Reply With QuoteThanks Ron Jr, I just tried to search these yesterday - also tried with "Italiano specs" :lol: :lol: :lol:Originally Posted by Ron Jr
Thanks!
Couldn't find an option to make it a Sticky but the title should make searches easy.
Stainless steel case, 44mm x 44mm
Half-wire lugs, removable by screws
Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the underside
8mm diamond crown
100 metres water resistant
Black sandwich dial with SuperLuminova C3
Blued steel hands with Superluminova C3
Screwed back with sapphire insert, anti-reflective coating on the underside
Movement
Unitas 6498-1 soigné (18,000 bph)
Decorated with Geneva stripes
Screwed balance
Blued screws
Blued steel swan-neck regulator
Fitted with a tan leather strap with signed fishtail buckle.
The non-limited edition version will be identical specification except the movement will be the standard Unitas 6498-1 and it won't have a view back.
LE has been sold out for months.
Tech drawings
Photoshop rendering
Thanks Ron Jr, I just tried to search these yesterday - also tried with "Italiano specs" :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thanks!
Please excuse this question if it has been asked and answered in the past.
Will the strap require tubes as in the wider lug widths of the other Italian-style watches, or will the straps necesarily need to be of a somewhat thicker composition without tubes?
Thanks, in advance, to all who reply.
That's gonna be some bitchin' homage watch. If I ever get one (very likely) I'm gonna try putting a 24mm strap on it with notches so it will fit. :twisted:
...although Eddie told me that mine would be booby trapped with explosives so I can't remove the lugs. :shock: :lol:
Thank you, Ron :) A concise overview of a very interesting project.
Cheers,
Gert
Hurry Eddie, the pound is almost 2:1. Pretty soon It'll be 2.5:1. As we say on the game boards, Oh Noes!!111. The dollar is sinking into the sunset. Worlok, I couldn't have said it better, one bitchin' watch!
Dial pic.
Reserve list as of May 21 2006.
1 Me
2 Colin Miller (Nalu)
3 Derrick Orrell
4 Dapper
5 Adrian (Le Prof)
6 10to2
7 Qatar-Wal
8 Kat (Psikat)
9 Simon Tyrannes
10 Chansk
11 Karl-Heinz Fink
12 Milwatch126
13 Michael in Frisco
14 Rob Hall
15 NikosF
16 Brian Watch Dilattante
17 Kenneth (Bob the Builder)
18 Jam Jeow
19 BamBam
20 Ron Jr
21 Vince (vrr26)
22 Paul Dowling
23 Chris (Siddhartha)
24 DaveB (ke6507)
25 Jan-Hendrick Harre
26 JWG663 Jim
27 Bjorn
28 Alex Tan
29 Chris Meek
30 Paul Sanders (Bandylegs)
31 Muddy Monkey
32 Oscar Gaspar
33 Viktor
34 Allan George
35 Tyler G
36 Brad
37 Exzman
38 20Babies
39 DOCD
40 Alan Rumbak
41 Patrick O'Connell
42 DeryckB on forum
43 Paul N
44 Thomas Taglioni
45 JRML on forum
46 Blovitch
47 Norman K
48 George Lim
49 Pulga69
50 Sanjay (Sparmar)
51 Dave Essell on forum
52 Sunnie
53 DaveG (Dogbolt) on forum
54 Ian B
55 Mehmet Pulat
56 Jeff S
57 Glen T
58 Mark G
59 Fred Shelar
60 Tim Jones
61 Thomas Taglioni
62 cj_65
63 Hilltop Michael
64 Jorgen (JV)
65 Dashiel
66 Simon (Si on forum)
67 Deano
68 Markku (Mark VI)
69 Nik Jones
70 Makkan
71 Dutchman
72 Fred Shelar
73 Grey Uhu
74 Scott C
75 Jeroen
76 Michael O'Flynn
77 Raysablade
78 Fredrik (Swe)
79 Uffe Z
80 Jonas N
81 Kevin A
82 Scottee
83 Andrzej
84 Kaiser
85 Bas K
86 Oz
87 Milwatch126
88 George Lim
89 20Babies
90 Martin W
91 Andy McNeill
92 Mark W
93 Mr Boots
94 Truls B
95 Cricketer
96 Chris B
97 David C
98 Faide
99 John Paul
100 Foggy
Possible buckles.
Straps
Inspiration for the hands. Sorry I couldn't find a pic of the actual hands.
An example of how the blue will look.
but a Darlek avatar? I didn't know you are a Whovian as well!
On another note, maybe you can help me out. Or maybe someone can. I can't figure out how to get an avatar photo small enough to use here. No matter how I adjust it with my program here, I can't get it under the 6mb maximum. Any tips for me?
TIA,
Mike
Nice work, ron - all the news that's fit to print! :)
(And Mr. Boots - there' a max size, both in pixels and in memory used. Try getting a smaller pic, maybe 100x60 pix max. That should do it.)
