Kickstarter

Leo Padron 5-time creator on August 23

Hi Mike:

Making a shipment this week of the remaining rewards. Yours is among them!

Leo Padron 5-time creator on August 12

Hi Daniel:

Sorry for the delay. Yours is actually going out this week. I'll follow up with tracking notification.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on July 27

Hi David:

Absolutely. I will send you tracking info the moment I ship it.

Leo

Leo Padron 5-time creator on July 17

Hello Daniel: You should receive yours before August. I will send you tracking info over PM.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on July 5

Hi Melchy:

I've already begun shipping the first models out. I'll follow with you with tracking info over PM regarding yours. But this week it will ship.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on June 20

Hi Paul:

I'm about 1/3 through the builds as of today. Your watch is on my current build list so it won't be long. I will send you the tracking info once it ships.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on May 27

Hi Melchy:

I will post an announcement shortly but I have begun building. The first watches will begin shipping later this week.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on May 13

Movements are in, so I am about to begin builds.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on March 20, 2017

Hello Hans:

It needed to have been included in your pledge. I'll set up a link shortly for people to purchase this if they haven't already.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on March 9, 2017

Hi Daniel:

The production run for this particular model is exactly 100 watches. This was intended to be for the January Kickstarter Make100 event, but I decided to launch it in February as a standard project. Its always my intention to sell all that I make, so if I make 100 of this model, there will be 100 buyers. :-)

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 20, 2017

Because another backer asked as well; if you're international but you prefer a different carrier other than FedEx just let me know. Alternate shipping arrangements are always possible.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 12, 2017

Hello Persephone:

Thank you. I use FedEx international Economy / Priority for virtually all of Europe (and 90% of everywhere else)

As far as customized notes, I frequently do! :-) I sign the box sleeve with the build and test date, serial, and my name (there's footage of this in the video). And in situation where it's a gift for somebody, I will write a customized note either on the sleeve or provide it separately in an envelope. Always an honor when I'm asked to do this. When the pledge reward survey goes out, just fill in the details in the comments form. (Or message me).

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 10, 2017

Hello Dreyes:

Thank you. There are different grades of stainless steel that have different properties. All of my watches use what is known as 316L stainless steel, which is the same stainless steel used for surgical equipment, medical implants, and also marine applications. It's especially corrosion resistant, which is why it makes such a wonderful watch for the ocean. (That and the fact that the case is water resistant up to 500 feet!)

The Tessera weighs 88 grams with the leather band, and 150 grams with the stainless band.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 10, 2017

Thank you, Ozzel. :-) Very pleased that you like it.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 9, 2017

Hi JJ:

I looked into it. I have my 22mm carbon pattern black leather bands that I use for all my models. It wasn't clicking for me for the X-Ray Edition and I prefer the warmth of the brown leather which I feel highlights the brass very nicely.

I wouldn't discount the possibility entirely. For one thing, I have the carbon bands already stocked, which would be a handy black option. But I still might explore other styles first.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 9, 2017

Hello Melchy:

Sorry if there was confusion about that. These are my Tessera/Hennepin movements which are 2824-2 derived designs. I have a nearly four year track record of use in my products and so I'm pretty keen about them. They also permit me to offer a much more rounded product to backers at a sub $500 price point.

I've priced out Eta brand 2824-2s as I currently use the Swiss Eta top grade in my Padron Selbys. There's a few issues (1) Eta it seems is finally making good on its endless promise to restrict supplies to its own stable of brands, which means I might be switching to Sellita in the near future (2) There's a high labor input for using a skeletonized mod with a rhodium perlage finish. This kind of execution makes Eta brand cost prohibitive if I want to keep the price reasonable for the Tessera X-Ray.

Hope this clarifies.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 9, 2017

Heat blueing itself is actually quite simple. I do this often, and the result is more aesthetically pleasing in my opinion than chemical blueing. But the issue isn't blueing, it's having a bare stainless version of the existing sweep hand to function as a blank. The thing to know about my watches is that everything is original design and specific to my brand. The sweep hand is one of a kind, so this would require a separate run of the sweep hands with minimums, etc. Hence this would have to be set up as a stretch goal as it falls outside scope.

But in order for something to be a stretch goal, I have to first try it myself, I have to like it, and also feel good about the process/business side of it.

An alternative would be to try a one-off with a third party generic sweep hand, but then that's diluting the look of my product and something I'd never offer as a feature. One-off customizations like this though are something I occasionally do in my line of business. That would be out scope for Kickstarter but which could be revisited and quoted for individually after the campaign ends.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 8, 2017

Hello Manan:

Very easy for me not to add the sweep hand for your build. Be sure to note this in the comments section when you get your reward survey after the campaign ends.

My wrist is approximately 7". The leather band is 120/90mm and the stainless steel band is adjustable. There's plenty of headroom on the stainless steel for any wrist size, really.

Leo Padron 5-time creator on February 8, 2017

Hello Manan:

The case is 42mm. I was very conscious to size this for a wide range of wrists, as I myself had been growing tired of the "wrist fridge" trend when I designed the case and tend to wear smaller. The lugs are also recessed so it wears more comfortably. There is a wrist shot on the page that will give you an idea. I have specifications listed within the photography that speak to the movement and the case features. I see that case dimensions should be added and will be updating that. Let me know if there's something else I can answer. But the watch is 42mm wide, and the recessed lug distance is about the same.