r/TurtleFacts • u/HoneyfaceDarling • Aug 01 '20

Did you know some species of turtles are down to as little as three remaining survivors? That's why we've partnered with top turtle conservation organizations to launch the original Turtle Conservation Professional Diver!

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u/bornofidan Aug 01 '20

Amazing! Name of the watch? there are more colors?

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 01 '20

Thank you! And yeah three different colors! You can see them all and read more about it here if you're interested.

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 01 '20 edited Aug 01 '20

Turtle fact found here

Taken from my post in r/watches - Wanted to show a detailed shot mostly because im so damn proud. I'm Creative Director of the design house Flamingo Collective and have designed a certified professional dive watch from the ground up and centered around turtle conservation. We've parnered with the Turtle Conservancy, MOC Marine Institute, and Billion Baby Turtles Fund so that proceeds made in each sale will go to conservation efforts around the world that really count. Here is the link.

As for quick specs, the 40mm case is a marine grade steel with screw down crown for 300m water resistance. Both the glass and the bezel are made from sapphire crystal and feature a 120 click unidirectional motion. Swiss C3 Super-Luminova. And for the movement we went with the workhorse Japanese Miyota 9015 or a Japanese Quartz version if preferred. Let me know any thoughts!

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u/domasleo Aug 01 '20

Love this watch, I'm considering getting one. Just wondering, what is the Quartz movement? I just wanna know how loud it'll be.

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 01 '20

Thank ya! And it's a Japanese Miyota Quartz so fairly quiet to begin with but paired with the dive case noise shouldn't be an issue at all.

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u/AnAttackPenguin Aug 02 '20 edited Jan 12 '24

I enjoy spending time with my friends.

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 02 '20

Appreciate you so much. I'm partial to that colorway as well.. And we have a good feeling about everything so far. Can't wait for you to see yours in person.

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u/magicturtle12 Aug 01 '20

thank you for your tur-tle-iffic work :) turtle turtle šŸ¢

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 01 '20

Hahah I hate you but I also love you

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u/Itje4u Aug 01 '20

Omg I love it so much! These are amazing šŸ„°šŸ„°šŸ„° Iā€™m a scuba diver and turtles are by far my favorite animal to find under water!

The watches are a little out of my price range at the moment though šŸ™

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '20

Turtl

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u/turtlelover16 Aug 02 '20

The hand on the clock just moved

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u/Watermelon-legos Sep 06 '20

Okay so Iā€™m not going crazy, thanks

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u/AlainYncaan Aug 02 '20

Am I able to choose which of the three designs I will get by sadly it seems that I can't choose in the backing options...

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 02 '20

So once the funding period ends (end of the month) we send you a questionnaire to specify which options you'd like!

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u/TX_ThinBlueLine Aug 02 '20

Is there a difference in the amount of money that goes to turtle conservation if I spring for the automatic vs the quartz?

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u/HoneyfaceDarling Aug 02 '20

Nope! Proceeds are are actually around the same for each version because they cost different amounts to produce. And over 50% of those proceeds are donated to turtle conservation.