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H2O Orca Series: Classic, Dive, Dress, Vintage, Mono - NEW

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Posted: Tue May 1st, 2012 11:00 am

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Yes, it is better!

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Posted: Tue May 1st, 2012 03:24 pm

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H2O wrote: The H2O ORCA DRESS seems to be the most wanted design between all H2O ORCA models. It might become our "volume model".

Looking the last days at all my renderings from this model I felt that the gap between the lugs and the bracelet/strap is too big and should be reduced. We have improved the design of the H2O ORCA DRESS slightly to reduce the visible gap between the case and strap/bracelet in the following way. In my opinion it was possible to make something good even better and the DRESS looks now perfect (for me

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DOWNLOAD NEW H2O PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR PSD FILE

DOWNLOAD NEW H2O PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR PSD FILE / ZIP compressed

Here comes a short animation of the "old" and NEW version of the H2O ORCA DRESS:

Why not bring the lug ends closer to the case thereby reducing the overall lug to lug distance.

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Posted: Tue May 1st, 2012 06:09 pm

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Hi Gerald,

unfortunately that´s impossible, because we have a two case system here. There are limitations in size and position of the lugs and we REALLY did our best to reduce the overall length as much as possible.

Have a nice day

Clemens

Posted: Tue May 1st, 2012 08:57 pm

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I have prepared an image (9200 x 3200 pixel!) showing the brushing directions and polished areas. :-)

HERE is the link!

Posted: Wed May 9th, 2012 08:33 pm

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Today I have updated the H2O ORCA section with new product pages as preparation for the pre-order start.

For those of you who are interested into H2O Orca: I´m expecting to open the pre-order in 4-7 days from today. Of course there will be a special for returning H2O Kalmar customers.

Posted: Wed May 9th, 2012 09:11 pm

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H2O wrote: Today I have updated the H2O ORCA section with new product pages as preparation for the pre-order start.

For those of you who are interested into H2O Orca: I´m expecting to open the pre-order in 4-7 days from today. Of course there will be a special for returning H2O Kalmar customers.

sounds great clemens

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Posted: Thu May 10th, 2012 03:09 pm

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I have realized that we have never shown the case back of the H2O ORCA series. This time there will be no optional display case back, because:

The SAPPHIRE DISPLAY CASE BACK is STANDARD accessory for the H2O ORCA series!

(The rendering shows some distortions at the border of the sapphire glas and the movement has not been included into the rendering)

We also plan to have once again Super-LumiNova on the rotor of the movement like we did for the Kalmar. Not required to survive in the depth, but a nice detail to look at.

Posted: Thu May 10th, 2012 09:33 pm

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Just another point: Does everybody realize the advantages of a hardened case?

I have got today a mail package with two hardened probes: One SS cylinder and one common 2000M case out of my personal watch collection.

We have used a carpet cutting knife to make the scratches as deep as possible. On the unhardened site this was quite successful bit impossible on the other site. At least micro scratches don´t have a chance anymore.

H2O is the only micro brand offering such treatment for their watch cases as we are organizing this hardening process under our control in Germany!

Last edited on Thu May 10th, 2012 09:33 pm by H2O

Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 11:13 am

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The H2O ORCA product configurator was quite successful with more than 2500 downloads and MANY watch configurations shown here! THANKS to YOU!!!

I have taken some time to create a new H2O ORCA watch configurator with a front view. I hope these two configurators together are allowing you to "easily" assemble your watches for our H2O ORCA pre-order, which will start soon.

Download link for the new H2O ORCA PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR FRONT VIEW

Download link for the new H2O ORCA PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR FRONT VIEW

If you require a short description how to open the file, please visit our homepage: LINK

Posted: Thu May 17th, 2012 09:49 pm

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Nice choices on bezels, wanting to know how much?

Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 12:45 pm

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Just pre-ordered one of these. I got- vintage case, cool grey dial, chrome arrow hands, bezel 2 w/SS15, bracelet with everything hardened. Came to just under $1200, hardening costs $50/case, $30/bracelet (hardened bracelet- $180 option). This is a sub 1K watch with no bracelet or hardening, if you desire.

Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 02:09 pm

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For those who need the link:

http://www.h2o-watch.com/h2o-orca-pre-order

Just ordered mine too- dress case,black dial with minimal markings (Dial 3), chrome hands 2, bezel 1 with stainless steel 60 second inlay, bracelet, everything hardened. Just under 1200, probably just over with freight and everything

I congragulate H20 on launching such a fantastic looking watch and just thinking about, very few watches are going to be the same, but all will clearly belong to the same family. I have been waiting for months!

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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 07:47 pm

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After all the hours of preparation and rendering did I really forget to officially launch the H2O ORCA pre-order???

:wf

Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 07:55 pm

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Here is the brushing/finishing directions that were previously mentioned...

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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 07:57 pm

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Already pre ordered mine brutha !!

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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 07:58 pm

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YEAH!!! You were between the really first ones!

Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 08:02 pm

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Going to wait for the orange dial to show up before I order.

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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 08:59 pm

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Just put my pre-order in for the Dress with Bezel 2 Sapphire 60 Sec., Black Dial 3, and the Arrow Chrome hands, with everything hardened and the dome sapphire. These watches are amazing and I really enjoy the Kalmar. Really hoping they come out with interchangeable dials for this watch.

Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 09:04 pm

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millerou wrote:
Just put my pre-order in for the Dress with Bezel 2 Sapphire 60 Sec., Black Dial 3, and the Arrow Chrome hands, with everything hardened and the dome sapphire. These watches are amazing and I really enjoy the Kalmar. Really hoping they come out with interchangeable dials for this watch.

Interchangeable dials? You would have to take the whole watch apart to do that , no?

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Posted: Fri May 18th, 2012 09:11 pm

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Tattoo Chef wrote: millerou wrote:
Just put my pre-order in for the Dress with Bezel 2 Sapphire 60 Sec., Black Dial 3, and the Arrow Chrome hands, with everything hardened and the dome sapphire. These watches are amazing and I really enjoy the Kalmar. Really hoping they come out with interchangeable dials for this watch.

Interchangeable dials? You would have to take the whole watch apart to do that , no?Yes, it wouldn't be something you could really do on your own.

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