Debit card is at the ready..

[senraw]

101 minutes to go!! :D

[ncmoto]

101 minutes to go!! :D

ready in the US

[senraw]

Less than a quarter of an hour! :D I must have refreshed over 200 times already!

[GuyIncognito]

Good luck to all the large wrists out there.

[GraniteQuarry]

Cue website meltdown.

[marcus fenix]

Well, that was quick, all gone in 10s?

[GraniteQuarry]

FFS gutted! Too fast!

[Gyp]

Looks like it.

Less than that, I'd say.

[stooo]

Try again..... I had not available then one in basket....

[GuyIncognito]

Go go go

[GraniteQuarry]

Oh well, there's always next year eh!

[senraw]

Bagged one! :D

[GuyIncognito]

It's fun watching the stock disappear so quickly.
It was 82 then 63 then 55 now 35.
I know I'm a bit sad.

[marcus fenix]

It's fun watching the stock disappear so quickly.
It was 82 then 63 then 55 now 35.
I know I'm a bit sad.

I thought the only way you could check that was to add loads to your basket and thereby lock others out?

[GuyIncognito]

I thought the only way you could check that was to add loads to your basket and thereby lock others out?

Adding stuff to your basket doesn't mean it's reserved for you and nobody else can get it. As I know from previous experience. PRS-17C I'm talking about you.

[saggs]

fingers crossed then :-)

regards

Saggs

[GraniteQuarry]

Congrats to all who bagged one

[stooo]

Yop, lucky buggers. I've waited all year for this then when it comes around I'm flat freakin' broke.

Looking forward to the pics.

[magirus]

Had one in the basket, tossed a coin, the funds stay in the pot for a full frame Canon.

[saggs]

I am now refreshing the my email like a looney hoping for the final confirmation :-(

hope eddie has started packing them up, he could get a few off to the post office before 1230

regards

Saggs

[mjc1216]

And how long before first one on SC ???

[JasonM]

Well that was exciting...... Refresh refresh etc bingo! Got to the last click.... Card declined.. What! My mobile starts going off, ignored it, next card , tap tap tap etc...... Card declined, mobile goes off agin, Nationwide fraud protection, 'have you tried to order bla bla bla YES! answer the poxy questions again, and phew, card gets accepted this time.....

[P9CLY]

And how long before first one on SC ???

If Vinny bought one the day or the day after the postman delivers it!...lol.

So pm me Vinny and save yourself a sc post mate.

Is it a limited run of these?.

[Barton Red]

Email information received, happy man:)

[Horologos]

Well I completely missed it even though I had remembered this morning and was excited.
Must be getting old.
Damm
;-(

[Neil T]

If Vinny bought one the day or the day after the postman delivers it!...lol.

So pm me Vinny and save yourself a sc post mate.

Is it a limited run of these?.

Good man Vinny, I got his PRS68 in the gap between Eddie closing the site and re-opening when they first went on sale. Hopefully I was a bit sharper today. Although my order no ends 4055 and I"m sure that others go back beyond 3955!

Not specifically limited but may be limited by movement availability. Definitely another 100 to come though.

Neil

[m4r10]

Not specifically limited but may be limited by movement availability. Definitely another 100 to come though.

Neil

Don't think they'll be 100 watches for the next batch. IIRC, as it happened with PRS-82, there were more orders in than the watches put on for sale due to people having them in the shopping basket at the same time. Unfortunately, this time there's a limit of 200 watches (at least initially), so I'd say the next batch will be around 80 watches.

[markrlondon]

Unfortunately, this time there's a limit of 200 watches (at least initially), so I'd say the next batch will be around 80 watches.

If I remember correctly, the PRS-82 also has the same limitation: Only 200 movements were procured and so only 200 watches were made. Also if I remember correctly, Eddie said that he might be able to procure more movements for the PRS-82 but it remains to be seen if and when that will happen. Similarly, it seems to me that more ETA 2893-2 movements for the PRS-21 are not going to be easy to come by and won't happen for quite a long time, if ever.

[chaplad]

Its the same movement as the Speedbird GMT isn't it?

[markrlondon]

Its the same movement as the Speedbird GMT isn't it?

Yes.

This thread from August 2010 is relevant: http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?128883-Movements

[Christian]

Well done all those that secured one. Having pencil thin wrists, I'm left out of the Dreadnought excitement!

[m4r10]

If I remember correctly, the PRS-82 also has the same limitation: Only 200 movements were procured and so only 200 watches were made. Also if I remember correctly, Eddie said that he might be able to procure more movements for the PRS-82 but it remains to be seen if and when that will happen. Similarly, it seems to me that more ETA 2893-2 movements for the PRS-21 are not going to be easy to come by and won't happen for quite a long time, if ever.

I had the impression that the PRS-82 was not limited by the movement availability, especially as it's still listed on the web as available. Anyway, with the shortage of ETA movements, it seems that watch producers/assemblers (which are not part of the Swatch group) will be offering only limited editions from now on.

[markrlondon]

I had the impression that the PRS-82 was not limited by the movement availability

It uses NOS ETA 2783 movements (200 of them as I recall). Once the watches made with those 200 movements are gone then there are three possibilities: (1) Source more NOS 2783 movements (and Eddie said that he thinks he can get more but isn't going to do it until the Voyager is out of the way), (2) modify the watch to take a different movement (e.g. Miyota 9015), or (3) no more PRS-82s.

especially as it's still listed on the web as available.

Not all of the first 200 have sold out yet. ;-) I looked on Saturday and I seem to recall it's not many left.

Anyway, with the shortage of ETA movements, it seems that watch producers/assemblers (which are not part of the Swatch group) will be offering only limited editions from now on.

Indeed so.