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I should first apologise to Eddie and the team for stepping on their toes as it really is their prerogative to decide what watches to develop and produce. But I thought it would make for an interesting thread.
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Mine would be the Lemania Regatta Yacht Timer. I love all the brushed steel, the protected crown which reminds me of a military watch, the perfectly balanced face (in my eyes) and the bright orange and blue countdown circles. Also, due to size lug to lug even I could wear this on my skinny 6.5 inch wrists.
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Patek 565. If he could get a perfect copy of the 35mm Borgel case, complete with decagon back, that would be perfect. It’s precisely the sort of thing Eddie does so well.
Yes - an interesting design. Though, as a regular yacht racer and as the yacht's navigator, responsible for timing the start, the big practical problem with those is that there is no running seconds hand. When you are waiting for the warning signal (ie, the 5-minute gun) you really don't want to spend a whole minute staring at the committee boat. In the five minutes before the start, especially if there are several divisions starting close together, there usually several dozen boats manoeuvring in close proximity and you need to have eyes all around you for safety.Originally Posted by Crowsfoot
A running seconds hand allows you to keep an eye on time during the run up to the warning signal, whilst simultaneously watching out for other boats and planning tactics at the start and on the first leg. In the final 15 seconds or so before the sign, you can focus on the committee boat and press the chrono pusher to start the timer for the last 5 minutes exactly as the flag drops. Then a good centre minute chrono (my preferred option is a Lemania 5100 or similar) means that you can read off the remaining time at a glance. A conventional 30 minute sub-dial chrono is just too hard to read at a glance, though I have tried.
Mind you, a £50 digital race timer works pretty well, too...
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Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
Dear Eddie - please make these, especially the one on the middle with the shortened lugs and larger crown:
Personally I'd be extra-happy if it was quartz, but prolly not commercially-expedient...
Yes please for me, too. Provided it has a quick-set hour hand. I think there is a Seiko movement which allows this.Dear Eddie - please make these, especially the one on the middle with the shortened lugs and larger crown:
Personally I'd be extra-happy if it was quartz, but prolly not commercially-expedient...
Yep, lovely, but 42mm please, I'd take two out of those three.Dear Eddie - please make these, especially the one on the middle with the shortened lugs and larger crown:
Personally I'd be extra-happy if it was quartz, but prolly not commercially-expedient...
This. Unfortunately I might have to align a weekend to opening hours, but this is a cracker.Dear Eddie - please make these, especially the one on the middle with the shortened lugs and larger crown:
Personally I'd be extra-happy if it was quartz, but prolly not commercially-expedient...
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
Yes that’s a gem or a EZM 1. Tool watches and beyond.
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The Sinn U series of divers is based on the IWC bund. I believe there was some crossover.
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
I like it but I also think it requires different, less overpowering hands and the subdial needs to be bigger.
The subdial size depends on the distance from its centre to the dial center. It's a problem with current movements.
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
I think you might be right about the sub dial, does it need to be blown up to eat into the 7 & 5 like on the Omega? Would give it more presence. Is it even possible with the new movements?
Love the hands though!
Will the sub dial be plain, or have any turning texture to it?
Really excited for this one.
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Hmmmm I will be watching this one with interest. Not sure of the hour hand shape (maybe too modern for the watch) but understand the need to be different to other similar watches.
This...
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Silly question but hasn't it been more or less done?This...
Yeah I know TF did something similar some time ago, but if Eddie doesn't pull his finger out I might end up down by about 12k (joke).
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
There's this one available on eBay for what I think is a bargain price of £249!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284997227805
And my old PRS-50-B is for sale in Taiwan for <cough> $1999
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265807598341
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It's such a long way from being close.There's this one available on eBay for what I think is a bargain price of £249!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284997227805
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Yeah a smiths dirty dozen would be a thing of beauty for sure. Interesting that the spec sheet lists it as 38, would have imagined it as a 36?
Same here, 36mm would be the ideal case size for a piece of this calibre as 38mm may look a little too large due to the large dial space in my opinion.
The 50B. I would love to see it reissued.
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Good call, I like these a lot
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It fits thematically with other Time Factors offerings. It straddles the line between sport and dress, especially with a leather strap. Perhaps most importantly, it's a vintage design that no one is offering today.
I would like to see Eddie's take on the Lemania SAAF (the Lemania 1872 version, not the 5012) using the Seiko NE88 movement, suitably modified (no date, no 12 hr subdial, possibly manual wind)
I thought you have the siduna?
I appreciate that the dial and the bezel would be slightly different since the siduna is based in the viggen
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You're right. In that case, the Longines COSD, or Longines Weems with locking bezel. Maybe the Smiths DeLuxe Military.
As far as I am aware, none have been properly re-created, so time for someone to step up...
All 3. Why not?
Beautiful, yes I’d definitely be up for the Smiths interpretation either as is or with a cream dial gilt batons and hands, same Everest 36mm case and crystal on a quality brown strap. Go very nicely with my three other Everests and the Air Ministry.
It fits thematically with other Time Factors offerings. It straddles the line between sport and dress, especially with a leather strap. Perhaps most importantly, it's a vintage design that no one is offering today.
Refined and subtle, a gentleman’s wristwatch from when I was a great deal younger.
But if that,
why not this?
It fits thematically with other Time Factors offerings. It straddles the line between sport and dress, especially with a leather strap. Perhaps most importantly, it's a vintage design that no one is offering today.
This. Every day of the week. Twice on Sunday.
But if that,
why not this?
Into it. Would love to see it.
Really?
Yep, 1016 Tropical dial. We have a waffle dial and a Tropical commando already. And it's Christmas... why not?
The new CWC Cabot Fifty and charge Timefactors prices for it.
But without the brass case :D
Or both options?
I've had this on the drawing board for almost a year.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
This would be rather nice.
I had been hoping to see this in production.
Mellor-72 is one of my favourites, but would welcome an alternative with sapphire and enhanced WR.
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I'd be on that like a tramp on chips.I had been hoping to see this in production.
Mellor-72 is one of my favourites, but would welcome an alternative with sapphire and enhanced WR.
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My wish would be for an Ernest Shackelton “Endurance” edition using the PRS 25 as a base.
Having read the book about the recent discovery of the ship Endurance that was found in remarkable condition, I was fascinated to find that the ship used a series of Smith’s chronometers for navigation and that a Smith’s chronometer was kept on a cord around the neck of Captain Worsley and used by Shackelton to aid Worsley in navigation during their desperate attempt for help when leaving Elephant Island to sail to the nearest whaling station to seek rescue for the rest of his men.
Eddie was unaware of this incredible association with Smith’s but after some research kindly sent me some information about the chronometer which is now in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.
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