I think black, blue, and silver sunray look great on watches, but yellow and orange sunray look terrible. Doxa style yellow and orange is the way to go.
I haven't been around for a while, so I missed this. Looking great!
I'll go back to patiently waiting for emails about new releases.
I remember these being popular back in the day.....
I remember these being popular back in the day.....
Again tan lines might be interesting, but they are with an Isofrane.
A vote for the first style of logo please Eddie, the silver dial will be a dead ringer for my original
I’d take a yellow in a heartbeat if this was 42mm
I agree with you there I want one with just the Smiths logo on its own without England/Sheffield on there and I just can't bear the crown logo
I would buy one with that logo but not with any other combination :)
So it looks like I won't be buying one as no doubt I will be in the minority :)
First post for me, so greetings from Spain. Really nice watch, would be one of the most interesting microbrand's diver for next year. I have a Crepas Cayman, another Jenny Caribbean homage, but a reduced (40 mm) version on yellow or orange would fit perfectly in my collection. I'll follow the project closely. Regards.
Agreed. That would be my big concern with a yellow or orange sunburst - they can look pretty garish and cheap.
Personally, I'd be very interested in the yellow version and a Doxa Poseidon-like dial colour could be great. That said, you'd be moving well away from the Caribbean aesthetic and I'm not sure how a solid coloured dial would work with the metallic bezel.
Yellow and orange models would work fine with a black bezel...🤔
You’re right, it is just so hard to find one and forget about a good price if you do. I think there would be a huge market if someone would bring them back. I was reaching, but had to try. I keep putting it out on watch start ups hoping someone will do it. I’d buy four watches for the bracelet alone.
Really nice. I presume the different colour bezels are interchangeable? Any chance of this bezel? http://www.jennywatches.com/about-jenny-watches.htm
A copy-paste from WUS:
"It is a table that appears to provide decompression times for when the no-deco limit is passed for specific depths.
For example, at 30 m, the no-deco limit is 25 minutes, according to US Navy tables from 1973. If a diver spends 30 minutes (inner bezel) at that depth, his deco time should be 3 minutes. If he had spent 40 minutes there, his deco would have to be 15 minutes, and so on..."
And a guide from Jenny:
http://www.jennywatches.com/non-decompression-bezel.htm
That bezel is far too busy
There’s no way my peepers could read that bezel in my living room, never mind 30’ under the sea.....
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Just seen this thread. Absolute stunner. Tf is kicking them out of the park at the moment.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I missed these https://shop.doxawatches.com/shop/je...v=79cba1185463 (at least the blue one is sold out) so interested in this!
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I think the blue will be twice as popular as the black, and the black twice as popular as the yellow and orange put together.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Hey Eddie will you provide options to buy the different coloured bezels separately? Will the watch be anti-magnetic like Speedbird? Finally any idea of ballmark price? Time to start saving as this has reinvigorated my interest in watches.
Thanks. Any idea on forecasted availability?
To clarify things, this is still a concept, not a project.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Got my fingers crossed, the originals are silly money now and nobody has made anything quite close enough for my taste so I'm banking on this!
Well, then this would be a success project first, and a bestseller later...
Spanish enthusiasts have the concept under the radar:
https://www.relojes-especiales.com/f...s-55-a-478140/
http://tiempodinamico.blogspot.com/2...prs55.html?m=1
Crepas Cayman, another O&W/Jenny Caribbean 1000 homage, was a success here, but some people are interested in a reduced and more comfortable version. PRS55 would be that watch.
I find this new caribbean perfect.
Do you know when it could be available for ordering?
Regards,
Txusito74
End of the year housekeeping. Started work on my taxes; doing my 'fun-budget' for '19 now. PRS-3, Speedbird, whiskey, be...uh-oh. Yeah.
I'd be OK if this one comes out in 2020. :(
I agree - would probably buy the orange one if it had a black bezel. With an orange bezel it is too much orange for me (ditto yellow).
Black Bezel.jpg
I think Smiths + crown logo (no word underneath Smiths) is the best logo design, like the one Coot has proposed on the Everest 36mm threads.
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Is there any part of the process of transforming "concept" into "project" that we can help with Eddie?
Other than saying I would love to see this, and would definitely consider one of the brighter dial options (leaning towards the gold at the moment).
However, I perfectly understand that a single model with 5 dial options is a tough ask for you to develop.
Dave
Just to keep the pot boiling, I commented earlier hoping for inter changeable bezel options - black bezel on those bright colours would look fab, imho. But it would add to the potential production complexities.
I must have missed the gold dial option Dave. I guess Eddie has to find a design not too niche so all the 'positive chatter' transfers into sales....if it becomes a project . Sincerely hope this gets the green light.
This was my first thought too on seeing the dial options. A black/blue bezel could work really well to tone down the yellow and orange dials. The orange bezel might also work quite well with the black or blue dials (a la Planet Ocean).
On similar or smaller production runs, the Halios Seaforth was able to offer dial, bezel and date/no-date options, so it would be great if Eddie were able to also. That said, in contrast to TZ, the Halios business model effectively works on upfront selling of the whole production run. I presume offering bezel flexibility would come at the cost of either eating into profit margins or increased retail price.