Sand faced G10 ?

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11th October 2010, 12:42
John Wall

Sand faced G10 ?

Am i right in remembering that CWC issued a sand/brown face G10 at some time (Gulf 1 perhaps)

Does anybody have one or pictures of such.

Thanks

jw
11th October 2010, 18:32
andrew

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

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Originally Posted by John Wall

Am i right in remembering that CWC issued a sand/brown face G10 at some time (Gulf 1 perhaps)

I've seen a regular G10 whose black dial had gone a sort of chocolate colour, probably sun-faded rather than anything chemical (this happens to a load of watches, of course). But I've never seen, or heard mention of, a sand-coloured one.
11th October 2010, 18:56
lordridley

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

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Originally Posted by andrew

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wall

Am i right in remembering that CWC issued a sand/brown face G10 at some time (Gulf 1 perhaps)

I've seen a regular G10 whose black dial had gone a sort of chocolate colour, probably sun-faded rather than anything chemical (this happens to a load of watches, of course). But I've never seen, or heard mention of, a sand-coloured one.

Me neither.
Ridders
11th October 2010, 20:21
John Wall

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

Thanks guys,
Mmmm.. Perhaps i dreamt it afterall.. :oops:

I can't for the life of me remember where i saw it,
but it had a tan-ish sort of face and was on a tan Nato.

I also seem to remember that it had a date window..
Now, the date window wasn't introduced till the GS 2000 model i think (?)
so perhaps it was Gulf 2.

Anybody else any ideas ?
12th October 2010, 12:38
AndySquirrel

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

Hamilton and Seiko have done military watches with sand coloured dials, don't think either of them have been issued. The ATP had a white face before they switched to black for the WWW during the 40s and they have been black ever since.
12th October 2010, 12:39
seikopath

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i remember seeing some sand faced mwc ( no moaning at the back there ) g10's on the bay a while back, maybe it was them?
12th October 2010, 14:13
Nimrod

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

I remember CWC did produce both a green faced and a sand coloured ones. I dont think these were ever issued but I have seen them in Silvermans catalogue years ago, probably just after Gulf war 1. They were battery hatch type and if memory serves me right they had date windows. I hope that is of some help.I would imagine that they were for retail only and not to replace the normal black face model.

Cheers

Peter
12th October 2010, 19:32
andy111s

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

http://watches.cyberphreak.com/wp-co.../10/snk803.jpg

Seiko 5 Military.

The Seiko 5's are good little watches - £50 or so, I got a few for my young lads (easy to tell the time - note hour/minute scales) auto movement and display back.

No real military connection I think, but a great little watch anyway.

Also comes in black and blue iirc.
12th October 2010, 22:41
PeterT

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

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Originally Posted by andy111s

http://watches.cyberphreak.com/wp-co.../10/snk803.jpg

Seiko 5 Military.

The Seiko 5's are good little watches - £50 or so, I got a few for my young lads (easy to tell the time - note hour/minute scales) auto movement and display back.

No real military connection I think, but a great little watch anyway.

Also comes in black and blue iirc.

I have a couple of these watches in blue and in green. I had a cream one too but it just died without warning.
The blue one runs within COSC specifications but I did spend quite a lot of time adjusting the accuracy.
The big prob is that if you do not do enough wrist movements in the day that will stop over night. You feel a bit silly jiggling your watch just before bed just to keep it going through the night!
13th October 2010, 09:17
John Wall

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nimrod

I remember CWC did produce both a green faced and a sand coloured ones. I dont think these were ever issued but I have seen them in Silvermans catalogue years ago, probably just after Gulf war 1. They were battery hatch type and if memory serves me right they had date windows. I hope that is of some help.I would imagine that they were for retail only and not to replace the normal black face model.

Cheers

Peter

I knew i'd seen it somewhere.. Thankyou Peter.
And i now remember that they did a green face too.
I think it was the Silv' catalogue i saw them in.

Doin't suppose anybody's got one..???
14th October 2010, 19:02
Andy Schuhren

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

Never seen one in service
14th October 2010, 19:05
seikopath

Re: Sand faced G10 ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

The big prob is that if you do not do enough wrist movements in the day that will stop over night. You feel a bit silly jiggling your watch just before bed just to keep it going through the night!

not really peter, depends what youre doing
16th March 2017, 19:17
John Wall

How's this for a thread resurrection...
only 6 and a half years!

I think Silvermans have found some new old stock dials:

Kerr-Ching !

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...d-face-no-date

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...n-face-no-date
16th March 2017, 19:22
TaketheCannoli

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wall

How's this for a thread resurrection...
only 6 and a half years!

I think Silvermans have found some new old stock dials:

Kerr-Ching !

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...d-face-no-date

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...n-face-no-date

£300??????

I suppose it's the rarity factor.
16th March 2017, 19:32
Mr Curta

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Originally Posted by TaketheCannoli

£300??????

I suppose it's the rarity factor.

Or the Silvermans factor. Kerr-ching indeed.
16th March 2017, 19:45
ej86

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wall

How's this for a thread resurrection...
only 6 and a half years!

I think Silvermans have found some new old stock dials:

Kerr-Ching !

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...d-face-no-date

https://www.cwcwatch.com/products/cw...n-face-no-date

they're like a homage to all the "NOS" vintage watches with colourful dials you get from India on eBay. Just more expensive.
16th March 2017, 20:50
TaketheCannoli

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Originally Posted by ej86

they're like a homage to all the "NOS" vintage watches with colourful dials you get from India on eBay. Just more expensive.

I've never seen a sand one but the green one is awful.
17th March 2017, 22:17
MADDOG

I reckon someone at Silvermans has abit of a brain fart and starts to produce anything that will sell to the poorly educated punter.
18th March 2017, 11:36
John Wall

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Originally Posted by MADDOG

I reckon someone at Silvermans has abit of a brain fart and starts to produce anything that will sell to the poorly educated punter.

"Yes mate, proper kosher. New old stock made for the gulf war!"
19th March 2017, 17:23
Morrissey

G10 are too small in my opinion

Mozza

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19th March 2017, 17:42
barryw

Only noticed them on the Silvermans website the other week, wouldn't mind seeing them in the metal as the pictures don't really show them properly.
Quite like them both.
1st April 2017, 22:53
Timelord

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Originally Posted by MADDOG

I reckon someone at Silvermans has abit of a brain fart and starts to produce anything that will sell to the poorly educated punter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Wall

"Yes mate, proper kosher. New old stock made for the gulf war!"

I agree, total hogwash. Neither the "sand" colour dial nor the military green dial look anything like as good as the originals IMO.
12th April 2017, 09:01
Laurent B

;)

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...psk7rr4utr.jpg

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...psj9mpizpy.jpg
12th April 2017, 09:06
barryw

^^Laurent B^^
I know there's been criticism on the newer versions but I think they look great! Good to see the true colour of the dial.
Enjoy.
12th April 2017, 19:02
John Wall

Thanks for true pics.

I really rather like that green one...

Looks far better than in the Silvermans photos.

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