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    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

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    Re: Sand faced G10 ?

    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.
    ...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!

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    Re: Sand faced G10 ?

    Quote 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

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    Re: Sand faced G10 ?

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

    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 ?

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    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.

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    Re: Sand faced G10 ?

    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?
    Good luck everybody. Have a good one.

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    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

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    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.

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    Re: Sand faced G10 ?

    Quote Originally Posted by andy111s


    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!

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    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..???

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    Never seen one in service

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    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
    Good luck everybody. Have a good one.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Wall View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaketheCannoli View Post
    £300??????

    I suppose it's the rarity factor.
    Or the Silvermans factor. Kerr-ching indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Wall View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ej86 View Post
    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.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    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!"

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    G10 are too small in my opinion

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MADDOG View Post
    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 View Post
    "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.

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    ^^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.
    Last edited by barryw; 12th April 2017 at 09:48.

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    Thanks for true pics.

    I really rather like that green one...

    Looks far better than in the Silvermans photos.
    Last edited by John Wall; 12th April 2017 at 19:05.

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