Reply With QuoteNow that is something I would buy!Originally Posted by OliverCD
Pretty dam good...! This face has always been a real favourite of mine. I used this case shape as it was to hand.
Looks to my untrained eye rather like the Omega Aqua Terra on my wrist right now. And it's the 36mm and the size is perrrfect...
Now that is something I would buy!Pretty dam good...! This face has always been a real favourite of mine. I used this case shape as it was to hand.
Shuggy, the guys have guessed correctly... it is a Omega Railmaster case. I have a 39mm version and thats why it popped straight to mind in mocking up the watch with a smooth bezel. What is nice about it, that its a good size on the wrist, but visually looks big and clear. Probably due to the bezel! I think the case is very similar to the Aqua Terra.
I think this kind of case design would work well for what Eddie has asked to be considered. I do like the original case shape as well mind you...
And this is how the face would look in the original case I tried out...
Would it be possible to make it look like a 70s W10 as close as possible (arabic dial etc) but with tritium tubes? Perhaps they could be arranged vertically in the place of the lume dots like ball watches.
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Oh, I like that VERY much!
I agree, that looks spot on, perfect update of original design!
I do like that Ball - with the date!
I would much prefer a PRS-17 style case without divers bezel to a Hamilton style case. perhaps with a dial similar to the sterile Traser P5900.
Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
I'd buy that! I REALLY want one. Make it so, Eddie. Pretty please.
How about small seconds?
(Yes I know. The chrystal is very bad)
JP
No to the small seconds from my POV. Sweep seconds are easier to read more accurately. OK, pretty good estimates can be made with small seconds but sweep seconds win in the looks and use catagories.
Oh now that's getting pretty damn close! Trit is the way to go, I love my Ball Spacemaster for that reason. Though I would put a small tube on the second hand, just inside the minute markers.Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
I love this type of thread, there are some really imaginative chaps on this forum! Imagine how we could bore people to death telling them the story behind how the watch we are wearing came to be!
Now why did you have to put that up. There's not a day goes by when i don't regret flipping my 17A. Please make more (without the date). 36mm absolute max for a w10.I wonder what this would look like as a regular watch, without a diver's bezel?
Eddie
I've quite liked this layout but without cyclopse. A red/or yellow second hand would look good too along with a longer minute hand
I really like the Railmaster case. Now the PRS14 is gone, would love to see Eddie make a watch like this :-)
Always wanted a W10 due to its looks but because of the 36mm puny size never bothered , please don't listen to the old farts wanting a 36mm watch go for 40mm without crown & you'll sell far more.
OK, OK, we have a winner!Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
I can honestly say I would buy one of those today, so long as the trit markers were all the same colour. Awesome.
Aye well, it's going to be what it's going to be.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I'm sure this will be another winner. As long as it's smaller than 40mm. That's far to big for this type of watch.
Class Eddie, love that bit of Yorkshire!
Rod
I have to say, Eddie's comment did make me smile!!
Hopefully he doesn't mind me kicking the ideas about... And we know he'll get it spot on with his decisions!
so, what's it gonna be then?
What it's going to be.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I confess, a W10 isn't a model I'm familiar with. The posts above and a web-search show me two variants: the Hamilton W10 with big shoulders, for want of a proper technical description; and the Smiths W10 with a more conventional shape (like the Sinn 336 mentioned above) that I prefer.
For me a watch of 'utilitarian appearance' that has tritium tube lume would be great for sailing. As I currently have a G10 look-alike with tritium tubes it would have to be bigger to attract my attention, so 40 mm would be good.
Apart from my G10 watch, most tritium tube watches are military or big and clunky (to me ... eg Nite watches). Ball look good but are a too much watch for what I want, so Eddie's 'utilitarian appearance' for which I read functional sounds good to me, as does the sapphire crystal and quartz movement.
Give it a feature like having the crown at 10 o'clock (like the Sinn EZM 2 B) if that isn't too expensive and I'll be really interested.
Simple
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Finger's crossed
Simple
Even though i'm probably far too late to the party (and probably in a minority of 1). I always thought the seiko 7s26-3170 was an ugly watch until I saw a modded 'militarised' version. It has that stripped military aesthetic given the right context.
Will it be a Smiths?
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Yes indeed, Seiko 5's, make a good base for the military type mod, something along the lines of this might be good................?
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Yes indeed, Seiko 5's, make a good base for the military type mod, something along the lines of this might be good................?
or something like this, but without the comedy hands
I like the idea a lot. I would imagine both the traditional W10 case style à la Hamilton or a design in the vein of the Railmaster would look great.
Either way, please keep the size moderate (36 -38 mm), there's more than enough gargantuan pieces out there.
Fantastic!Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
(and literally too!)
That does look good.Fantastic!
(and literally too!)
This looks perfect but I think 38mm would suit it best but then I'm not into anything much over 40mm...
Or maybe this case suits the face better...? And you have the smooth bezel mentioned.
Now that is very classy. I will take three.
Simple
Since the movement is quartz, how about trying something you never done : DIGITAL
I really would like to see the end result !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
That is lovely, would seriously buy a few, as I know a few that would be interested. Nice and simple, Railmaster/Explorer looks, definitely a winner.
I do think that most of the ideas being thrown around don't really work for me!
They are all very nice as slightly vintage looking military style watches but I don't think they will work well with modern tritium tubes and will end up looking strange!
I'd love to see a Precista ana-digi one day. I seem to recall such a thing was discussed some time back.
How about making it like the non bezel version of the PRS-18q.
Main differences:
No bezel
Lower profile
single oring back and push crown
Similarities:
Bead blasted
Asymetric
lug holes
Why does it have to have tritium tubes?
Because I want it to have them ;-). Seriously, the lume isn't too bright and it will last all night. You don't want a field watch to shine like a lighthouse and give the enemy something to draw a bead on.Why does it have to have tritium tubes?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Get him! Anyone would think he owned the forum.
Oh wait....
I managed to buy this Smith from the Bay of Fools.
It's a massive 15mm high (domed acrylic), but only 34mm wide w/out crown.
I'm smitten at the moment.
But this type of case would look great with an extra millimetre or two to bulk it up a bit.
Just one of the many options.
is it me or does this have a wiff of Oysterquartz in the case rather than face?I kind of thought something similar to this chapter ring and bezel style!
It's actually a divers case that was also available with a unidirectional bezel the same or similar to the early Sinn hydro, Bell & Ross Hydro and Bell & Ross type Demineur!
I have been reading this thread with interest.
How about a case similar to the PRS 50 but shrunken to 20mm lug spacing. The bezel could be like the Giuliano Mazzuoli Manometro.
I must agree that this is a good looking watch, i love the turned in lugs and the general look appeals to me, however for me to buy one as a tool watch, which i would considering it'll have trit etc, but i'd ask for a date window, either at 3 or 6, i'd be happy either way :)Good shout... that looks MUCH better.
How about something like this Omega, with the sub-dial in a different spot? It'd be a great addition to the family.
http://i.imgur.com/D1SCh.jpg
More like the PRS-6, I guess :) :) I really like that design.
Last edited by srivats; 5th December 2012 at 01:13.
I have been playing around with a few ideas. This is my first decent attempt at a cut and paste Job. Not sure it quite fits the simple case requirement though.
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