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Posted by Derick » 32 Comments »
AURORA PROTOTYPE
Here we go everybody! First prototype of the Aurora watch we posted about 2 weeks ago. The final version is almost complete and we will be launching for pre-order very very soon. Can you tell what time it is? 
There's 32 Comments So Far
April 6th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Very very nice.
A bit too colorful for my taste though, colors confuse me as I am very colorblind….
I still prefer my Mercury Chrome Ocean
April 6th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
6:17 or 18:17
April 6th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Not at all the watch is perfect I need it ! Must buy !
April 6th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Tempting me again are you?
April 6th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Have you thought about making these in bue and red, or red and yellow?
April 6th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
@glyphobet – there are plans but not on the same model, similar concept
April 6th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Derick, can you contact me? art.strass@gmail.com
April 8th, 2011 at 6:17 am
For loyal customers who have bought a Gravity from you, will you be also selling just the watch face (minus the band) so that people like myself who have gravity’s can switch up their watch faces without having to re purchase the band? If so will they also be available in the pre-order and how much do you think just the watch face will sell for?
April 8th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
I love it! Looks really great. I hope the clock (without the wristband) is not too expensive.
It’s 3:31 on the image
April 19th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Looks great, i have the Ziiiro Gravity, any chance i could get the center piece for my Ziiro Gravity for free
, ill make another video ?
Love you watches, keep making more and MORe
April 19th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Hey, this is a fantastic design. Will you have other color combinations, such as blue/red/purple or black/white/grey?
April 20th, 2011 at 3:03 am
i think alot of people are screaming out for some plain black with not so so colour full dials that would be awesome
April 20th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Looks promising! Can’t you guys just post a small video review? So we can see it work! Thanks!
April 28th, 2011 at 12:13 am
I really like the concept, but think it is straying a little too far from the minimalism that made the earlier designs so great. The whole point there was minimalist design cues: single colour, no time markings or numbers, no big visible brand. They were watches that looked amazing without looking flashy.
I agree with a few others here in wanting something more subtle: Black metal band, no time markings, no big logo in the middle and a more subdued colour combination. Blue and red overlapping for purple or even two rings of fading white over black to produce different levels of grey would have my wallet out for my next ziiiro in a heartbeat.
April 28th, 2011 at 1:29 am
Just for fun I tried out some alternative colours for aurora in photoshop:
http://fischer.com.au/ziiiro-concept.html
The mechanism would be exactly the same.
April 28th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
whow, love it! wanna have it!
but how does it look on the wrist?
could you post a photo? … on a female wrist?
thx
April 28th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Love this watch, cant wait until i get mine!
April 29th, 2011 at 7:27 am
I love the concept but would also like some more muted colour options.
How about something a little more like this:
http://fischer.com.au/ziiiro-concept.html
April 29th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
scott: great idea, but it’ll be hardly visible at 12:05 or 12:10
April 29th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
@fischer: thanks for sharing your thoughts, we appreciate it!
just a problem: the color you can see on the tip of the aurora “hands” are already 100%, and like you can see it’s still transparent. thats why it would be pretty hard to tell the time in the area Derick mentioned.
May 8th, 2011 at 3:16 am
Any chance you guys can make the Aurora on a metal band like the Mercury?
May 8th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Hi Derick,
Pls contact me at jitesh@xquisites.in
May 25th, 2011 at 8:45 am
Hello,
Nice design.
But does Ziiiro’s customer service team reply emails at all? I’ve sent 3 times, and no one replied!!
=_=
June 8th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Rob, Derick:
Thanks for the feedback (and sorry for the multiple posts).
If the “hands” are printed on transparent material, with the minute hand at a max of 65% opacity and on top of the hour hand (like the current configuration), then it would be easy to tell the time at 12:05 and 12:10. Demonstration here: http://fischer.com.au/ziiiro-1205.html
June 8th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Hey Scott – thanks for the comment, i hear you. On the screen it certainly works fine like that, but i think with real discs it will be hard to see the blue area above the black/dark area. If you set the minutes hands layer to “multiply” you’ll see what i mean.
June 14th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Hello,
My name is Elijah. We are very interested in distributing Ziiiro in Korea.
Could you please send me some information.
We are a financially stable with corporate backing.
Currently we distribute Ice-Watch.
We are a financially stable with corporate backing.
We have 4 years of experience distributing headphones.
Hope to hear from you soon.
June 20th, 2011 at 1:49 am
I really love the idea behind the aurora watches. It would be great if the watch came if different colours as stated above. I really like the Black/blue concept. The Blue/yellow just doesn’t work for me. Like Tam said, a steel band would be great.
Got my Mercury Black Ocean some days ago, I love it. Thanks, guys at Ziiiro, for making such amazing watches. Simplicity is the way to go! (<3 Tetris haha) Please, keep up the good work. ^^
July 4th, 2011 at 11:13 am
I have huge problems with my watch. Its speeding so I have to readjust it every single day, as it speeds up to 15 minutes per day! I am one of the first buyers so I am wondering if anyone else is dealing with this? It’s so frustrating!!!
July 20th, 2011 at 1:44 am
Nice looking watch
“Like Tam said, a steel band would be great.
”
That. This would be an instant buy for me if it were on a steel band
July 20th, 2011 at 10:57 am
@ Layllaa: This shouldn’t happen, the Mercury clock works actually are pretty good and accurate ones. Did you already write to our customer support? http://www.ziiiro.com/page/support_service_and_repair
@ Bart, Jax: We have that in the making, stay tuned !
July 27th, 2011 at 12:35 am
@ Robert: awesome news, will keep checking the site
November 1st, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Any updates on the metal mesh band?