In the seventies Rolex briefly produced Day-Dates with so called Stella dials. See for a brief history here:...
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In the seventies Rolex briefly produced Day-Dates with so called Stella dials. See for a brief history here:...
Another option: keep the boobs logo and broadarrow in place at the top but remove the circle L altogether (there are IWC and JLC dial variants with broadarrow but without circle T). Or make it a...
Hmm, after seeing the mock up with the boobies logo I think I prefer the plain Smiths logo after all. With the broadarrow lowered to the center to make room for the boobs, it looks a bit unbalanced...
Can't agree more. For me sapphire kills a lot of the vintage vibe of a homage.
Me too but I don't think the old Smiths logo will fit between the broadarrow and the triangle at 12.
Very, very nice.
I'm glad I never pulled the trigger on a MKII Hawkinge. If you get it right it will so much better. Can't wait.
Edit: any guestimate on when this could be available?
Consider me jealous. In my opinion it's the most beautiful military watch ever made. Any chance of some pics?
It would be fantastic if you can duplicate the cup-shape of the dial in the homage.
This is supposed to be a homage to one of the most iconic military watches ever made, the IWC MK11. Personally I want it to be as close as possible to the original (which is out of reach for me...
I associate Speedbird with BOAC and since BOAC did issue civilian IWC MK11's (minus the circle T and broadarrow) to its pilots, putting Speedbird on the dial seems appropiate to me. But as I said, I...
Seeing that this is more or less the Speedbird in 36mm I wonder why it does have Smiths on the dial and not Speedbird. Personally I would prefer the Speedbird name on the dial for this watch (but can...
According to http://www.markeleven.com the lug-to-lug of the IWC MK11 is 45,9mm and of the JLC MK11 46,3mm. So I agree with you, 48mm is indeed too long for a faithful homage and will probably lead...
Wow. When you announced a Speedbird in 36mm I was hoping it was going to look like this. Well done! Only thing that I would like to be changed is the minute hand. If the luminous part would be...
If the Speedbird 36mm is a proper MK 11 homage I'll buy it instantly. Also interested in the Czech Airforce watch. I think it's one of the most interesting watches you ever made.
The 29a, but it's not just the milky ring effect. The dial of the 29a is 29mm (if I'm not mistaken) vs the Everest's dial at 27 or 28mm. Also, the 29a's crystal has a diameter of 31,5mm vs the...
Knowing myself, the imperfections, as perceived by me, would irritate me too much to really enjoy it, so no. I would buy it instantly though if it had a different crystal and if the number font was...
I have a 34mm Seamaster and a 35mm Conquest and the Everest looks smaller on wrist than the Conquest. But maybe it's just me, I can't unsee the "milky ring effect" anymore.
Although ... there are...
The dial and crystal are very important to the look of the watch. The case may be 36mm but the crystal/dial makes it look like you're wearing a 34mm.
I'm not against sapphire per se, I just don't like this particular type/model. I won't be buying the Expedition because of it and I'll probably get rid of my Everest as well because of it. I really...
I have an "old" 29a with acrylic crystal so thankfully no "milky ring issues" there. Most people seem to have an aversion to acrylic but I think the Everest would look much better and more vintage...
I don't think it's a good thing that a 36mm watch looks like a 33mm watch because of the crystal. I really dislike it and won't be buying any watch that uses this type of crystal.
Beautiful watch. Logo and text look perfectly sized, I would not increase the size of either.
I wish it had a different crystal though.
And that you had used the same font for the numbers as on...
Perhaps the case opening of the Everest is slightly off as well compared to the 1016. Fact is that the Everest next to a 1016 (there's a comparison pic in the other thread) looks quite a bit smaller.
I thought it was the milky ring as well but now I'm starting to think it's actually the dial. If the dial of the Everest is indeed 27mm it is 2mm smaller than the dial of a 1016. That difference...
Perhaps because the Smiths Everest is trying to look like a Rolex 1016?
Rolex Submariner dials were/are smaller. Here's a dealer in vintage Rolex and refinished Rolex dials who lists the exact diameter of the different dials he offers: link