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You know they do have several pieces in the works including a less expensive design using the SW200 movement. If their price is too high for a startup, why is the same price OK for another startup? Just curious if its the familiarity of the case or it goes beyond that...
What other start-up are you referring to? The Oceans 7 watches, to the best of my knowledge are in the $600 and up range on a strap....SS Bracelet is $80 to $100 additional! When you consider the range of ETA2824-2 and Val 7750 timepiece in that arena from Tissot thru Victorinox, Wenger, Movado, Hamilton....et al, the Ocean 7, with no history of quality production or customer service, yes, I think they are overpriced!
Ocean & has only one piece in production, the LM-1, all of the others are still on the drawing table, not finalized...........kinda like Hendersen's approach to the 3T ORSA!
As I understand it, one can pre-order, site unseen, for $100 or so less per piece and then there are 2 preorder prices....one for former "good" purchasers and another for those who have ordered and accepted previous delivery!
If you are referring to ORSA (as the other start-up), I like the design. If you are referring to the outrageous price that James tried to gouge us with, I was pissed, but agreed to it as it was the "3T" watch. And as a "start-up", ORSA has actually been producing watches for some time, albeit they are only into their 5th (I believe) automatic model. When they produced their 1st watches, they were in the less than $200 arena and their 1st atuomatics were less than $400.
As to design...............I think (jmo) that they are a little mundane. That said, I really do like the LM-2 (in preorder but not yet in production), but unfortunately, it is in Ti, of which I am not a big fan unless it's a golf club!