Reply With QuoteThe crown will be screwed, even Seiko dropped the bayonet crown.Originally Posted by MartinCRC
Eddie
Eddie,
That is a considerable improvement. Looking again at the cross-sectional view on p.1, it looks like the 200 metre water resistance derives in part from the use of a nylon crystal gasket in place of the L-shaped rubber gasket + crystal retaining ring but I'm not sure from the drawings whether the crown will be screw-down or not. Can you shed some light?
Thanks
Martin
The crown will be screwed, even Seiko dropped the bayonet crown.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Then try "20bar" which is the same in both languages :)
This is looking better each time we see a new image. I note from the file name that the watch may be assigned as the PRS-68, which if my assumption is correct, is a nice and subtle nod to its original era.I've been listening: "SMITHS" is a little smaller and I've dropped the "W/R" from the depth rating and changed it to red.
Eddie
David
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Paul
Last edited by Tokyo Tokei; 26th September 2012 at 11:03.
Narrower font on 200metres and this would be perfect (well, for me):
OCD senses going....Is second 200metres with Helvetica ... or is that Arial...? The originals used a copperplate style font which suited printing of course. The Great Britain is too small for my eyes and this monitor.
Pretty darn smart though, thank you for the rendering.
BTW Eddie PRS-68 is a great designation. I'm in for two.
Agreed, with knobs on. That looks great.
Martin
Is there any chance of getting the Great Britain in red? I think it would be a really nice touch
I still think the "SMITHS" needs to be smaller and of course, the font colour is now shown wrong (I should have cropped the image)
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
+1 and bravo!
Another intelligent and well measured suggestion from this erudite contributor.
i'm intersted in one. Would look good on a Nato
Heavens yes!
That's the one I've liked the most so far.The last two use the Ariel Narrow font. Here's a render with the Copperplate font and if you ask me, this one is about perfect. Nail on head!!!
Switching between the designs I reckon this larger Smiths logo looks better. The smaller one looks like an apology.
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Agree first is about right- second would be slightly too small on the final dial.
Looking again at the 200metres- does the placement seem right? I think its "correct" but the 6105 water resist text was always slightly unbalanced- I think due to necessity as the hand-ends (not the long bit the other bit) were a bit longer and fatter and the text was longer too.
I agree, I have terrible OCD. The reason why the first one works is because the S at the start of Smiths and the S at the end pretty much line up with the 12hr lume marker. On the smaller font whilst in itself looking nicer it doesn't line up at all nicely with the lume marker and just sort of jars.Here's two with slightly smaller and much smaller "SMITHS" font. I think the first one looks about right.
This version is the nicest yet, looks like a really fantastic neat design.
Yes that's exactly what I meant and that makes the OCD calm a bit.
Oh yes.
I still like a bit of red.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Thanks, I'm a much happier bunny. Work? I did some last week- overrated.Thank the Lord for that!! Now both your OCDs and mine are sorted I might actually get some work done!
I get the message....
I still like a bit of red.
Eddie
Now that really does it for me.
http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/z...s68head-FP.png
I think the larger Smiths would have
Been fine but could live with this size, with the balance of design being a home run IMO. Is there Going to be a reserve list or...
Sorry about the link I tried to copy and paste the very last image but it gave me a link instead.
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While we're exploring various permutations, can I throw these two into the mix. I think the first works better than the second but whether it's better than other options discussed above, I'm not sure.
Martin
While we're exploring various permutations, can I throw these two into the mix. I think the first works better than the second but whether it's better than other options discussed above, I'm not sure.
Martin
Hi Martin, im really liking the second one. Very tasteful. Kev
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While we're exploring various permutations, can I throw these two into the mix. I think the first works better than the second but whether it's better than other options discussed above, I'm not sure.
Martin
Hi Martin, im really liking the second one. Very tasteful. Kev
Matching the red on the dial to the red on the seconds hand was already a plan, the red on the render isn't the actual red on the hand.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
FFOOO is a much better name for a font colour
Gotta say that the orange looks good.
The future is orange.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
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It seems that the lume will be C3 (?) so the orange matches better with the greenish lume than red
Movement:
I'm hoping for 10yr quartz option. Miyota for the wiggly-spring fanatics.
How about some with a sunburst dial and a bezel in the same colour?
That way it wont look so much like the seiko, which I allready own one. :-)
Cheers!
Not sure if we're voting on this but if we were mine would be for the larger Smiths logo and 200metres in orange. I reckon any more text on the dial would overcrowd things. I'm just hoping it's going to be within my budget...
Duncs last render edit, for me, is perfection.
I better get a paper round and start saving.
I agree & think that red is right. At actual size the dot & text will be tiny and a positive colour is needed for it to register. Orange will appear as a weak red & may even cause the letters of the text to merge & blur slightly.I still like a bit of red.
Eddie
I still think the "SMITHS" needs to be smaller and of course, the font colour is now shown wrong (I should have cropped the image)
Eddie
This looks fantastic!!!!, as long as the red of the lettering matches the red dot on the second hand, which I assume goes without saying.
Orange would look great ! .
reflection from the edge of crystal.
I think if any of the latest mock ups were a reality I'd buy one. But can't help thinking that the injection of colour will need to be seen on a prototype to make the right decision.
In the pics the orange looks great, but I think the red might look better in reality. Where's Harry Hill when you need him?
I'm sure Eddie will make the right choice; and hopefully it will be available in February (birthday time :-))
Thirty five years experience as a professional designer.Alan, without being rude, upon what experience do you base the above? My 6309-7049 text wasn't weak and the letters neither merged or blurred, even after several decades use.. The colour "registers" perfectly, even on the wrist and at actual size.
It's also a font colour actually found on Seiko divers of this period..
Things look very different when greatly enlarged. The top image ^^ is the least magnified but is starting to illustrate the weaknesses that I referred to.
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Big fan of the orange.
Bit concerned though as I thought this was a lot nearer to being released but if the face hasn't been finalised yet then I assume it will be next year.
Small Smiths and Orange works for me too.
Last edited by ZIM; 27th September 2012 at 08:04.
Eddie, looks great!
I would put my vote in for the Orange, it just looks killer.
What a nice chunk of steel.
Regards
Robert
Without having read all seven pages and it being a bit early in the day, would it be better in feet than metres, quietly flicking a V to metric?
"A man of little significance"
Heathen.
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A lighter Red for me. I'd change the Metres to Meters, or simply 200M (which would be better imho) though, It is marked up as GB after all and it's a nod to a Japanese watch, adding in another country is just all confusing - although, Japanese influence and movement, British design and German build can't be a bad thing ;)
I'll have one - if there was ever pre-ordering I'd send my cash today, although I appreciate that isn't in Eddie's business model.
It's just a matter of time...
IMO it should be Metres, British spelling for a British watch.
Or simply M.
A metre is a measurement, a meter measures it.
I agree. It says Great Britain on the dial and "feet" is more in keeping. IMHO.
F.T.F.A.
Ok for the orange one !
It's different from 6105's original dial but......... orange is great ! And full of vitamin C.
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