Hi Laurent,
I’m so sorry for this late reply. Unfortunately, I sold this watch last year and the spare links went with it. I don’t have any other suggestions (other than soliciting for links on WUS, Reddit, etc.) Good luck in your search!
Regards,
Mark

Mark, Ross is really bad at posting periodic updates. Doesn’t respond about the watches not received either.

I backed H2 on Indiegogo and still haven’t received mine either Jamie. It’s one of those things that I’m reminded about every month or so, and it ticks me off.

1. “Watch not delivered”
Many backers on Indiegogo, including myself, have still not received the H2 watch. That is crystal clear from the comments section there, where Ross has apparently not addressed single complaint raised about the watch not received. He’s taken off completely with many backer’s money.

2. Shipping
Oh god, the shipping. For whatever thought process that is outside of my logic, Ross decided to go forward with a shipping company that didn’t provide any tracking information for each shipment. When he is managing a 2000+ watch project, I don’t understand why this decision made any sense.

3. Communication
It’s become abundantly clear that he is too introverted as a business owner – the silent treatment is his signature. Instead of leaving occasional updates on the project page to inform the backers where things are, he just tries to deal with the comments flooding in, and bemoans that he spends all his time dealing with the comments. Many of the comments during the project had to do with his lack of updates, so some of his own pain was self-inflicted. I’m amazed by the apparent stubbornness that has prevented Ross from taking in the feedback about the updates, that his backers have reiterated time and time again.

4. Cringey Social Marketing
He’s engaged in pretty NSWF (for the lack of better term) marketing on Instagram, posting nude photos of a model (supposedly his personal acquaintance) on the Hamtun page. It didn’t help with the brand image, but he stuck with the fact that he’s “just helping out a friend.” I still don’t understand why he insisted that it had to be nude shots. One reason that I’m surprised by this review, is that Mike and Kaz on the podcast seem to be against sleazy marketing.

5. “Prototype in production”
One of the key additional feature that Ross pursued after the KS campaign closed was the ballbearing bezel that you mentioned. This severely delayed his project schedule, and he had to recall and fix the ball bearing design issues after the production started. Hindsight is 20/20, but poor risk assessment is a repeating notion in Ross’ operation.

6. Pricing
I don’t think most of his backers wanted some twisted race to the bottom. The H2 had a nice design to it, and most backers seemed to voice more comments about quality than whether the price point hit $300, $350, or whatever. If the prices were set higher, it could have opened more options to how he can run his business. Which leads me to…

5. The HR problem
Ross Davis, the “one man army.” Such delusion has been shattered into so many pieces. There’s this school of thought in Ross Co. that whatever the number of watches ordered, he can singlehandedly deal with it… while launching the next Kickstarter (H3) project, and peddling in the launch of sister brands. One can expect such business structure to implode given enough time. If only he could entrust the day-to-day operation with someone with better business acumen.

That is pretty much where everything is now. There seems to be a tragic loss in Ross’ family – that is truly sad and my condolence there – and there is no one to help keep things afloat. H2 backers still haven’t received their watches, H3 backers are left in the dark, same with the Phantom Caleuche backers, and god knows what happened to Basilisk Watch brand.

Great point, Wayne. This is why I have not pulled the trigger on the GMT as of yet.

I have the meteorite version myself and find the tonality of the dial to compliment the silvery-gray titanium beautifully. The white dial was my second choice. I think I would like the black handset and lume trim from the white dial version more on the meteorite dial than the chrome it came with.

The Sellita has been humming along and was obviously well-regulated. My Timegrapher has the beat error @ 0.0-0.1 consistently, amplitude just over 300 after wearing it all day, and roughly +/- 5 s/day. Perfectly acceptable to me!

Overall, I think it’s an outstanding value and find Hamtun a trustworthy maker. I’ll probably go for the GMT H3 (in white!) if they’re not already gone.

Which model Seiko is made from Titanium, has a sapphire crystal and a ceramic bezel? Also, the 6309 is a turtle case, no? I believe there’s the SPRE05, but it’s comically large at 47mm! In many ways, the Kraken could be considered a pre-made Seiko SKX with all the custom mods already applied from the factory.