Jag var in och rotade lite på Damaskos sida och lade märke till en sak...
Det verkar som om den enda "three-hand model" som går att få nu är DS30. Alla DA- och DH-modeller är "currently not available".
Kronografer (DC), "aviators" och "accessories" (DK), och dykarna (Dsub) finns dock.
Undrar vad det beror på... inbrottet? (
https://www.damasko-watches.com/en/news/delivery-delays-at-damasko), eller tillgång på urverk, eller omläggning av sortimentet?
Citerar lite från watchuseek.
Some days ago WUS member daffie asked why
„just about all Damasko DA models are not available at the moment from Damasko website. Could this have something to do with ETA movement sales issue?“
My answer was:
„Lockdown repercussions. Swatch Group on short-time work. All manufacturers are facing problem.
The world is in a difficult situation in the time of Corona, said CEO Nick Hayek at the annual media conference broadcast on the Internet. But he also said that it was a temporary situation that Will be overcome at a given time.
Swatch had to react quickly to the worsening crisis, said Hayek. The production of watches and components is also affected. Working hours have been reduced and certain parts of the production have been temporarily closed, explained heaf of controlling, Peter Steiger. One problem is that cross-border commuters from France or Italy are only getting more or more difficult to get to their jobs in Switzerland.
The Swatch Group has introduced short-time work in its plants, offices and shops. Currently, more than 40% of the approximately 17,000 employees in Switzerland are on short-time work. However, the figures might rise up to 70%, said Steiger. That is just under 12,000 people. All watch brands in the group are affected.“
Today I got permission to tell you some exiting news. But one after another.
We all know that the Swatch Group Battles with COMCO over ETA movement sales and we all know about the uncertainty whether Sellita really will be able to compete with ETA in an open market for mechanical watch movements.
The current situation is characterized by the fact that eta movements are scarce or not available at all. But anyway, this situation has been evident for a long time and so Damasko started working on his own three hand movement some time ago.
Konrad Damasko's far-sightedness could now pay off. While Damasko equipped all their DA models with the tried and tested ETA 2836, they have been working hard to develop their own new three hand movement.
On the green lawn there was drafting, staggering, discarding and ultimately Damasko is now ready to present their new movement to the public in the second half of 2020. The first movements have materialized and are currently in the test phase.
The name of the new movement is rather banal: A26. A stands for „automatic“ and the 26 stands for the diameter of the movement. The A26 will be available with date or day/date indication.
Damasko decided to mark all DA models as „currently not available“ due to the current unavailability of 2836 movements which is due to the general shortage (some 2836 are still in stock though), short-time work at Swatch Group and other lockdown repercussions. Currently Damasko is not on short-time work and has not yet been.
That’s why the date for the presentation of the new Damasko A26 movement is given as "2nd half of 2020". A concrete release date has not yet been considered; too many uncertainty factors.
One is for sure though: Sooner or later we will see the next Damasko in-house movement.
http://www.watchuseek.com/threads/damasko‘s-answer-to-the-limited-availability-of-eta-2824-2836-movements-a26.5173267/
