Dreadnought GMT

[MartinCRC]

It's difficult to tell the true depth of colour from a computer screen.
But if it looks like this orange mock-up, it should be fine.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/pics/DreadnoughtGMT.swf

It's been at the top of the forum page for nearly 6-months without any complaints.

Exactly what i was suggesting earlier. The orange in the applet is a gorgeous, rich orange. The orange in the photoshopped version above is a fluorescent, pinkish colour which does it no favours at all. I wonder if this choice is to avoid the problem with fading which appears to have affected the original Dreadnought?

Martin

[stooo]

Maybe Eddie got it right. I like it.

[Omi]

Any estimate on how long this might take. I know the others have been drooling over this for many years. I got interested in collecting just after you sold out the DN and never picked one up off the SCs. Now I see I've got a chance and...

Regards,
Jeff.

At release time, set that alarm for 2am!

[henrik]

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I like this one the best.
For some reason I think the GMT hand is too prominent with the orange color. IMHO the GMT is a secondary feature, but a nice one, and the local time zone should be the easiest to read at a glance.
Everyone's a critic and it will be sold out before I get a chance to buy anyway :-)

[Steve Sud]

At release time, set that alarm for 2am!

[Mike]

44mm like the original?

[marcus fenix]

44mm like the original?

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...=1#post2424234

[redmonaco]

yes yes yes ... but CAN I AFFORD IT!!???

[Omi]

Heh, no. I should have been more descriptive as the time zone is behind, so will have to be early risers to try for an order!

[Jim:]

You're going to have to wait awhile, after looking at it for 3 days I've decided I can't live with the orange hands being a different colour to the 12 marker and new hands are going to be made.

Eddie

If you want to shift that sub-standard 001 version I'll give you a score for it...

Jim

[Jeff Emslie]

Jeff, you must have missed the thread where it states that UK citizens are able to access the webshop 2 hours before US citizens...something to do with Devon farmers and their bath time or something. With this nugget of information do you still think you have a chance? You may however, want to check this for yourself and not take my word for it. I think it is only accessible when a new watch is first listed... when you log in do an exhaustive search before purchasing! Also, feel free to let us know what you find before continuing to the webshop... altruism at its best!

[calpe]

Are we there yet?

[IMAC]

Clearly no, we aren't there yet. But the Dreadnought bloodnut seems well on the way. New hands and DW seem locked in and back we go to patient waiting...

[marcus fenix]

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...=1#post2803097

[jimmer42]

Personally, I think that looks superb. I liked the lighter hands but to my mind, this works even better.

As for too much orange, is there such a thing? Look at David Dickinson!

Can't beat this

[th6252]

came back here from a long hiatus due to an auto-email from tz-uk on the updated of the new smith's, but the blurb about the dn gmt delay at the end of the email is what brought me back...didn't even know it was being created let alone the release being imminent. haven't posted or been back here in a few years since i picked up one of the speedbird III's on the 2nd run. lots of laughs in this thread but the contrast between the two posts that were made back to back i quoted down below had me for a while for some reason...really struck my funny bone.

first you have the eloquently technical post here:

This isn't quite the watch for me personally but it is very easy to see why so many are going wild over this one, just as with the original TF Dreadnought. And from the latest rear view picture, I noticed that these are going to have screwed lugbars. I wanted to comment because I think these are an optimum choice for many buyers in having nearly the security of military specification fixed lugbars (provided you insure the threaded parts stay put with a bit of Blue Loc-Tite or clear women's nail polish when reinstalling the bars after each strap, etc., change) while allowing easy use and interchange of standard design (i.e. closed-end) straps and metal bracelets.

My own preference is still strongly for ("reliable as a rock") classic mil spec fixed lugbars on watches like the PRS-29A, but it is very obvious even to me that fixed lugbars are not the best or most appropriate option for every watch because they do restrict one's strap choices to open-end and one-piece types while forcing those wanting a metal bracelet to search for very exclusive types possibly not even available anymore. Considering that, I think the screwed lugbars are absolutely perfect, and harmonically so, for the new and admittedly very beautiful DN-GMT

followed up by the...um...shall we say "enthusiastic" post here:

Jesus Christ Eddie , I nearly shit me pants .

just awesome...

