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Introducing MILENEAL Watches

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Hello Everyone,

I'm Wilson, founder of MILENEAL (miˈlenēəl) Watches, based out of Malaysia. Pretty sure most of you haven't heard of us so here's a brief introduction!

MILENEAL Watches launched less than two years ago on Kickstarter with the Classic Collection. On hindsight, yes! it's cliche indeed! But it was the one that got us started. The Classic Collection was a minimal looking watch but what we would like to think separates us from the other minimalist watches is our multi-layered dial with a raised dome lens. Thanks to about 250 backers, we were able to bring our brand to life.

After receiving multiple feedback and also working internally on a new collection, we launched our second campaign offering both quartz and automatic versions on our new collection - The Prestige. With the Prestige, our focus was still the same as our initial project which was to create affordable watches with quality specs. We realized the Classic was a bit off the track because of it being available in quartz only. The Prestige, on the contrary, was made available in automatic version as well (powered by a Miyota 9015). And fair enough, the Prestige Automatic was the one that was more popular among customers, mainly because of the specifications it has to offer.

These are the specs..
- Miyota 9015
- 316L Stainless Steel Case
- Sapphire Coated K1 With AR Treatment
- Top Grain Leather Straps
- 5 ATM Water Resistance

We received compliments mostly on our fume dial, the raised dome lens and the movement it uses... But with such small customer base, we believe there's more feedback we could gather and that's what we hope being present on WatchUSeek Forum would bring us.

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Having said that, as of now, we are now at a point where we are introducing the Prestige 2.0 version. A newer Prestige with some upgrades and improvements. Yes, of course we wish we could dough out more designs and wider offering of products but being a new small microbrand, I have to say that it's not easy at all working with a small team and budget. So for now, baby steps is all we are taking. We hope to introduce more products in the near future. But for now, let us hear you. We wanna know what you have to say!

P.S. Here are some photos of the latest Prestige Collection! Do check out our Instagram page for more photos!

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Cheers,
Wilson
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Disguise said:
Hi Wilson,

Nice looking watches indeed, I especially like the silver fume dial - it has a very classic look. My only pet-peeve would be the length of the hands. There is not that much visual distinction in length and shape between the hour and minute hands. If you would lengthen the minute hand a couple of mm so it almost lines up with the furthest extent of the hour markers, that would make it much more legible at a glance. And of course you'll want to make sure your seconds hand is the same length or it'll look a bit silly.

Good luck with 2.0!
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Hi Disguise,

Thanks for your feedback. The new Prestige would actually come with longer hands. The photos you see from our post are taken mostly on some of our prototypes.
Here's the visual of what we intend to have the minute and second hand length at for the bulk production of the new Prestige.
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Avo said:
I agree on the hand length.

I would prefer date-at-6 or (even better) no date. But I am probably in the minority on this.

An exhibition case back would also be nice, especially if you can customize the rotor.
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Hey Avo,

Thanks for your feedback. We've had a few suggested a no date version too so you're not alone. :)
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Hey Torquemada,

Thanks for your comment. Tbh, we recently had more people commenting on the brand name than the watch itself. We didn't get such comments in our first campaign during the introduction of the Classic series. I guess we were not so "known" back then. Anyhow, my team and I have definitely thought of re-branding when we introduce new designs in the future.

Thanks again.
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redhed18 said:
The name needs to be commented on, because everyone is thinking it.

There are people who would never buy this, solely because of the name...

This is the website,
because most of the links provided in the first post don't work for me.

https://mileneal.com

Millenials click here: https://www.instagram.com/mileneal_official/ ;-)

According to the brand, their name is derived from millenials / youth:

"One of our main goals is to provide a solution to the young working class - the millennials.
Hence, the inception of the name Mileneal."

You can read their own words here

https://mileneal.com/blogs/story/our-name-logo

https://mileneal.com/blogs/story/the-beginning

It's good to have this understanding, because there is another brand with a similar name that confused people too.
(In that case... "Míleata" ... means "military" in the Irish language ... who knew!)

