On top of the world at Everest. Triumphant in the Antarctic.
There's some more info on that particular model Smiths in this thread at the MRW forum: http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showt...e-Luxe-watches
I like the design of that dial, the blued hour and minute syringe hands and the red seconds hand. I think that dial and those hands would look spectacular in the 36mm Oyster case of the prs-25, more than another 1016 look-a-like dial imo.
Any of these tick any boxes while I still have my vintage crayons out?
The blue would be the same as the Air Ministry watch.
2, 4 and 5 look really nice.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I hadn't planned on buying the white dial version, but option number 5 below would see me parting with some cash!
Merc hands, lollipop second hand, the red, the outlined indices and hour markers... Exactly what I'd be looking for.
Lovely stuff Mr Coots!
John
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Red seconds hand immediately makes a watch less versatile.
And finally superduper lume
Smiths Adventure
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I like that.
How about Smiths Intrepid?
Or is that too much like an awful Apprentice team name?
John
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I did pinch some numbers from the rather nice Antarctic above
Smiths Brexiteer
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
fwiw I'm liking that but could the dial be a shade whiter.
I agree with you. Of all the white dial Explorers I posted, I like this one the best. No mercedes hands and no 3-6-9 dial but still the Explorer look and feel. I'm afraid we're in the minority though.
If it's going to be mercedes hands and a 3-6-9 dial I think golden hour and minute hands with only a blued seconds hand might be an option to consider as well.
Golden hands on a cream dial kill the legibility for me.
OK on a dress watch, but not on something like this
Just imo of course
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I find this perfectly legible and not dressy at all:
Same would go for golden mercedes hands imo.
A white dialed 6610 with golden mercedes hands:
Thanks Coot.
For myself I prefer the lighter/whiter 2nd dial version, though iirc Eddies' already said he'd use the same hue as the new 29 which seems to travel from quite or mostly white to creamy depending upon light conditions, so all is good.
Either red or blue second hand works though imho.
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Some gold (ish) love - not sure of the seconds hand colour as it suffered from Over Gold.
I would remove the red numbers and use normal indices in their place. Also normal black outlines around the hour markers and black indices iso golden ones. It's too much gold for me. But I like the golden hands and the blued seconds hand better than all blue.
Too much blue or gold on the dial and you get something like this if you're not careful:
Red, white and blue in some combination.
Wear the best, Everest.
The advert would show that you cant hear the rotor noise through double glazing*
*its not noticeable on my 36
Coot - can you also try a mock up that is a lot more "white" please ?
The cream version, being called Antarctic, is screaming "yellow snow" at me :-)
It's supposed to be a white dialled PRS-25. If you change the name, dial and hands, then it's now a different watch.
Eddie will do what he thinks best, but I hope what he thinks best is what he first proposed - a white dialled version of the PRS-25, so white 3-6-9 dial, Mercedes hands and the name Everest on it. (Although of all of the suggestions here, adding the name Everest in cream to make it similarly stealthy in style to the name on the black dial seems appropriately in keeping with what has come before.)
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Having recently purchased 2 TF watches (29a and 36 mm black Everest) , I am pretty sure I will be adding this white 36 mm PRS-25 to the collection. I do hope we can swap the bracelet out with the 36mm black Everest :).
Great work Eddie - keep it up.
The PRS25 is an homage to the 1016 which we all know had nowt to do with the 1953 Everest expedition. Eddie makes direct reference to the Smiths expedition watch in the marketing of the PRS 25 which is why the discussion has evolved this way.
Is the PRS29 AM a negative of the PRS29A?
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How did we get to calling it the Antarctic?
Anyway, keep it the same as Eddie's original render… but with 'Everest' in red on a white dial and pencil hands
Antarctic is a stretch! Everest is fine imo. I’d prefer the moobs logo and model in a cream/beige font. My preference would also be for pencil/syringe hands.
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fwiw I reckon sticking to the original premise will result in the best outcome. There's been a lot of interesting ideas put forward though it's evolving into a different watch. For my money 3,6,9 and blued mercedes hands will be just right. kiss.
I think a small second dial would have been nice on this model, but alas that ain't gonna happen. I think it's hard to tell from the renders, but Eddie's initial version seems pretty good.
I guess that was instigated by me by suggesting that Eddie might look at Smiths own heritage for inspiration. I still think that using the dial and hands of the original Smiths “Antarctic” would make for a better looking and more original watch than a white dial 1016. The current proposed design doesn't attract me at all I'm afraid but I realise I'm in a minority.