Speedbird 3 Spec

[Dean in Canuckistan]

Dean, you are not on the list yet! :D

Cheerio, Frank

I'll take me chances. Finances and the missus can be fickle when it comes to watches, so I feel it most wise to gamble a bit on avaialbility. :wink:

[traf]

I have to admit I was never the SBs biggest fan, until I thought I'd take a look at the SB3 threads (and especially having seen the pics of the case and bracelet). This one looks great!

No. 050 if its going, :P

[rickf]

Updated first page to include Eddie's prototype photos

[Ming Thein]

#118 for me please. :D

[Luso]

How do I sign up? :?:

[Guntram]

Beware: This list is completely un-official, and I put it up just in case another Eddie Non-LE gets a LE :D

I suppose Eddie will sell it on a "first-come-first-serve" basis.


Cheerio, Frank

He may or he may not... in any case I'd like to thank you a lot for starting and maintaining the list. This is excellent!

Can't wait for the watch to materialize. :wink:

Guntram

[phil h]

Just incase, put me down for number 30, I have been looking for a watch with a bracelet for a while now and through my powers of deduction and the use of this post and the prototype post have decided I WANT THIS ONE, should look nice next to my incoming SB II

[Mr X]

Ronjr wrote " The only bad thing about it is I would't wear my SB1 any longer".

I will happily wear your SBI along with the SB3 if this is too much of a burden buddy! I wish I had that problem! Regards X

Insanity runs in my family...it practically gallops.

[walkuere]

Hello Gentlemen,

just updated the "I want a SBIII-List".

Luso, please choose a number or not,

Cheerio, Frank

[Nalu]

In understand that the SB3 is not technically an LE, but are they going to be numbered at all?

If so, I will take #14 and try to talk John out of #2 to match my '20 and '50 :wink:

[walkuere]

Hi Colin,

#14 placed. Eddie just mentioned somewhere he had ordered or paid (?) for 50 movements..

That is the reason for the list... and it is unofficial..

Stay save, cheerio, Frank




EDIT: Spelling

[swanbourne]

I've paid for 50 movements which I assume are surplus from another project because it's not a standard movement. The first 50 will have this movement which has the chronometer parts and adjusted in 4 positions.

Eddie

[JDB]

I give up my attempt to behave rationally. Please put me on the list. Any number will do.

PM sent.

[walkuere]

Eddie, thank you for the update!

David and Luso, I put you on the Unofficial list.

Cheerio, Frank

[Glamdring]

I'm on the any number list, but I do mean in the first 50! ;)

[Coelacanth]

Greetings to Frank and all TZ-UK members. My name is David and I am a long time lurker on this forum (3 years). I am originally from a small farming community in Austin, Manitoba, Canada. The more I learn about time (and the lack of it!), the more interested I become. Thank you to all for the insightful (and very often humorous!) posts that continually educate and entertain me.

Please put me down for #33 of the SB3. I understand that this list is unofficial and that the watch is a regular production model. However, I would appreciate owning one of these timepieces with the upgraded movement.

Thank you again and a safe and healthy year to all.

Cheers,
David Oliver

[walkuere]

Welcome David,

put you down for number 33 - a proper choicce to start your PRS-collection :thumbleft:

Glamdring, the people on the "Any-number-will-do" section are subtracted from the remaining numbers,
so at the moment there are 4 more numbers left to choose from the open ones, the the "ANWDs" fill up the list.

Clever, isn't it? :D

Cheerio, Frank

[Dave E]

As I've already said I want one a couple of times in this thread, put my name on this unofficial list, just in case! I'll take 16, or any other number failing that.

[walkuere]

Dave,

must have missed that, sorry! You have Number 16. :thumbleft:

Cheerio, Frank

[Dave E]

Dave,

must have missed that, sorry! You have Number 16. :thumbleft:

Cheerio, Frank

Probably because I kept pointing out that Eddie has said there's no list :lol: I decided to hedge my bets...

