The production will only be limited to the number of movements available. The watches should be on-hand by the middle of January. There will be at least 100 pieces available for this year. Hopefully I can wrangle up some more movements for later in the year.

Just kidding!!!!….that’s a really good question and a good observation. There are a few reasons….the primary reason is that prices are going up on existing models of Mk II watches starting November 1st to cover the cost of print advertising that we will be doing for pretty much the first time. However new models, including the Vantage and the Sea Fighter, are being launched at the new price structure. In other words come November 1st the prices for these models won’t change. I could have made all of the changes effective November 1st but the time required to update and test that many HTML pages would have been prohibitive going into the holiday season.

The other reason is that the case body of a watch designed to be paired with a solid-end-link bracelet has to be made to more exacting tolerances. For example the lug width tolerances of a solid-end-link bracelet watch versus a standard strap watch, is about 5 times tighter. So while this case looks simpler its actually the most expensive case we have ever made…well that is until the Sea Fighter debuts.

I have already ordered my custom Vantage but was wondering why the standard Vantage costs more than all your other watches. It’s production cost must be lower as it has a fixed bezel and no bezel insert?

Thanks

AH 5168

The watch is being discontinued in its present form. It will be re-designed. This was a good time to take it off the roster because we are low on cases bodies and I want to keep some in reserve in order to take care of service issues for current owners.

The Swiss Made Stingrays will probably go up on the site by the end of the month. I am working the Sea Fighter page at the moment and then will move onto the Stingray page. I am also trying to QC all the parts necessary for the Swiss assembler so that’s holding up further work on the web site. I want to get the parts shipped so that I have a better idea when to expect the watches back.