Reply With QuoteC3 ?Originally Posted by swanbourne
In that case I'll just stick to liking it :)
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
C3 ?
No, it's a special aged lume but the colour is much more subtle than that shown in the render. The lume is manufactured by a forum member.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
What will be the diameter of the watch? Can't tell from the specs.
40mm, 47mm lug to lug.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Looks good.
Will those come on NATOs, or will there be a special strap of some kind?
I remember reading from somewhere that the eta 2783 (and it's sisters) is the best movement eta has made.
whether this is true I'm looking forward of getting this one
Time to find some money from somewhere
Find me some too :)
I have a feeling they'll be plenty of time to save up for this one...
Looks beautiful Eddie!
Count me in. That's a cue I plan to be standing in. I'm surprised at how close the pictured hands look since you mentioned that the forms for the originals no longer exist.
Will the case finish be brushed like the original?
Have you decided on a strap style yet?
Cheers,
Konrad
Last edited by lambstew; 31st May 2013 at 15:43.
This does look rather splendid. Can someone please explain, for the chronically ignorant (me), what it is about the 2783 that makes it special? All I have managed to find so far, is that it's not high beat.
Excellent, was looking for my 4th PRS 14, and was going to mod with a date dial, but this will be much better. Is the crown bigger so easier to grip and when is expected release?
I'm planning to make this with 20 different crown sizes to suit all fingers and the date can be at any position you want.
Eddie
PS. Sorry, just having some sort of flashback, the result of attending the Isle of Wight Rock Concert in 1970.
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
So, are these 2783 movements without date wheels, or 2783 movements without a corresponding hole in the dial?
If it is the later, do you remove the wheel assembly to reduce the number of moving parts and reduce - by however a small amount - the chance of mechanical failure generally?
Sweet. I would have loved to have seen Jimi in all his pomp. And terry whatsisface from Chicago. Sadly I wasn't born until 5 years later though ;-)
Any chance of a teaser on the lume? I think aged lume can be easily overdone, so I'm curious to see how this turns out.
It's the same lume used on the PRS-20 California dial.
Eddoe
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Thanks Eddoe! ;)
:)
Not really the one I was personally hoping for these special NOS ETA 2783 movements but I think that the now fully announced PRS-82 is very likely the one most people wanted for this project in the first place and it should sell very well. If the new aged lume looks as good on this watch as it does on the Cali Dial Italian, I think buyers will love it.
Last edited by Rollon; 10th June 2013 at 09:25.
really looking forward to this one
So am I. Maybe September?
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...=1#post2836400
I was hoping to purchase a SB3 as soon as they come into stock if the price doesn't go up to much.
However with all of these new watches coming out I keep changing my mind.
Is there any central resource listing what is in the pipeline?
Is that the same case that Smiths used in their Astral diver c.1968?
Pics from my SC thread here http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...W-UNDER-%A3500
(Not intending to give my thread a plug, just quoting the source of the pictures.)
And I've seen it on other watches from the late 60's right through the 70's.
The Astral has a bi-directional friction bezel and cyclops mounted under the (acrylic) crystal.
edit:
just found two other old divers that use the same case - a Jaquet Girard, see post #7 in the link below
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/jaq...rd-447941.html
and a Rodania here:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/inc...er-423646.html
Or am I wrong about this? It's been known. :-)
Last edited by Rev-O; 27th August 2013 at 15:26.
^ I see the similarity, but both the original MOD issue Precista diver of the early 1980s and Eddie's new PRS-82 have assymetrical casing to the crown side to better imbed and protect the crown.
That Astral diver reminds me a lot of the Seiko 62MAS!
Is it September yet?
Thanks chaps, more info to pore over and obsess about!
Really looking forward to the PRS-82 release, still missing my PRS-18A and who knows.. it might be the perfect substitute.
Does anyone know whats sort of price this is going to be?
No
Gray
take the amount I can afford, or at least hide from my wife, add in the money recieved from various bodily fluid donations over the next several weeks and then multiply by 110%.
WOW!!!
Any news on this one?
Catalin
I'm hoping for a pre Xmas release on this. For the first time in my life I actually have some free cash, but I very much doubt I will be able to keep it free beyond then. The boiler will break down, or the car will go bang, or the roof will blow off the house.... something will happen to make that cash disappear!
Are there any sneak preview pictures yet?
Coming soon...
Gray
This one?
Wow! I would certainly get in line for this one; no question about it!
Please please please make this real!
OTOH, any chance of a new Astral line of dressy handwinders? Its a great name.
I'm probably kicking an old horse.
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