Anyway the Mileneal tagline could use ... tuning

#BeCompleteNow

The designs are attractive, but I'm holding out for watches from Gerry Hattrick & Co.
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Thanks for providing the links. I've fixed the links in the initial post too. Yes, when we first created this brand, we were looking at using the phonetic alphabets miˈlenēəl. Honestly, we thought it would look cool but we decided to go for a more elegant looking font. Hence, MILENEAL. Anyway, on hindsight (plus the recent comments we have received on the brand name), I will definitely contemplate on coming up with a remedy to this with my team.

As for the tagline, we meant to convey a message that we should all do that one thing that we've wanted to pursue or even a simple thing we would want to try, to "complete" the dream. Metaphorically, owning a watch of good quality is completing that missing piece. :)
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pinkybrain said:
Looks nice but why the ugly date window and how big is it?

36 to 38 mm with a no-date Miyota and I would sign up yesterday.
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The Prestige comes in a 40mm case diameter :)
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Appreciate the honesty guys. Hard pill to swallow but will definitely find a way out of this in the future. :DDD
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Thanks again for the comments. Love the comment on the need for minute markers. It’s one we thought a lot of people out there would be okay without. But at least we know now that it’s something that makes a difference for some 🙂
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mrwomble said:
Loving the look of these and very tempted to pick one up, regardless of the brand name. There are not a lot of pics of the 'autumn red' dial so I'm struggling to get a feel as to whether it is truly red or more of a burgundy colour. Could your share some more pics of that one (pref with the silver case)?
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Hi,
It's more of a burgundy. Leaning towards dark red. I'll post more photos soon!

Thank you!
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Pakz said:
I love the look and have more than 50 divers and very few "dress watches"... So I've ordered a blue auto.
The name would shock me more if I didn't think initially that was Miles and Neal attached and a sort of nod to some guys I don't know. Millennial is not necessarily very appealing as a name, but Miléneal is OK to me!
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Thanks for ordering. Hope you won't be disappointed!
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chrono555 said:
[QUOTEAlthough I'm technically narrowly a millennial (on the older side) I don't want to identify as such because the term has some negative connotations.
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What would put me off is the spelling, aside from any connotations of the word.
It's shocking that many of the current generation seem to leave school/college without the ability to spell often the most basic of words, and the name on your watch looks as if it's come from someone who can't spell.
I'd be worried what wearing it would say about me to others.[/QUOTE]

I see what you mean. But we initially created the name based on the phonetic alphabets of the word - /mɪˈlɛnɪəl/. Hence, mileneal.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback. We are actually taking a serious consideration of rebranding. As we are somewhat a new brand, it's feasible to have it done.
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mrwomble said:
Any update on the status? I eventually decided to go ahead, so I'm in on an autumn red.
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Yes, we have finalized the orders and initiated production. We will be emailing the updates to all subscribers soon!
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Hello guys,

Just a simple update on the current status. We are producing the dials now and here's a sneak peek of the Autumn Red & Ocean Blue fume dials.
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Hi Guys!

Yes, as most of you have heard, we have re-branded.
Here's the announcement we made https://mailchi.mp/0690ae6c4ead/we-are-now-montage-watches

Apart from the rebranding news, the pre-orders are still on schedule to be shipped out in December 2019.

And with that, I'd like to offer a small discount to watchuseek forum followers here. Use discount code "WATCHUSEEK40" to get $40 off any Prestige watch.
Take note that this code is only limited to first 50 use.

Of course, do keep your feedback coming guys!

Cheers!
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Hi Guys!

Yes, as most of you have heard, we have re-branded.
Here's the announcement we made https://mailchi.mp/0690ae6c4ead/we-are-now-montage-watches

Apart from the rebranding news, the pre-orders are still on schedule to be shipped out in December 2019.

And with that, I'd like to offer a small discount to watchuseek forum followers here. Use discount code "WATCHUSEEK40" to get $40 off any Prestige watch.
Take note that this code is only limited to first 50 use.

Of course, do keep your feedback coming guys!

Cheers!
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