H2O ORCA - THINNER - SHORTER - HARDER

[ky70]

I have never opened a poll on the WUS. Here comes my first!
It will be interesting to see your preferred H2O ORCA OUTER case!

Thank you for voting!

I voted Vintage and Dress. It's a close call between the two, but my favorite is the Vintage beacause I like the no crown protectors look and think the bracelet on the Vintage will look the most intergrated into the case because of the shorter lug arms. But, with either case, I would pick the classic dial.

The side shots of the cases along with the straight on shots from the Oceanictime blog help to get a better perspective of what the casess look like.



My #1 Case (Vintage)





My #2 Case (Dress)



My #1 Dial (Classic)

[Bigjamesdean]

I was discussing the new Oraca with another collector and we were uncertain about the bezel options. Will we have the choice of either bezel with any case or certain bezels only available with certain cases ?

[H2O Watch]

Clemens - Very cute new puppies, thanks for the photo.

I'm trying to get an idea of the overall dimensions of the new Orca models. You listed the thicknesses earlier in this thread.

- What is the bezel diameter going to be? Smaller than the Kalmar?
- What is the dial/crystal diameter?

Thanks.

- The bezel diameter is 44mm and the Kalmar had a bezel with 46mm diameter.
- The sapphire front glass diameter is 31.50mm

I was discussing the new Oraca with another collector and we were uncertain about the bezel options. Will we have the choice of either bezel with any case or certain bezels only available with certain cases ?

All bezel could be attached to all cases. Also the inlay could be chosen out of 4 designs. Our construction of the bezel even allows a later change of the bezel as it is detachable. We have developed a UNIQUE system for the exchange of the bezel!

[Nishant]

I apologize if I overlooked.. but which movements do you intend to use ?

[H2O Watch]

We will use SWISS ETA 2824-2. The work horse. To be serviced everywhere.

[Bigjamesdean]

Open up the pre order already :)

[pbj204]

Shame your just doing the black dial initially as I was really hoping for the gray diap which I just love. Won't stop me from being one of the first in line but black dials are just so over produced.

I agree. The cool gray or that light blue would be great. It seems like black will be the only choice to keep costs down. Maybe there could be an option to buy a different dial at a higher price. I'd pay more to get a dial that's not black.

[sheriffd2]

HHHmmmm. I got this question also from other forums. I may offer the Cool Grey 10 dial color from the Kalmar for the ORCA series as well. But the variety of different dial colors should be an feature/advantage of the Kalmar series and at the end 70% of all Kalmar sales went with a black dial.

I will make some more renderings of the dial to show clearly the sandwich dial structur of each dial.

For what it's worth, if offered, I too would opt for a Cool Grey option as well. I love the new dials in black, but I'd still prefer to have one in grey. The grey dial on my Kalmar was unquestionably my favorite dial of all time. Heck, if Rolex would step outside the box a bit and offer the DSSD in grey dial, I'd have done that too.

The cool grey Kalmar dial is the PERFECT all-occasion shade.

I'm in either way, the new stuff looks fantastic in black, but again, I'd definitely opt for the grey if offered.

[Steve260]

Mr. Clemens,
I really like the look of the H2O Orca Classic! I don't currently own a H2O watch, but I would be very interested in purchasing a Classic when they are available. Very nice!
Steve

[DEMO111]

- The bezel diameter is 44mm and the Kalmar had a bezel with 46mm diameter.
- The sapphire front glass diameter is 31.50mm

Perfect dimensions!!! I am so ready to get one of these on my wrist. Now I have to make the really difficult choice of which one..... sooooo many good choices.