300 days – sufficient time for a spacecraft making the journey from earth to the 5,500km-away Red Planet, Mars.

Human missions to Mars is not a new idea throughout the humankind history. The possibility of human missions to Mars has been being studied since 1950. The same goal is shared among many government space agencies including NASA and ESA. NASA even topped its priority over moon mission in 2010 expecting a manned Mars mission in the 2030s.

The dial is certainly the most ambitious move of Mars Mission. A 3D Mars coated with red Swiss luminescent Super-Luminova is implanted in the centre of the dial. Upon light absorption, the implanted 3D Mars glows in reddish iron in darkness. The implanted Mars is filled with aluminum, covered with embossing techniques to create a rugged surface effect. The dial is surrounded by 3D indexes to further energize the watch. Random Brush technique together with vintage effect is applied onto the dial ring to resemble the rocky appearance of Mars.

“How are the Hands assembled?” This is the most commonly asked question we faced in the past year and the reason why countless hours were spent in the development process. Instead of following the existing norm like others, our designer has embraced the technical challenge with the revolutionary idea – placing the Hour Disc underneath the 3D Mars and the curvy Minute Hand on top of the 3D Mars. Via the glowing 3D Mars in the dark, the shadow of Minute Hand laying on top tells the minute while the luminescent-coated Hour Disc underneath tells the hour.

The frustum-like crown is etched with layers of scaling grids. The design concept comes from the unique appearance of NASA’s Orion-MPCV. The Orion-MPCV is a NASA spacecraft built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before.

Simply by looking at the wrist, wearers could find where the case perfectly joints with the Sapphire Crystal. This concept is derived from the UFO’s streamlined design. The 43.5MM case Diameter is fitted with 316LStainless steel material to demonstrate the perfect scale design. Inspired by “The Mars Rover Concept Vehicle” by NASA, both sides of the case are embossed with a unique honeycombed pattern.

A blue sunray dial is assembled into the case back. Through the skeleton case back, you could take a glimpse and enjoy the rotor movement. This design is derived from the solar arrays of NASA’s Insight Mars Lander. The Mars Mission logo is etched through in the centre of the case back.

The craziest ideal comes to the thrilling reality as the Sapphire Crystal curve exquisitely accomplishes the case angle like a dream. It forms an almost seamless curve on the dial. The double-layered dome is made of raw European Sapphire materials following by a special cold grinding procedure to achieve such an extreme curve. In order to reduce excessive reflection, the crystal is treated with an anti-reflective coating which enables wearers to read the crystal clear dial from any angle.

A huge enhancement is made in the movement. Mars Mission is powered by NH70A movement from Seiko. This automatic movement features a hacking function. (A hacking function means the second hand stops when the crown is pulled out.)

This Seiko NH70A movement is credited for its reliability and fair accuracy in automatic movement which makes it one of the most popular automatic movements in the industry.

A soft and tender leather strap handcrafted with German nylon stitching lays comfortably around the wrist. Three selected strap color options (distressed black, bronze and ash grey) are offered to go with your choice of different dial. We believe you would enjoy the combination. A lot of thought was put in the leather material selection. We come up with two special options; one is natural Full Vegetable leather which looks organic and effortless, good in durability and strength while the Crazy Horse leather option delivers a vintage vibe with unique and real texture.

Leather strap with quick release-spring bars

Packaging is one key part of our product design. Mars Mission comes with a deluxe box embossed with Mars Missions 3D initial “MM” on top. Each box carries a detailed and delicate instruction manual complemented with a metallic warranty card.

That’s why we could never stop to create new designs. What we have, it’s your amazing compliments to our previous campaigns!!

We stand firmly behind our watches; OVD offer a 2-year limited warranty on Mars Mission which covers movement manufacturing defects. The warranty does not cover damages that may occur from wear and tear and daily use. For more information please see www.ovd.com.hk

This is our fifteenth year in the manufacture of high quality-watches, and we have been designing and developing unique timepieces for many of the world’s leading brands for 15 years. In addition to development and design, the most important point is that the components procurement and production processes are all handled by ourselves. With this advantage, we can guarantee that the campaign would not have serious delays in delivery, and we believe that it can be delivered successfully.

We are obviously counting on the courier service to take excellent care of our precious package. Global reach and local teams ensure fast delivery with end-to-end tracking.  Please be ensured that Importing duties and fees are the responsibility of the backers.

OVD was started from a passion to push the boundaries of design and create unique, yet affordable timepieces. Mars Mission is one of the most important campaign with high confidence for us in this year. Now all we need is your great support!!

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