H2O ORCA - THINNER - SHORTER - HARDER

[primerak]

Dive version for me but to dome or not to dome that is the question?

[H2O Watch]

Dive version for me but to dome or not to dome that is the question?

Currently I have rendered the watches with the domed inner cases, but over the weekend I will also make new renderings incl. the flat sapphire front glass. There will be 2 additional variations of the bezel inlays made from stainless steel, which I will visualize as well. So more to come over the weekend!

I have got today a bunch of 20 different, handmade leather straps, which are absolutely awesome. To be honest: Iīm blown away! Pictures are coming soon.

[H2O Watch]

Today we received 20 strap samples for our H2O ORCA series.

The leather was purchased by myself in Hamburg, Germany, after more than 4 hours of touching hundreds or even thousands of different calf skins. Fortunately the biggest leather skin wholesaler is just 50 km away from our office and touching the leather makes a big difference instead of just comparing images.

Unfortunately the stud is not as I was planning. It should have been a more round vintage version, stamped wave and etched to look at least a 100 years old. We are far away from this goal. Anyway, this might get changed if we should decide to go with a stud attached version.

Two leather skins - the dark brown vintage/used leather strap and the light brown leather strap - canīt be used as a standard strap as their skins were way too small!
But as we are thinking about an incentive for returning customers from the H2O Kalmar pre-order they might go into production as well.

Letīs show the straps!






I personally LOVE the dark brown vintage strap. Each strap is telling you the story of his life.

[ferro01]

Great Straps Clemens. My Favoriten is the dark Brown also. Sell it, i will Buy it.

Stephan

[DEMO111]

Gorgeous leather! And I really like the added detail of the stud. It really makes the H2O leather unique.

[H2O Watch]

Had to attach the dark brown vintage strap to my polished H2O KALMAR Tungum. Looks not too bad.

[hoser133]

The tungum on that strap looks killer! If the stud wouldv'e been vintage like you planned it, it would be tons better.

I may have missed it but will the Orca be offered in a PVD coating?

[HelloNasty1]

Those look killer, the best being dark vintage!

[primerak]

Thanks for the update +1 greenish/grey

[H2O Watch]

Thank you for your comments on the straps!

When I purchased the leather for the straps I was really unsure about the vintage leather, because it looked right away extremely used and old. For me this was just perfect, but I didnīt know how YOU wouldlike it .

At the end I got so much positive feedback everywhere for the vintage strap! More than I expected.
If there is time on next week I may visit my leather wholesaler to purchase a second, hopefully bigger, skin for a limited version.

I just feel the dark gey strap is a little underrated (fits perfectly to brushed cases), but maybe the reasons are my bad photographic skills.

Have a nice weekend!
Clemens