Reply With QuoteCool. One up on the Railmaster and the so-called Ingenieur (are any of them antimagnetic any more?).Originally Posted by swanbourne
What are the advantages of shoulderless spring bars?
Cool. One up on the Railmaster and the so-called Ingenieur (are any of them antimagnetic any more?).
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
Ver nice Eddie, VERY nice!
Early 2010?
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
39mm fixed bars and acrylic..............perfect!
cheers
mike :wink:
Hey Mike, 2 out of 3 isn't bad. Really! :mrgreen:Double-domed sapphire glass inside A/R in the same profile as original.
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Can't get any better than that :drunken:
Early 2010 or late 2011, this one will be worth waiting for :D :D
Been following this thread with interest, any ideas on release date and price (presume on a strap it be around the £300 mark). Regular production version or LE.
That would be my choice too but I feel the 39mm will be sapphire and the 36mm will be the acrylic.
john
Every watch a story.
and I will buy this when it comes out! :)
You are so right, somebody should read the spec again.That would be my choice too but I feel the 39mm will be sapphire and the 36mm will be the acrylic.
john
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Not of any great consequence, but shouldn't a Smiths watch be marked be ENGLAND? Not that I would especially want to exclude the Welsh and the Scots but as we are specifically excluding the Irish it seems only fair and historically accurate.
You are so right, somebody should read the spec again.That would be my choice too but I feel the 39mm will be sapphire and the 36mm will be the acrylic.
john
Eddie
i have read the specs, its just my opinion on what i would have liked thats all
Sounds perfect to me - I'll be after the 39mm and would prefer acrylic. Will this be the shoulderless bars and drilled lugs ( sorry, getting a little confused now! ) ?
Neil
I'll definitely be having one of these, but I'd be hard pressed to choose between the "authentic" and "updated" specs. Both appeal. I suspect I'll go for the 39/sapphire variant when the time comes.
I'm supposing the 36mm will be lower priced than the 39, considering the larger case/sapphire etc?
Well there's a lot less steel for a start :wink:
I tend to think that you may be supposing correctly... makes it easier for us indecisive punters to buy both and make up our minds as to which one we actually prefer later :lol:
Cheers
Stern
True, true :lol:
Should have called myself Captain Obvious though, maybe
The cost of the double dome sapphire crystal is a little more than the cost of a bracelet, so the 39mm version will probably be around the same price as one of my watches with a bracelet. The 36mm should be the cost of the sapphire crystal cheaper than the 39mm.
This is what I would expect but don't guarantee it.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Would plump for the 40mm as 1st choice then the 38mm.
Well every village and so on... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
As per the original pictures. However, presumably it couldn't say "made in" which makes "England" a problem - being only one word - it would have to be split to fit around the 6 marker, which would possibly (?) look quite ugly.
Not of any great consequence, but shouldn't a Smiths watch be marked be ENGLAND? Not that I would especially want to exclude the Welsh and the Scots but as we are specifically excluding the Irish it seems only fair and historically accurate.
Andrew
Correct. I did look at getting cases made and having it assembled in England so I could legitimately mark it "Made In England" but that meant bringing components together from several sources and hoping that it all went together as it should. In the end it proved too difficult. Besides, Smiths also marked some of their watches "Made In Great Britain", I think it was the ones made in the Welsh factory.As per the original pictures. However, presumably it couldn't say "made in" which makes "England" a problem - being only one word - it would have to be split to fit around the 6 marker, which would possibly (?) look quite ugly.
Not of any great consequence, but shouldn't a Smiths watch be marked be ENGLAND? Not that I would especially want to exclude the Welsh and the Scots but as we are specifically excluding the Irish it seems only fair and historically accurate.
Andrew
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Maybe you could make a saltire dial version with "Scaw'lin ya bastards" in wee writing either side of the 6.
jim
Definitely. And for the Scots export market, to paraphrase Michael McIntyre you could engrave "We don't need any o' your English bastard watches" on the back :)
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
Really looking forward to this and tempted to get both even though my preference would be for the 36mm version.
Could you give us a little hint about a likely release date, Eddie?
Erm... we don 't ask questions like that. The answer is invariably
It shouldn't be long now :D
Cheers
Stern
Is it too late to ask for the luminous material to be yellow/ivory or white instead of green?
:bounce: :bounce: :D
Am I right in thinking neither variant will be a limited special?
Or do we need to start the unseemly rush to bag serial numbers, like we did in the old days? :lol:
I believe so.
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