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 Posted: Wed Jun 27th, 2012 03:06 pm
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Please let me give you our latest news update on the H2O ORCA:

1. ORCA Case Prototypes: We have received this week the first images of the finished prototypes. The prototypes will be send next Monday and should arrive in that week. From the first photos especially the sapphire bezel inlays turn out to be very nice.

2. ORCA Bracelet / ORCA CNC Buckle prototypes: The bracelet and buckle will be shipped as well in next week. We can´t wait to get this monster bracelet into our hands. This bracelet will be longer than usual with 210mm/8.26 inch and with the watch case in between this results in approx. 264mm or 10.4 inch length. This should be enough to fit everybody.

3. ORCA Watch Box: We have changed the inside foam design slightly and prototypes should arrive as well next week. We get two prototypes with stiffer and softer foam and will choose the better one depending on the prototype touching experience.

4. HEX Screw Driver: There will be two Hex watch maker screw driver included into the package. These screw driver are Made in Germany by a specialist for such items. They are custom made for H2O as they are not included in the regular production program of the manufacturer. There will be a white H2O wave + H2O company name printed onto the screw driver. Even though it seems like to be a simple task of just placing an order, it´s quite more difficult as you would expect. These Hex screw driver are made only on custom order and the Hex screw driver cone needs to be manufactured with very tiny tolerances between 1.47-1.49mm. We have too many screw driver in our office not meeting this criteria and will go for Made in Germany. :-)

5. Leather straps: The different leather straps are in the stitching process already. We have bought two months ago more than a dozen calf leather skins in Germany to ensure the vest possible quality for the H2O ORCA straps. I personally wear more or less only leather straps and therefore my eyes are always focussed on perfect craftmanship, leather quality and lowest use of chemical ingrediances. Together with our new H2O ORCA CNC buckle you may not find any better strap.

We would like to buy everything out of one or two hands, but this is impossible if you want the best available quality for every single item. (Un-)fortunately I´m not the person buying this stuff from watch catalogs, so every single H2O ORCA part is constructed by our German engineer and myself.

We are sure to show you within the next week the first shots of the H2O ORCA! :-)