Just ordered the prototypes - prototypes received

[Neil.Ldn]

Ahhh.... Smiths Polerouter - I get it.

Gold hands - very posh

[smokey99]

They are really rather lovely.

Will I have to forge a relationship with the AD spending many thousands over a number of years just to get on the list?

[swanbourne]

They are really rather lovely.

Will I have to forge a relationship with the AD spending many thousands over a number of years just to get on the list?

We don't operate that system here ;-)

Eddie

[Planet Ocean]

Ahhh.... Smiths Polerouter - I get it.

Gold hands - very posh

Exactly, great decision to leave out the date window, keeps excellent symmetry to the dial, version A is my fav I think.

[Planet Ocean]

Possible amendments for consideration -

1) Cross Hairs on the dial look great and really help to improve any negative space.
2) Definitely keep the hand-set shown on the render, adds elegance to the dial.
3) Movement change to a bi-directional winding to eliminate any rotor whir - replace the Miyota 9039 with the Seiko NH38A (cheaper to purchase).
4) Make the Trans-Global one word.
5) Remove the movement name and replace with simply Automatic on the case back.

All just my personal opinions of course....

[Daddelvirks]

Possible amendments for consideration -

1) Cross Hairs on the dial look great and really help to improve any negative space.
2) Definitely keep the hand-set shown on the render, adds elegance to the dial.
3) Movement change to a bi-directional winding to eliminate any rotor whir - replace the Miyota 9039 with the Seiko NH38A (cheaper to purchase).
4) Make the Trans-Global one word.
5) Remove the movement name and replace with simply Automatic on the case back.

All just my personal opinions of course....

Personal you said, but I just have to say no, no, no to the NH38A, the Miyota is the far better movement of those two. 6r15 would be fine as well ;)

[Planet Ocean]

Personal you said, but I just have to say no, no, no to the NH38A, the Miyota is the far better movement of those two. 6r15 would be fine as well ;)

I agree, the Seiko 6r15 would be a better choice over the NH38A, really any good bi-directional winding movement would be a consideration, however, as I mentioned this would just be a personal choice as I just cannot get along with a noisy rotor.

Having said that, my Everest (which has the miyota 9039) is very quiet with minimal rotor whir but I do have other watches with miyota movements and you can hear them spinning from a mile away, so to speak.

Either way, Eddie supplies some excellent watches and if the PRS-54 does come into fruition then I would most certainly consider picking one up, loving the Salmon dial variant.

[abraxas]

As it happens, I think the salmon dial would look better without the cross-hairs. But I am not here for that.



What I would like to first talk about is... instead of sunburst, how about linen?

(a video of the linen salmon dial) Habring² Chrono-Felix Salmon Dial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJAbNp-IW10

Secondly, "the salmon colour". I know that computers have different ways of interpreting colour... I have a desktop, a laptop, and two phones at home, so between them all I've got a rough idea of the colours presented.

Right, the salmon I see, looks a bit wishy washy. I am not sure what the final rendition will be... but I like this hue:

[abraxas]

How the salmon dial came to be
https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/...ial-came-to-be

[Passenger]

How the salmon dial came to be
https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/...ial-came-to-be

Very good read, thank you.

I see your point re the crosshairs on the salmon version.