The Coolector: "they have some mightily impressive specifications that showcases the fact that they are excellent watches first and foremost and their charitable actions merely compliments this."
Vouchmag: "Cloutier Nouvelle-France is doing much more than creating luxury watches, they're making exceptional timepieces with the added benefit of helping children in need."
Watchpaper: "By choosing the path of a social responsible business model, Cloutier is adding to the challenges, this is one more reason you should check out their project on Indiegogo and share it with your friends."
Pretty Darn Cool: "Apart from trying to help better the worlds' water, the Cloutier Nouvelle-France watch is absolutely beautiful, with classic finishes and a minimalistic feel to it"
TechMASH UK: "Here is a cool way of getting your hands on a brilliant stylishly designed watch and help WaterAid provide clean safe drinking water..."
Master Horologer: "Cloutier Nouvelle-France, a new start up watch brand from Canada announces their debut collection of watches that carries a mission: Give clean water to a person in need."
Why use a Crowdfunding site for this project?
IndieGoGo allows us to raise the capital needed to deal directly with the best manufactures out there and to cut out the middle men (Distributors, brokers, retailers) providing you with a great quality watch at an affordable price and at the same time supporting a great cause with no risk on your part.
1) Cut out the middle men
2) Get a beautiful timepiece at a great price
3) Help make the world a better place
4) No Risk! - Funders get their money back if campaign does not reach the 65,000$ goal
Our Story
Founded by a group of friends in Montreal, a city know for it's European flair and sophistication, Cloutier Nouvelle-France was conceived as an alternative startup challenging the status quo of the current business world.
With a philanthropic emphasis as our backbone, we strongly believe that businesses have a bigger role to pay in this world than simply turning a profit.
While many people in our societies have prospered, too many people are still left behind.
Over 1 billion people on this earth are still living in extreme poverty.
According to UNICEF 17,000 children die per day, mostly from preventable and treatable causes.
For this reason we decided to combine our love of fashion, watches and social entrepreneurship, to offer elegantly crafted affordable timepieces with a greater purpose.
For our first project, we’ve decided to focus on one of our most basic needs, which most people take for granted, clean water.
Over 748 million people in the world do not have access to safe water.
A child dies every 60 seconds from water-related diseases. Diarrhea, being one of these illnesses, is the second leading cause of death among children under five worldwide.
Women and children spend 140 million hours a day collecting water for their families’ survival. This is time not working for income to support family nor going to school... Education being a vital part to the growth of all societies.
Safe water is also considered a life blood of the Ebola treatment units and plays a huge part in preventing future outbreaks.
Cloutier Nouvelle-France strongly believes that every man, woman and child should have access to clean water, and with your help, is determined to help relieve this pain.
To help us address this issue, we’ve partnered with Wateraid, a non-profit organization to ensure that for every watch purchased, the gift of clean water will be provided to someone in need. A gift that can change a life forever.
~"Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved" - Bill Gates~
By purchasing a Cloutier Nouvelle-France timepiece, not only will you be the proud owner of a beautiful unique vintage inspired swiss movement watch but will also be wearing a watch with a greater purpose and a story worth sharing.
The Cloutier Nouvelle-France Collection
La Classique:
Choose Your Case Colour: Rose Gold, Gold, or Stainless Steel
Your Choice of 40mm or 46mm:
Choose Clear Blue or Full Blue Hands:
Choose Your Strap Colour: Brown, Red, Black, or Blue
Le Chrono:
Your Choice of 40mm or 46mm:
Choose Clear Blue or Full Blue Hands:
Choose Your Strap Colour: Brown, Red, Black, or Blue :
Choose Your Case Colour: Rose Gold, Gold, or Stainless Steel:
Customize your watch:
We will be sending out a survey at the conclusion of the Indiegogo campaign where you will indicate the details to customize your Cloutier Nouvelle-France:
1) Choose your strap colour - Red, blue, brown, or black
2) Choose you case colour - Gold, Rose Gold, or Stainless
3) Choose your hand style - Full Blue or Outline Blue
4) Choose your size - 40 mm or 46 mm
We will confirm your shipping address and other details. Shipping is free within the USA and Canada and offer competitive shipping for our international customers.
Any questions, please contact: Info@cloutierwatches.com
The Design Process
Numerous months were taken to meticulously create a beautiful stylish, Swiss movement watch from design to production. By partnering directly with some of the leading timepiece manufacturers we're able to provide you with a beautiful vintage-inspired style at an affordable price. By offering yourself or a loved one the gift of a Cloutier Nouvelle-France watch you will directly impact the lives of those in need, giving them the gift of time in more ways than one.
How do we give?
1.
BUYCustomers purchase a Cloutier Nouvelle-France Watch.
2.
GIVEFor every watch purchased Cloutier Nouvelle-France will provide 25$ to WaterAid.
Just 25$ can give one person access to clean, safe drinking water.
Your purchase can change one life forever.
3.
BUILD100% of funds go toward supporting specific WaterAid projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
WaterAid pools your gift with the gifts of others in order to meet the urgent need for clean water in a community or at a school, thereby helping hundreds or even thousands.
4.
PRACTICALWaterAid uses practical, locally-appropriate and cost-effective technologies so to ensure that operational maintenance requirements for the new water supply and sanitation facilities can be easily learned and adopted by local community members.
5.
SUSTAINABLEAll aspects of WaterAid’s projects are designed and implemented with long-term sustainability in mind. This means that upon completion of projects, community members are equipped with all the tools and knowledge required to manage and maintain their new facilities.
Can 25$ really provide water for life to someone in need?There is a great deal of variation between projects due to considerations like country, region, access to markets, population to be served, type of water solution deemed to be locally appropriate etc.
$25 covers the one-off set-up cost of water. It does not cover any ongoing costs, which are absorbed by the community through cost recovery programs that WaterAid help them to set-up and through support from local water utilities/offices. WaterAid's objective is not to build dependency, but rather to provide the initial infrastructure and to help build local capacities and systems for ongoing operation and maintenance.
We need your Support!
In order to turn this vision into reality, we need your help!
Things you can do to help this project come to life:
1) Buy a Watch
2) Share this Story to a friend
3) Share the link to this site on Facebook
4) Like our Facebook page
5) A simple tweet
Every little action counts!
Thank you for being a part of this project!
Risks & Challenges
Our biggest challenge will be getting the word out.
We also realize that creating and delivering a product is a complicated process and often comes with unexpected challenges. That is why we have been preparing.
Not only do we have two of our co-founders that have already been through the successful launch of two different watch projects on Crowdfounding sites.
But we have also spent the past several months making sure our supply chain is in check. We have well-established relationships with reliable watch manufacturers and strap makers. Our team has the experience and is prepared to deal with fulfillment of goods. We also have contingency plans for all the steps that are out of our control.
We are going to keep our backers informed during the production process as we believe effective communication is important. We'll do this with regular updates and sharing pictures as often as possible, for example when manufacturing of the watch cases is completed, during manufacturing of components, during final assembly, when the packaging is produced, etc…
If somewhere along the way we find that there is a setback in production, or that we cannot make the timeline, we will keep all of our backers informed.
Cloutier Nouvelle-France is a new breed of business and is here for the long-term.
Remember, for every watch you purchase, the gift of water is included in the price of the watch!
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Thank you