[quoll]

Another list-that-is-not-a-list. :roll:

I'll have #35 again then please. (I think it's still open, yes?)

[walkuere]

Another list-that-is-not-a-list. :roll:

I'll have #35 again then please. (I think it's still open, yes?)

Done.

Cheerio, Frank

[Crusader]

I thought this could be avoided ... but here goes round no. two:

You do have me put down for no. 48, or any other number, haven't you? :wink:

[Dave E]

I think I've reached some kind of point of no return as a WIS, I've put my name down on a 'list' that has no official existence or endorsement from Eddie, for a watch I haven't seen yet, at a price I don't know and with a delivery date that is undefined. And I'm happy about it. :roll: :lol:

[walkuere]

I thought this could be avoided ... but here goes round no. two:

You do have me put down for no. 48, or any other number, haven't you? :wink:

Oh yes please check with MikeB as you seem to go for the same numer, ok?

But you are on the list of course, Martin!

I think I've reached some kind of point of no return as a WIS,.....

Yes all a bit insane, but it's going to be a great watch :D

Cheerio Frank

[dforgrieve]

Hi Frank. Please put me on the "list" if there are any spaces left!

Thanks

Dave

[walkuere]

Hello Gentlemen,

the updated list is here - please check and complain to me :D

So we have 50 prospective buyers - but I will keep the list open adding everybody else on the "follow-up-list".

This list unofficial and not connected to Eddie ( I suspect he will perhaps just open his shop and sell to whom is paying? :D ).
It was basically opened up because Eddie had paid for an order of the 50 first movements - this is just a
normal Non-LE-LE if you know what I mean.
Everybody who wants one should get one. Anyhow, here the list for now:


001 Eddie
002 abraxas
003 walkuere
004 hogthrob
005 Seamaster73
006 goraidh
007 Qatar-wol
008 Lartymarf
009 Fuzuli
010 Ailfrid Pottinger
011 996
012 Unicorn
013 Junior
014 Nalu
015 Onkel C
016 Dave E
017 Paolo
018 MikeB
019 alljay
020 Ron Jr
021 JCJM
022 lee watch
023 davie0146
024 SimonH
025 Gunscrossed
026 jwg663
027 bubi
028
029 Guntram
030 phil h
031
032 dforgrieve
033 Coelacanth
034 tribe125
035 quoll
036
037 raysablade
038 usmike
039
040 draz
041
042
043 Ben265
044
045 David
046 Si
047 Ripley
048 Crusader
049 maukinfauld99
050 traf


ANY-number-will-do-list

(0#s left):

mr1973
redmonaco
Glamdring
gregflat9
Ming Thein (well he wants #118.. so ;) )
JDB
Luso

Follow-up-list:

hologon
zman76
sdeboy
...

Cheerio, Frank

[zman76]

Hi Frank! I've a manual and a quartz Eddie Platts! And to complete the set, now I'd like an automatic! So please put me down for No. 44! Thanks!
Ta , Norazman!

[draz]

Since no one has taken it, bump me up from the "any number" list to slot #40... since that's what I'm turning this year ;)

[walkuere]

List updated!

Cheerio, Frank

[maukinfauld99]

Hi,

Can I be moved from the 'any number will do' list to watch #49 (I quite
like the number!).

Thanks,
Iain

[MikeB]

Please move me to #18, danke :)

[MichaelBe]

I would love to have this watch...

#028 please 8)

[Crusader]

Please move me to #18, danke :)

Thank you, Mike :D

[Si]

Bugger.

I've no choice now. :(

I'll have the non-existent #46 on the non-list for this unlimited edition please.

[sdeboy]

I had previously requested to be added to the list (no specific number requested), so I'll ask again to be added to the list - any number will do.

Thanks

[hologon]

walkuere,

Hmm, looks like I got missed.

I posted a request on Thu Nov 22, 2007 back on page 8 or so.