Looking at the list of reserved LE's there will not be many pulling out. :D glad I got my name in early.
paul. :P
Ditto! Been after a watch in this style for ages, don't want to fork out thousands for a Panerai & Eddie's looks to be at least as good for an exceptional price!
Mind you the wait is beginning to hurt! But it'll all be worth it when the postman comes a-knocking ..
/vince ..
/vince ..
I agree, it 'Hurts like Hell' but as the saying goes......... 'All good things.......'Ditto! Been after a watch in this style for ages, don't want to fork out thousands for a Panerai & Eddie's looks to be at least as good for an exceptional price!
Mind you the wait is beginning to hurt! But it'll all be worth it when the postman comes a-knocking ..
/vince ..
Is the reserve list available for publication please?
Dunk
"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
here it is Dunk.
http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18616
scroll down 7 posts
Paul. :D
NOW WITH 24mm LUGS
Thanks
deano
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Is it a screw-in crown?
john
Hi John
Its a screw crown as shown in this pix that was posted a short while back:
Thanks
deano
It's also a de-coupling crown so it doesn't break the mainspring when you screw it in. :wink:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Does the handwinding movement have a power reserve?
The 18,000 BPH Unitas has a 48-55 hours PR.
john
Good idea Eddie; a broken mainspring is why my Plasmir Milgraph never gets wound up. If you're using a screw down crown, there must be something to protect the mainspring from getting broken. There's nothing like a $1,000 watch that won't run when the spring doesn't respond when you wind up the watch crown by showing resistance so that you know the watch is fully wound.
What is the price for one of Eddie's PRS-20 (non-LE) watches? I've been looking all over the site for it, but must have missed it somehow.
Cheers!
- K.B.
Good question.
It seems Eddie has ended his vacation a little early, what with the return of the "Add To Basked" button and addition of the PRS-20 and all.
What does 'In Stock' mean? What's the price?
john
Didn't Eddie say somewhere that he was still waiting for the final invoice from Herr Fricker to find out what they had actually cost him?
If you want to guestimate it, try taking off the cost of the 4 watch case and a couple of extra straps from the LE price and round it down a bit for the solid back and std movement.
Or you can wait for Fricker to start back to work and send Eddie the invoice. Maybe all of these first 10 won't have been ordered by then :twisted: :twisted:
IIRC you'd have to keep in mind that Eddie ate much of the cost increase on the LE, so figuring something close to the LE price might not put you out of the ballpark.
Dean writes: "...figuring something close to the LE price might not put you out of the ballpark."
Timing is everything. By the time I looked, the only price I was able to find for the LE version was "Sold Out."
Is anyone willing to reveal the original price of the LE version?
I know that several PRS-20 LE watches have sold on the forum, but don't know whether those prices were higher or lower than the new price.
With other items, I've found that "if I had to ask the price, I couldn't afford them."
Sigh...
-K.B.
LE price was Ł550. I always heard that Eddie was pitching the non-LE in the Ł350 sort of price range, but exact figures depend on the final invoice.
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Thanks for that, Dave.
Now that Eddie's gone and posted such a low price for the Non-LE Italian, I have to give it serious consideration. As long as it was firmly "out of reach," I didn't have to worry about it...
Cheers!
-K.B.
Do it! :twisted:
I very much like my LE, and that price for the non-LE is particularly good value IMHO...
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Back in stock. Damn. My watch budget is dead this side of Christmas... :?
Mind, I do have a 97% titanium Marine Militare homage I could put on SC; I've hardly worn it since I've bought so many other watches these past few weeks.
how many turns are needed to fully wind it?
How long is your stroke?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
i do not get it :( :roll:How long is your stroke?
Eddie
How big are your 'turns'? Give the crown a realy roll, the length of your thumb, and it'll take fewer turns. My Panerai takes 20 turns for a 24-hour period of wear. Does that help?
I can't remember how many winds it takes from stopped up to the top but wearing it every day and winding it first thing in the morning, it takes 13 - 15 winds to take it back to the top. I suppose it takes fewer winds than other Unitas-based watches I've owned because of the comparatively large crown.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Wouldn't that have the opposite effect? If each turn involves running your thumb up a couple of cm, when the crown is big, its circumference is big, so that couple of cm means a fewer number of turns?
1. Isn't that what is known as 'gearing'? :scratch:Wouldn't that have the opposite effect? If each turn involves running your thumb up a couple of cm, when the crown is big, its circumference is big, so that couple of cm means a fewer number of turns?
2. It also depends on the length of the thumb and what Eddie defined as 'the stroke'.
We need a formula. Something like ... "The angle of the dangle is twice the heat of the meat." :|
john
has the unitas been regulated / adjusted etc by FRicker or not?
Yes, it has.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
do the arms line up 100% with each other when they are fully screwed?
mine do not
Love this watch i hope one dat to be on the role of honour.
Any word on availability?
I love my PRS-20. Got it two weeks ago and it didn't get of my wrist since then.
And a Havana Leather 24mm Toshi w/Royal Blue Stitching is a must.
Love this watch
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