the credit card company thought the transaction was a fraud. From there came the nightmare for Praesto for 2 days - 48 hours, 2880 minutes, 172,800 seconds ! Naturally, this led many someone to think we went out of business! How could this be? We have been making watches for other brands for many years and now for Praesto, our own new baby. We operate as usual everyday, but the past 2 days we did it with our websites being dead. This has driven us nuts as we were trying to help clear things up with the credit card company and web host ......

Now, we're back alive again! We apologize for causing worry to some of you who have placed the pre-order. :-( This "misunderstanding" really has caused us some brand damage, esp. when Praesto is still at its infancy.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?p=2432460

http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=97661

http://www.watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5346&start=0

We could have sent out individual emails to pre-order individuals but we could not, because all such is done on the server with which our account was temporarily de-activated. Now this should teach us a great lesson! (Well, we did make the announcement on Twitter - http://twitter.com/praestowatch and our fan book http://www.facebook.com/praestowatch)

Just in case, for future incidents like this, here is our gmail account: praestowatch at gmail . com. If you ever can't get a hold of us due to whatever reasons, this is the safest and surest way to reach us!

Thank you for understanding.

If you have any questions/complaints/comments, please email me at amos at praestowatch . com or praestowatch at gmail . com

Kind regards,

Amos

November 06, 2009

Praesto Tshirt for Modern Fliegeruhr Aviator

Praesto Tshirt for Modern Fliegeruhr Aviator is here. High quality. It feels very good, comfortable to wear; made of 100 % cotton, machine washable ... You would feel like flying :-)

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One small request: would you mind telling us what Tshirt size you're wearing? We want to make sure our Tshirt fits on you. Please take a vote and comment here: http://watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5293


PVD black aviator

The PVD black aviator is here:

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For comments, please click here: http://watchandclockforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5090&start=15#p23749 Your comments are precious and appreciated.



November 04, 2009

Aviator is here!

Finally, are you waiting for these pictures?

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The PVD black one will be assembled tomorrow.

October 30, 2009

Praesto 2010 designs

What do you think of the following designs for 2010 ? Still preliminary concept. Constructive criticism is welcome!

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Below are auto chronos.

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Any comments?