Reply With QuoteIm sure someone has asked before... but i couldnt find the answers as yet...
Any news to whether there will be a non-le of PRS 50s?
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Im sure someone has asked before... but i couldnt find the answers as yet...
Any news to whether there will be a non-le of PRS 50s?
I have no doubt that you're correct.Originally Posted by Ron Jr
It has been mentioned somewhere, IIRC it depends on the demand. If there were to be, then the movement would be a stock ETA.
No news :cry:
Soon, hopefully :D
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
There will be demand without a doubt.... I worry abt the stock ETA even, given that there was another discussion on the shortage of ETA movements...It has been mentioned somewhere, IIRC it depends on the demand. If there were to be, then the movement would be a stock ETA.
Best to get those sorted out while or once they are avail... sure the rest of us will all not mind being on the non le 50 list
I spoke with Roland Kemmner on Wednesday about the apparent misalignment of the printing on the dial and he said he would inspect every dial. He reported back that under a 10x loupe, there is some slight misalignment of the "No Radiations" logo but that at actual size this does not exceed 0.1mm on any dial and cannot be noticed.
He then explained that the logo is applied by a 3-stage pad printing process, first the orange circle, then the red radiation symbol and then the black cross. This of course means that 3 printing stages have to be perfectly aligned. He also said that he didn't think we could get them better even if they were re-done.
Here's an article explaining pad printing and I have to say that it looks quite primitive! Small production runs of dials are still done on the manual presses.
http://www.padprintmachinery.com/Articl ... achine.cfm
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Eddie sounds great to me. Now we just wait for the assembly.
Every 'no-radiation' dial I've seen has a very subtle appearance of asymmetry. I think there is an element of trompe l'oeil in the symbol design itself, but no doubt the printing process contributes also. Personally, I'm not looking for a perfect watch, I'm looking for a tough watch (like the PRS-14 and DN) that, while not perfection embodied, are purpose-built tools fit for a mission.
I could be wrong but I think pad printing goes back a long way to pottery in the 19thC.
I don't think it has changed a whole bunch since then, kind of a slightly higher tech version of screen printing.
Kind of an off topic but I got my Yao FF today. Nice watch but I cannot wait to compare the precista, and see Eddies cool bezel insert.
I know there's no news, because I know Eddie will post it when he's got it. I'm just posting this to share my pain at the wait... :cry:
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
The Italian is being made first (non-LE) and the AS2063 movements are being cleaned, lubed and regulated this week. I only found out by accident today that the same sub-contract watchmaker who is assembling the Italians is the same sub-contract watchmaker Roland Kemmner employed to assemble the PRS-50.
What an incestuous industry this is. :wink:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Argh! That means another couple of weeks I'd guess, then?
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Looks like maybe in time for Christmas. That is fine by me.
I do like this dial. It makes me laugh everytime I see it.
Nice idea for a non-ltd.....I do like this dial. It makes me laugh everytime I see it.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'll have no. 008 if it happens... :X
the waiting is the hardest part,
Yup :(
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
read on another thread that the italian is shipping to eddie this week, isn't the 50 next?
Are we likely to see this one before the end of the year now, Eddie?
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
I was told last night that I could see it by the end of next week but who really knows?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
So they send you new photos then? :twisted:I was told last night that I could see it by the end of next week but who really knows?
Eddie
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
True, but a good sign! Here's hoping!I was told last night that I could see it by the end of next week but who really knows?
Eddie
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
But I might be kidding.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
You're an evil, evil man, Mr Platts.... and I admire that! :twisted:
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
:laughing3:
ROFL :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
I likes the smiley dial.
Don't get your hopes up...
Is it possible to fit the domed acryllic bezel to the 50B?
great watch
Beautiful! :)
Yes +1
Theres some odd bumping going on here, seeing as it's for a cool watch i'll join in. 8)
Great watch, cheers
Nice watch!
Is there a current owners list for these, or should I try and start one?
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