[markrlondon]

the contrast between the two posts that were made back to back i quoted down below had me for a while for some reason...really struck my funny bone.

:-)

[snowman]

Any more news on the Status of the DN GMT?

M.

[waser]

All gone very quiet....

[Andyc319]

Eddie previously said about 10 weeks until they are ready, so i have calculated that to be end of Sept / begin of October roughly

Should provide sufficient time to save up until then

A

[snowman]

Eddie previously said about 10 weeks until they are ready, so i have calculated that to be end of Sept / begin of October roughly

Should provide sufficient time to save up until then

A

Every little helps

Thanks.

M

[Argee1977]

So any ETA's on this one?

[setherd]

So any ETA's on this one?

Confirmed there is an ETA in it. ;-)

[10to2]

Any news yet?

[Schofie]

I asked Eddie the other day and he said around 3 weeks to wait for the hands and then a couple of weeks for assembly. By that I'm guessing end of October all being well.

Of course I have seen how Eddie likes to tease so could be tomorrow!

[dingo69]

I have missed the first Dreadnought, but this will the first in the line, take my word!!!

[m4r10]

I have missed the first Dreadnought, but this will the first in the line, take my word!!!

I think most of them are already assigned according to the post count.
This time around the watch won't be put on sale on the web shop.

[swanbourne]

I think most of them are already assigned according to the post count.
This time around the watch won't be put on sale on the web shop.

None are reserved and all 200 will be available through the website. Where did you get your information?

Eddie

[m4r10]

I was just trying to rattle his chain

[snowman]

I was just trying to rattle his chain

That's you off the list then

I thought I'd read somewhere that the GMT wasn't going to be a limited edition, so there may be a second (or more) batch? Is this correct, Eddie?

M.

[swanbourne]

That's you off the list then

I thought I'd read somewhere that the GMT wasn't going to be a limited edition, so there may be a second (or more) batch? Is this correct, Eddie?

M.

Correct, and chain rattlers end up like Jacob Marley.

Eddie

[relic]

Wot is to be the price on these has it been sorted out yet ?

[m4r10]

That's you off the list then

If only I was in the position to afford one, I'd be worried now
As it stands, I can only watch and enjoy the thread!

[toezapper]

Is it likely to be @ £850? one is extrapolating somewhat wildly from the Bronze and the original DN

[snowman]

Is it likely to be @ £850? one is extrapolating somewhat wildly from the Bronze and the origanl DN

You'll have to wait and see, like the rest of us

M

[Hubs]

Correct, and chain rattlers end up like Jacob Marley.

Eddie

Had to look it up as I couldn't remember: "In life, Marley, like Scrooge, was a bitter, greedy and selfish man. When he died, he was damned to eternally wander the earth as a decrepit spirit, forever burdened by a mass of chains that represent his accumulated sins"

So that's a pretty comprehensive threat!

(thanks to the DisneyWiki for the summary!)

[snowman]

Had to look it up as I couldn't remember: "In life, Marley, like Scrooge, was a bitter, greedy and selfish man. When he died, he was damned to eternally wander the earth as a decrepit spirit, forever burdened by a mass of chains that represent his accumulated sins"

So that's a pretty comprehensive threat!

(thanks to the DisneyWiki for the summary!)

Ah yes, Disney, he wrote some classics :D

M.

[Steve748]

Had to look it up....

Thanks, I was about to look it up too....


Price will be revealed when it is available I guess....

[Hubs]

Ah yes, Disney, he wrote some classics :D

M.

I did recognise the irony of using Disney to verify Dickens, particularly 201 years after his birth..

[swanbourne]

You all need to read the original Dickens "A Christmas Carol", forget the Disney version, it's a travesty.

Eddie

[toezapper]

You all need to read the original Dickens "A Christmas Carol", forget the Disney version, it's a travesty.

Eddie

The Dickens you say! what ho.. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

[calpe]