Reply With QuoteSounds excellent, Eddie!
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The Broadarrow PRS-10 is now sold out and I'm having a replacement made by Fricker. Conscious of the fact that it still needs to be an inexpensive watch, it's not possible to upgrade it too much but here's the spec I've given them to work with.
Same case but with drilled lugs and shoulderless springbars
Domed acrylic crystal
Screw down crown
Screw back
100 metres water resistant
Ronda 715Li 10 year battery-life movement
This will make the watch approximately 13mm thick, the same thickness as the 1980 "thick" CWC. It also means that the case will take the ETA2824 movement (with slight modification) should there be a demand.
Comments?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Sounds excellent, Eddie!
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Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
Excellent. Drilled lugs should be compulsory :wink:
Will it have Precista on the dial?
More than likely. :wink:Originally Posted by Si
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Something like this?
My 1982 Precista G10 quartz:
Thanks for bringing this back.
Yeah for drilled lugs. To late for me though as I already have one. Why not go for the 2824 from the start?
I already have a few "beater" types with the 2824 Ron and this is intended to be a really inexpensive watch. If there's the demand, then it's no major project to make it with 2824.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Sounds great to me. :thumbright:
Any idea of price yet ?
Dave
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I'm certain it will be less than £500.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Screw back, screw down crown and 100 m water resistancy sounds good. For my part, it may well have fixed bars.
Ever considered a W10 with a 2801 (or 2824 if it absolutely has to be automatic)? For some reason I like the case shape of the W10 better than the G10.
Sounds like another winner, Eddie.
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Sounds like a great spec - and way better than anyone else's. :thumbright:
I might just mention a strong preference for Precista branding, but you may have heard that from me before... :wink:
My first reaction was 'Whoa - 13mm?' But for the ten year battery life and the prospect of a mechanical movement sometime it's worth it.
Out of interest - how thick was the 1980s Precista G10?
Sounds great, Eddie. Put me down for one, please! And if there's a version with the 2824 movement, I'd love one of those, too.
Addict? Me? Nah...
What's your spec for a date on the new Precista G10, Eddie?
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
Ronda 715Li, drilled lugs AND both screw down crown screw-on back.
Major improvements over the original specs 8) :D Sounds fantastic.
Cheers,
Gert
13 millimeters.
Sometimes 14 if the crystal was replace with a taller one, as in this picture.
By the way, that 1980 style case has a lot of room in it, a 2836 drops in and still has a bunch of headspace. I would have though they could make a screw-in back for that style 11 - 12mm if they tried.
I will definitely grab one of these. The Ronda Li movement with 10 year battery is the next best thing to the Eco-Drive. Please, Eddie, go with the non-date dial, as in andytyc's posted pic. That dial is just about perfect. Perhaps slightly larger hands for more lume? And slightly larger markers (same reason).
Any idea, Eddie, about a timeframe for issuing this item?
Grayman
I know everyone has their own tastes but a non dated face would be in my view an error. This watch would surely be purchased as a beater and for the majority I would have thought a date would be essential. More lume would be great though, would it be Super Luminova?
The upgrades sound excellent and together with the Speedbird 3 its at the top of my shopping list.
Eddie you are a bad man putting such temptation in my path :D
Agreed. Also, the availability of dated G10s (the 2000 issue) makes that a legitimate addition to the military model, I think.
Slightly bigger hands would be an advantage and an improvement ... if you look at older G10s, one can see how hand size has dimished over the years.
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
There will be a date and as you know, production schedules are not a particularly reliable indicator of reality. :wink: What I've been given is 18 weeks plus 3 weeks for holidays in August and then I suppose we have to factor in the "mystery" factor of about 10 weeks.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Will those 10 weeks be the production periode of your rumoured mystery watch? :wink:
Jeroen
Thanks, Eddie ... a watch for the fall, then. :)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
I've got both a thick Precista & a thick CWC G10 & the prospect of being able to buy a modern, water resistant, possibly mechanical (or with 10year battery) homage to these watches is really exciting. :D :D
Excellent idea Eddie.
Cheers
Dave
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Anybody know what the language is on the drawing? Is it Chinese? :wink:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Thanks for that....13 millimeters.
Sometimes 14 if the crystal was replace with a taller one, as in this picture.
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Looks great Eddie!
Anybody know what the language is on the drawing? Is it Chinese? :wink:
Eddie
No idea. :? :wink:
:P :P :P
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
So, you guys don't like my idea for no date, but do go for the bigger hands and more lume. OK, I can live with batting .500.
I understand that, for many folks, the date function is useful. However, I always find that a date that cuts out one of the numbers/markers makes the dial look, to me, unbalanced. If Eddie puts the dial in-between the markers (as on the PRS-17Q I already have), it would be fine. In any event, I'm still going to be all over the new PRS-10 "like white on rice."
Thanks, again for your support of my comment. It's really appreciated by this newbie!
Grayman
I really find the original design well balanced.
:lol:I'm certain it will be less than £500.
Eddie
Hmmm, then it'll be another crap-shoot shipment to a combat zone for me.
:lol:I'm certain it will be less than £500.
Eddie
I was bloody hoping it would be ! :lol: :lol:
Dave
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This is a really good project - and great specs. I'm excited about the 13mm thickness. Good luck Eddie!
Cheers
Henrik
Eddie do you envisage the new PRS-10 to follow the philosophy of the previous one ? A 'simple military-style beater' ?
Alternatively once the Broadarrow business has been settled in your favour :lol: would a new 'simple military-style beater' be back in consideration ?
Cheers.
BTW thanks again (publically) for the quick response earlier this year with my PRS-10, much appreciated.
It will be a simple military style beater, just higher spec than the previous one.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I'm really looking forward to this being available. I've been looking to replace my old PRS 10 since it was destroyed while I was overseas. I In fact I was so excited I even joined up to say so :lol:
I cant wait for this new PRS-10 to be made :)
Kyle
Sounds great to me too, I just love the acrylic crystal of this type of watch! :wink:
That'd be fine by me. Since I have six watches that I switch between often, I find the date complication absolutely useless and mostly a frustration, since it needs to be set everytime I pick up a new watch. I find that between cell phones (two) computers (three), newspapers and people around me, I'm never at a loss as to what date it is.
Sounds like a great idea all round!
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Eddie will you be submitting the new PRS10 so it could have Nato stock numbers on it, or would the cost be prohibitive ?
Cheers
Dave
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I'll probably submit this one too.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Excellent ! :D :D
Dave
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Outstanding, Eddie. It appears that you're going to be a very busy man for the near future... :wink:
Schweet! 8)
Nice one, Eddie!
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Good to hear that, Eddie! :D 8)I'll probably submit this one too.
Eddie
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
That sounds fab Eddie, so we should be seeing this watch is a few weeks.......or months ? :roll:
My understanding is that Eddie has made clear that asking him about expected delivery dates of forthcoming watrches can get one on the most special list of all the lists on this forum ... and its color is black. :twisted: :lol: :wink:
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
:lol: :lol: :lol:My understanding is that Eddie has made clear that asking him about expected delivery dates of forthcoming watrches can get one on the most special list of all the lists on this forum ... and its color is black. :twisted: :lol: :wink:
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