Hope I can still make it.

Thanks.

-j

[walkuere]

hello hologon,

put your name on the follow-up-list: I now seem to understand why Eddie is not so keen on putting lists together -

put please be aware that this list is completely un-official and there will be

A) always people who drop out

B) this is not a LE!

and C) Get into real WIS-ness and check out the forum everyday - so you do not miss anything :thumbleft:

Cheerio, Frank

[dforgrieve]

Hi Frank

For the sake of tidying the list, could you move me from "any number" to number 32 please.

Thanks!

Dave

P.S. Any word if Eddie will take this list seriously or not? Would happily pay a deposit if it would help.:D

[Crusader]

P.S. Any word if Eddie will take this list seriously or not?

[Yorkshire mode on]
Yes: No
[Yorkshire mode off]

:D

[Dave E]

P.S. Any word if Eddie will take this list seriously or not?

[Yorkshire mode on]
Yes: No
[Yorkshire mode off]

:D

:lol: :lol:

[Luso]

Would there be any problem if all hour indexes were lumed?

[Crusader]

Would there be any problem if all hour indexes were lumed?

Yes.

It would a bastardization of the original. :twisted: :wink:

[Luso]

Would there be any problem if all hour indexes were lumed?

Yes.

It would a bastardization of the original. :twisted: :wink:

There are things that I do not understand: double caseback seals or smaller crowns are acceptable for an homage but a dial with improved readability in the dark is not - even if keeping the geometry of the original.
Why not improve all the small things that do not prevent the adept from enjoying the original design?

Ah the purists: those Taliban WISs...

[Crusader]

Would there be any problem if all hour indexes were lumed?

Yes.

It would a bastardization of the original. :twisted: :wink:

There are things that I do not understand: double caseback seals or smaller crowns are acceptable for an homage but a dial with improved readability in the dark is not - even if keeping the geometry of the original.
Why not improve all the small things that do not prevent the adept from enjoying the original design?

Ah the purists: those Taliban WISs...

Taliban ... ? Let's just call these WIS'es "Crusaders", eh? No need to go into foreign cultures ... hey we liberated Lisbon in 1147. :twisted:

The dial and hands are the "face" of the watch, and contribute 80% to a homage IMHO. The caseback seals are invisible, and the crown size would be in the normal variation of replacements. Not to mention that the original design has a beaty of its own that cannot be altered without unbalancing the whole.

[docd]

I agree with the above sentiments Martin. I may sign up for an SBIII mostly on the look of the dial and hands, even though I've plenty of similar watches.




So this is probably a genuine 'Thanks Crusader' :roll:

[Luso]

Taliban ... ? Let's just call these WIS'es "Crusaders", eh? No need to go into foreign cultures ... hey we liberated Lisbon in 1147. :twisted:

At least that crusader job wasn´t flipped! :D

The dial and hands are the "face" of the watch, and contribute 80% to a homage IMHO. The caseback seals are invisible, and the crown size would be in the normal variation of replacements. Not to mention that the original design has a beaty of its own that cannot be altered without unbalancing the whole.

Ah! Come on, Crusader! What awfull unbalance would come from a few teensy-winsy drops of lume on the "un-cardinal" hour indexes? :wink:

[Crusader]

Ah! Come on, Crusader! What awfull unbalance would come from a few teensy-winsy drops of lume on the "un-cardinal" hour indexes? :wink:

It would preserve the balance in my bank account, for sure ... :twisted: :lol: :wink:

[James.uk]

will there be a post about reserving a number....or have i missed out? or is it a LE or 'normal' model. Been abit slow to notice this one develouping and now i don't wanna miss out!
I bet i'm too late!!!!

[hologon]

walkuere,

Haha, yes... I do check it every day but somehow I can't figure out how to sign up for notifications for updates to threads.

So I was reading all the non-stickied threads on the PRS-50 and missed the ones on the SBIII over the past couple of days.

;)

-jon