Almost certain there is no chance anyone is getting this for Christmas... 2018.
That is gorgeous! I'd be happy with any of the colors.
How did I miss this thread until just now?
I'm going to have to get a second job just to afford the next year's TimeFactors releases.
36 MM PRS-25
Speedbird III
Upcoming PRS-3
Caribbean
Oh, and there's the G10 coming back, and that chrono on the PRS-40 case...
Fantastic offerings of late, Eddie.
I really don't need another blue diver, but that is very nice.
At least two of TF's upcoming designs look very tempting, but I fear that the prices may be upward of what I'd want to pay.
I'll be happy to be proved wrong though
M
Drawing updated to include bracelet and sunburst dials.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
This is the homage I've been waiting for, they look great.
Silver yellow or blue....Hmmm
Yep, that's a cracker. If it were me I'd probably use a less shouty logo, either Precista or the arched Smiths one with the crown like on the PRS35/36/29AM but other than that it's pretty darn close to spot on.
This has probably been answered before but how do you decide whether a watch is a Smiths, Precista, Sewills, etc?
I really dislike that Smiths tits logo I wouldn't buy one with that on it!
As per the FB post, I love that silver one.
40mm is ideal and the bracelet suits it perfectly.
I like the SMITHS logo but I also like the chest logo too as per my 29A.
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Eddie,
Liking it a lot, but then as a Caribbean fan, I always would. A ref. 702 case with 12 hr bezel is one of the best combinations IMO. I would prefer the watch as a Precista, rather than a Smiths though.
I appreciate that different movements would mean 300 more cases, but what about the bezel insert? The original Caribbean was available with 12hr, time-elapsed and decompression table bezels. Are you going to have other bezels made like you did with the PRS-17C?
Dave
I suspect I'm in the minority, but I'd be perfectly content with a 9015 instead of an ETA or Selita movement. Cost is an issue for me, and I've been pleased with the Miyota in my Everest.
I really love the orange variant, but wish it was waterproof to 300m and 12mm thick - I don't think the rest of me could hit 100 atm underwater!
I'm with you, my friend, but I think that battle's been lost to the purists. Perhaps we could have a special imperial edition, the 'Caribbean 1000 inch'? Seems our last hope is for Eddie to use a slightly thinner movement.
Btw, welcome to the forum, nice to have a Peranakan cuisine enthusiast on board!
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I don't disagree, the Miyota is a prefectly competent movement. The problem is, the case and crystal will not be cheap for this watch and it would make the selling price high for a Miyota powered watch but with the ETA or Sellita, it will be very reasonably priced for the movement it has (if that makes sense).
It's a bit like putting a Fiat engine in a Jaguar to bring the price down: nothing wrong with the engine, you just don't expect to find it in a Jaguar.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I think that logo looks much better now.
I like the smiths Sheffield logo, looks much less imposing on the dial.
Not such a fan of the Carribbean font, is it the same as the Sheffield one?
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I agree, I think the lower text is a little bland.
I know the original has 'Caribbean 1000' on one line but it is also has a further 2 lines of text to add overall balance to the dial. Not claiming any marks for originality, but how about:
Caribbean
WR 1000m / 3,281ft
'Caribbean' should be centred and I think this would give good balance with the text in the upper dial. The font for Caribbean should be something more interesting - I had a play on 'Word' and thought quite a few looked good but I couldn't work out how to change the font here :(
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I prefer the arched Smiths, and I would suggest that the lower script is written
caribbean
1000
to give 2-line balance to the upper and lower portions without adding any extra script (because we all know that we dislike a novel on the dial).
The originals are not capitalised for caribbean (i.e. not Caribbean, but caribbean) and the font seems a little squashed.
Dave
I certainly agree with the last couple of posts on the text...
I think the Smiths logo is starting to look really good in this format and would look great on all the watches under that mark.
For me I wouldn't want Sheffield Or England on the dial the Smiths logo would be better on it's own.
I don’t think it’s actually made in England though.
I’d prefer “Great Britain” for balance instead at bottom, as on other models.
I think I like the automatic under the Smiths...
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I'm just going to leave this here, for reference.
https://heuerville.wordpress.com/201...-1000-ref-702/
We all have different opinions on this :) for me any mention of England, Great Britain or Sheffield on the dial will stop me buying one as I just don't see the need for that at all and looking at Eddie's pictures the one with Smiths on its own looks by far the best, but I am probably in the minority but for me less on the dial is better so the Smiths on its own is the one I prefer.
I might go with the booby logo yet.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".