Reply With QuoteMight be.Originally Posted by raysablade
Eddie
I've noticed that Smiths is one of the brands on the new site.
Are there any plans to use this in the near future?
Might be.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
That's gotta get Roy's goat, he tried a few years ago to get the name. Well done Eddie, looking forward to what's to come from the new Smiths!
Panic on the streets of London!
Life hasn't been the same since.
I wonder what Eddie has in mind ... a bedside clock?
A 6B?
john
Every watch a story.
I tried to licence the name in 2004 but they weren't interested; I wrote again in 2006 and never got a reply. They let the mark lapse in 2008 and I registered it on the first day possible in January 2009. The trademark is now registered to me and I'm planning on making the W10 at 39mm with fixed bars. I'd like to use an "interesting" hand-wind movement with centre seconds but if I can't find one, the ETA2801 will do fine.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Now yer talkin! :D
F.T.F.A.
I'm looking forward to seeing this. It can't be mechanical G10, surely. Smiths produced some salt-of-the-earth clocks for generations.
john
Every watch a story.
Sounds interesting!
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
I don't know the first thing about British military watches but I am intrigued.
Can someone explain which hand-wind movement with centre seconds would qualify as "interesting"?
Cheers
Stern
Some NOS Smiths' would certainly set more pulses racing than a boring old ETA.
Like this one (pic shamelessly nicked from the web)?
With so many presentation watches being uncased for their gold I bet there are at least few hundred of those about ready to be dropped straight into the new watch. Unfortunately many of them will already be sitting in landfill :cry:.
Yesyesyes!Now yer talkin! :D
Frank
Wow! This is excellent news! :bounce:
Any possible way with a non-screw down crown (b/c of handwind) to get WR to 200m, to make this the ultimate field watch?
I assume acrylic crystal?
I'll buy one! Put me down on the pre-order list.
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
[quote="swanbourne" The trademark is now registered to me and I'm planning on making the W10 at 39mm with fixed bars. I'd like to use an "interesting" hand-wind movement with centre seconds but if I can't find one, the ETA2801 will do fine.
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2801 would be fine with me. The PRS-53 is one of my best time keepers!
Edit: Why doesn't that quote thing work anymore?
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
It works. After Swanbourne there is a missing sign: ]
Hope this link is okay to post - Eddie, please delete if inappropriate
Some W10 info...............
http://www.broadarrow.net/smiths.htm
It's got a lot of the '53 about it - and none the worse for that 8)
Will you be using the PRS-22 case with acrylic?
john
Every watch a story.
No (although it's not a bad idea). The Smiths lugs are too distinctive.Will you be using the PRS-22 case with acrylic?
john
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
You'll note that Eddie is credited at the bottom of the piece
Agree re: the ETA 2801 movement. As someone else said upthread, it's incredibly accurate in the superb PRS-53. And, going off at a tangent a bit, I'd like to find out if our host's version of the watch will have the pheon? I think it was consciously left off the RLT version which, as a result, looked a bit bobbins. In my humble and uneducated opinion, anyway.
You can rest assured that it will have the pheon. All other watches which purport to be a Smiths homage and don't have the pheon are mere pretenders.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Has it been clearly established that if you use the pheon (i.e. broad arrow) you won't have any trouble from the "Broad Arrow" people? I took a look at the trademark dispute proceedings http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91158655&pty=OPP and it looks like the only issue is the use of the word "Broadarrow". You never know though.
Rick
I think Eddie is an expert now :twisted:
Frank
Hooray!You can rest assured that it will have the pheon. All other watches which purport to be a Smiths homage and don't have the pheon are mere pretenders.
Eddie
Tell me, though -- is it bonkers to own an original and want one of the new ones?
It's the definition of insanity!!!
Hmmm. Good point, eloquently made!
(Great pics, too)
We will, of course, also need an Everest, even if it wasn't even vaguely military. :)
Fantastic catch Eddie.
:thumbleft:
Agreed
^^^ 8) :bounce:
Well worth considering in the future Smiths line-up, IMO.
Cheers,
Gert
+1
Serious congrats on getting that name registered! Not an easy thing, but huge recognition there...
2801 is fine inside, hacks and is seriously dependable, and there'll be spare parts throughout eternity...
JohnF
Certainly news that are so exciting that they are bringing this here ol' Crusader back to the board after too long an absence ...
I certainly hope that you will also make the 6B version ... if the difference is only in the caseback engraving, that might not be a big problem. :wink:
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
Thanks Crusader! :lol:Certainly news that are so exciting that they are bringing this here ol' Crusader back to the board after too long an absence ...
I certainly hope that you will also make the 6B version ... if the difference is only in the caseback engraving, that might not be a big problem. :wink:
(Nice to see you here, Martin!)
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
This definitely sounds like the thing I have been waiting for from Eddie - I'll be following developments closely.
The Everest looks good too.
Andrew
And if increased waterproofing was a possibility without a screw-down crown this would indeed be a very desirable watch - I suspect 20bar is unrealistic though? - I would be happy enough with 10bar.
Andrew
An Everest would be nice, but what about an updated version of the actual watch - a Smiths Deluxe - that Sir Edmund wore to the summit?
The watch itself is on display in the Guild of Clockmakers museum at the Guildhall, here's my crafty photo.
Eddie, does your acquisition of the Smiths name also include rights to manufacture Smiths clocks as well as watches? And if so would you ever consider manufacture of e.g. an Astral ship's clock if movements were available and demand guaranteed sales?
Cheers
dunk
"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
I can make anything covered under category 14, which is basically anything connected with horology but let's go one step at a time, eh? :wink:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
This may be the most important step in Your watch crafting career, Eddie. To resurrect the last GB/UK brand!!!!
Congrats
Brane
I thought of that too ... but it's also not fair because Eddie has done a lot to get here.
On the other hand, Time Factors has become a bit of a Seiko with more brand names than you can shake a stick at. :D
john
Every watch a story.
Congratulations on getting the Smiths trademark Eddie, I'm sure you'll make good use of it.
Slightly OT, but on Top Gear last night, both the Vincent Black Shadow and Jaguar XK120 had Smiths instruments. :D
I'd love to see a homage to the earlier Smiths Deluxe - which is a little more distinctive and idiosyncratic than the later model.
I'd love to have an example to study.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Astral, Enfield, and Empire are other names used by Smiths.
john
Every watch a story.
Is this what you mean?
A different version. 1949
john
Every watch a story.
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