Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 @ 14:00 CET we will commence the second pre-order round for Supersede!
The pre-order window will be open for 72 hours and ending on April 15th, 2022 @14:00CET
With 72 hours to purchase your Supersede, all those who place an order in that timeline will receive a watch when first and second pre-orders ship in December 2022.
Why December 2022?
Horage has been heavily invested in the development of silicon for use in escapements. Currently all Horage watches ship with a silicon anchor and escape wheel developed by our engineers. The know-how needed to produce these parts is limited to a few minds within the Swiss watch industry and this means brands that wish to utilize this technology have little success in obtaining it. Therefore Horage is quite likely one of the only independent watchmakers to have developed their own silicon escapements.
In December after patents expire we will be able to take our silicon technologies to the next level by providing silicon hairsprings. Silicon is known for its anti-magnetic properties, but far more important is the efficiency and precision it brings to a movement. The escape wheel and anchor contribute to a watches efficiency and a hairspring contributes to precision. When all three are at work a movement benefits with increased power reserve and accuracy.
What are the options?
For this second pre-order round there will be four dial colour options available.
12:00 White
Transatlantic Blue
Atoll Blue
Boreal Green
Boreal Green with purple strap
Bracelet options are again available and you will have a choice of;
Brushed centre links
Polished centre links
Polished centre links
Our engineers have been moving along quite well with the development of the micro-adjustment clasp. Currently the technical prototype of the clasp is nearly complete and we hope to share the latest version of this prior to or during the pre-order round as there have been a few delays pertaining to covid restrictions.
All five rubber straps will also be on offer.
Black
Grey
Blue
Red
Purple
The FKM rubber strap tooling is now complete and the first version of the strap completed. It's light, soft and feels great on the wrist which makes it seem right at home with Supersedes low profile 9.85mm case.
Pricing
With each pre-order round the pricing increases and for this second pre-order round Supersede is still priced under the 5,000 mark at 4,900CHF. There will be two options at checkout;
Full Payment - 4,900CHF (includes rubber strap)
Split Payment - 2,450CHF now + 2,450CHF by July 2022 (no rubber strap included)
Credit card or bank transfer are options at checkout. For bank transfer please notify us via email as soon as your order is placed so we can monitor for the transfer.
Movement Update
The K2 movement is really taking shape. Horage engineers Jonas and Pascal have completed the current version of movement. In doing so they have managed to streamline the components and refine processes to optimize stability and flexibility in K2's GMT functionality. Last week a few were built up for us to show during our upcoming pre-order event in Taipei as well for me to show around to a few visiting media.
All functions are working out great. With each version of the movement prototypes Jonas and Pascal will continue to refine and optimize. For now they quite happy with the result and functionality. To recap, the positions and settings are as follows.
Position 0: Crown screwed in
Position 1: Crown unscrewed and in winding position. Turn crown clockwise to wind.
Position 2: Turn clockwise to quick set travel hour hand in one hour increments. Turn counterclockwise to quick set date.
Position 3: Seconds stop. Set minute and home hour hand. Date can also be set, but not quick set as in position 2.
Food For Ukraine
There is just a day left to go!
Donate $1 or more and you will not only support those who need food now, but you will also be entered to win 1 of 6 Supersede prototype watches.
The support for Ukraine has been incredible and we are now over 25,000CHF in donations.
It's not too late!
Click on the image above or link below to donate.
https://www.horage.com/supersede-one-dollar
Donations are being collected until Tuesday April 5th @14:00CET and the winners announced between April 6th and 11th via YouTube live.
More to come later this week!
As always feel free to connect with us in the comments.
Until next time...
Landon Stirling
Eagerly awaiting what is to come in the following weeks....
Well done to the team