H2O ORCA - THINNER - SHORTER - HARDER

[MrMayface]

Great to get you back also into the H2O Orca boat! Greetings to Italy!



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.

I beg you please don't leave the mother of pearl out. Please don't. Black or grey would be great. Think about it. Think about it long and hard.

I just voted for the Classic in the poll, but it was a tough choice. Like you, I switch about everyday. I love the Vintage case, but went with the Classic. Mainly because I'll have to have the Mono case, and the Vintage case is crown guardless just like the Mono case. If that makes any sense.

Did I mention how cool this would look with a mother of pearl dial?

[Emuneh]

Brilliant idea, those options are really very nice. The Orca system needs a unique dial color, I would recommend a turquoise dial. Little used, but draws attention and is reminiscent of the shallow ocean.

[caps59]

Hi Clemens,

beautiful innovative line. my preferences: the orca dive; followed by teh classic. I still like the look of the Kalmar in black better but find that it may be too high for my wrist. How does this height of the orca dive compare to that of the panerai pam 89? And how does the panerai compare to the Kalmar with DLC in height? best, joe

[ky70]

Clemons,
You mentioned that the Orca line is expected to continue to develop going forward...are than any plans to add a gmt insert/dial option in the future?

[H2O Watch]

I beg you please don't leave the mother of pearl out. Please don't. Black or grey would be great. Think about it. Think about it long and hard.

I just voted for the Classic in the poll, but it was a tough choice. Like you, I switch about everyday. I love the Vintage case, but went with the Classic. Mainly because I'll have to have the Mono case, and the Vintage case is crown guardless just like the Mono case. If that makes any sense.

Did I mention how cool this would look with a mother of pearl dial?

The choice is difficult as usual at H2O. I´m sure your mind will change until pre-order!
The black Mother-of-Pearl dial is also my favorite KALMAR dial and I would love to see it in the ORCA as well. Since we are using very special sandwich dials for the H2O ORCA series this time I´m not sure it will be possible.

Hi Clemens,

beautiful innovative line. my preferences: the orca dive; followed by teh classic. I still like the look of the Kalmar in black better but find that it may be too high for my wrist. How does this height of the orca dive compare to that of the panerai pam 89? And how does the panerai compare to the Kalmar with DLC in height? best, joe

I could give you only the reference to my PAM 111 (14mm height) and 127 (17mm). In comparison the H2O ORCA will have a height of 13.50mm, but the WR of the H2O ORCA is expected to be 2000-3000M and about 7-10x higher compared to the PAMs. Of course we will officially certify the WR of our prototypes in Germany as we did with the H2O KALMAR.

Clemons,
You mentioned that the Orca line is expected to continue to develop going forward...are than any plans to add a gmt insert/dial option in the future?

The H2O ORCA was constructed with the lowest possible height and reduced L2L length in our mind. Nothing more or less. The limitation is that we could not use our normal GMT movement 2836GMT, which is about 1mm higher compared to the normal 2824-2. Maybe we will find a way to use later the ETA 2893-2GMT, but that movement is difficult to source and expensive. So currently we have no plan to offer GMT. Of course the Kalmar offers the GMT function.

[jo4vee]

Hey Clemens, first I want to say that your a class act...My KALMAR came back in pristine condition, thanks. I'm going with the dress so count me in...just an awesome design.

Enjoy the Journey

[RGS]

Are all the dials going to be sandwich dials? The renderings look like applied markers.

[jilytibrme]

Clemens,

Will a GMT version be offered?

[Bigjamesdean]

Clemens,

Will a GMT version be offered?

he mentioned already atm no because of the movement thickness and the newer eta that would fit is hard to get and too costly atm...I believe :)

[PortlandSpartan]

When will we know the price on this bad boy?