I saw someone post on WatchRecon an 8000m and like you Mike there was no orange accents for the hands (and theirs arrived with a scratch on the case). I wonder if demand was high and Clemens ran out of orange hands? If that was the case, he should have emailed to see if regular hands were acceptable or whether customer wanted to wait for orange minute and orange tipped second hands to be back in stock. The 8000m looks fantastic even without the orange pop in the hands, but having a couple H2O titanium watches already in the 10 Mile and 6,000m, I’m glad I didn’t pull the trigger because I would have been disappointed without the orange hands for differentiation.
I kind of doubt it was a case of supply and demand. How many of them could he have sold? IMO because of the height and crystal these will have very limited appeal compared to the average size watch. Not to mention the time of year with Xmas and all. That probably put the brakes on buying for some as well.
I was tempted to try some of these Panerai style spring bars, but wasn't sure if they would work. Clemens just e-mailed me saying he had them back in stock. I'm still waiting to hear why the hands were different.
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KR Buckley posted the one he received. So far everyone that I have seen from the BF sale have the white hands. Notice the inside of the hex heads. The finish is flaking off. I had the same thing happen to me when I was trying to fit the bars through the H20 leather strap with
orange stitching that came in the 8000m kit.
The bar was really tight getting into the hole on the H20 leather strap.