Maybe we can have a Cigar colored "Havana - GMT" as the general availability version of the white-faced "Key West - GMT", like the Nassau followed the Kingston?
Project GMT: Design thread
BigHaole
1,081 - 1,100 of 2,964 Posts
Right! Only limited to two when there are six legitimate options! Lol
Joined
·
978 Posts
Joined
·
126 Posts
Great options here! Loving both the black gilt dials.
What should I say to the wife if I buy two designs??
"You look amazing tonight."
"I'll set up on the couch."
"Domestic abuse is illegal..."
What should I say to the wife if I buy two designs??
"You look amazing tonight."
"I'll set up on the couch."
"Domestic abuse is illegal..."
Joined
·
2,191 Posts
How Many?? ;-)
I'm planked for one, figured on buying one other and Now???
Bill has surprised (and amazed) us again!
:think: I'm thinking....thinking...... :think:
:think: There is going to be some heavy-duty 'explaining' going on around here.... :roll:
I just hope I can pass the
FYI: There are larger individual images of each dial/bezel combination loaded in the slide show visible on this page:
Pre-order 50% Deposit: Project GMT - Project GMT - Limited Edition Series
Cmon Jake! These pieces really are designed to sell as a matched pair! You gotta get a white dial and black dial pepsi with gilt. What a freaking amazing looking selection of mouth watering offerings.
Just incredible.
I may just sell the rest of my watches!!!! (except my MKII's)
Just incredible.
I may just sell the rest of my watches!!!! (except my MKII's)
Joined
·
1,683 Posts
Yessssssss!
Black gilt pepsi for me (bottom row in the middle). No doubt!
The design is -once again- fabulous. As said, the gilt dial looks like the Kingston. But on the other hand, it shows the MKII 'signature'! The non gilt/black looks amazing as well. The white dial is not for me. Beautiful, but not on my wrist, I think.
Thanks Bill for showing us!
Menno
EDIT: We should set up a special thread with one-liner suggestions 'How To Bring It To My My Wife When You Buy tTwo.... sort of online self-help group for MKII customers... I think we need that. Soon.
M.
Black gilt pepsi for me (bottom row in the middle). No doubt!
The design is -once again- fabulous. As said, the gilt dial looks like the Kingston. But on the other hand, it shows the MKII 'signature'! The non gilt/black looks amazing as well. The white dial is not for me. Beautiful, but not on my wrist, I think.
Thanks Bill for showing us!
Menno
EDIT: We should set up a special thread with one-liner suggestions 'How To Bring It To My My Wife When You Buy tTwo.... sort of online self-help group for MKII customers... I think we need that. Soon.
M.
Joined
·
425 Posts
Joined
·
2,191 Posts
"........ I... I...I can't explain it....., I don't know why three showed up when I only ordered one..... Honest....!!........"
N....Yahhh....... She'll never buy that.... :-d
Joined
·
1,043 Posts
It's nice to see everyone getting so revved up again.... clearly we're getting into the home stretch here. You know you're getting close when you start shopping for alternative leather straps ("...ooh, yeah. the black shagreen strap will look great with..." ).Yes, the Project GMT page now has an image of dial renderings. => Project GMT
For those too lazy to click:
![Image]()
C3 is florescent green when lumed, very pale off-white green, in daylight.I recall that Bill said that the lume markers could be different colours (not necessarily the lume, but the daylight color)[1] on the white and the black dials. I rather like this.
[1] My understanding is that the luminescent color (C3, BGW9) is not the same as the foundation color you see in the light.
BGW0 is florescent baby blue, when lumed, straight white, in daylight.
I'm very happy with the black face, gilt, Pepsi color scheme. The 24-hour triangle looks the perfect size, not the tiny one on the original, and not the cartoonishly oversized one on the current model. I would have loved a cyclops and sapphire bezel, but I understand the limitations. Looking forward to seeing some prototypes!
Joined
·
2,145 Posts
These are GREAT!!!
I think I'm 90% sure I am going with the black gilt Pepsi config. I am VERY interested to see what the white dial actually looks like in the end though. Keeping an open mind on it just in case Maybe Plank I orders can get the option of a second dial???? For a price of course.
I think I'm 90% sure I am going with the black gilt Pepsi config. I am VERY interested to see what the white dial actually looks like in the end though. Keeping an open mind on it just in case
Maybe Plank I orders can get the option of a second dial???? For a price of course.....SEE!!! all it took was a little nudge and look at all the buzz it created!
Great work Bill!
-now I'll have something to look at every night before I shut My eyes..
looks like it will be black dial, gilt w. pepsi bezel for me...
..or maby a black dial, gilt w. coke bezel... or should I just go for the white dial pepsi... hmmmm...???? decisions, decisions...
maby best just try getting in on some Go's to, easier on the mind, but lighter in the wallet..
Great work Bill!
-now I'll have something to look at every night before I shut My eyes..
looks like it will be black dial, gilt w. pepsi bezel for me...
..or maby a black dial, gilt w. coke bezel... or should I just go for the white dial pepsi... hmmmm...???? decisions, decisions...
maby best just try getting in on some Go's to, easier on the mind, but lighter in the wallet..
Joined
·
1,849 Posts
Joined
·
5,810 Posts
Bill did say that the Plank kit would contain the other bezel and both alternative dials, right?
If we repeat this often enough, it becomes true, no?
Ah well, one can dream. Renders look fabulous and I'm not that certain about my choice anymore: I was set on white-gilt & pepsi but seeing black-gilt & pepsi ..... Maybe I need to try my luck with G.O. too
If we repeat this often enough, it becomes true, no?
Ah well, one can dream. Renders look fabulous and I'm not that certain about my choice anymore: I was set on white-gilt & pepsi but seeing black-gilt & pepsi ..... Maybe I need to try my luck with G.O. too
Joined
·
3,308 Posts
I had been toying with getting the white dial as it would truly be a rara avis, but after seeing vintage pieces, I can see that Bill's black - gilt - Pepsi will be a superlative homage to the original. If you haven't seen a Kingston in the flesh, even the finest pics by members here can't quite capture the beauty of the gilt dial in motion. Trust me. It's like Audrey Hepburn, McQueen's '56 XKSS, and a Lockheed L-1049 Super Connie rolled up into one sun-drenched afternoon. Nothing less than a Kingston would suit the fantasy moment.
If the white-on-black is done glossy as the 3-6-9 Nassau was done, it will look oh so gosh darned crisp. I haven't see any "shimmer" from the printing method, but under watchmaker's glasses the precision of the markings is impressive. The color quality catches even low-level light (no, I don't think I'm mistaking lume for reflectivity). The crisp dial printing floats above the glossy dial. No kidding, under a loupe I can see a reflection of the rehaut in the dial, and the chapter ring suspended in between. It's eerie.
These really are a lot of watch for the money. I'm almost tempted to GO for a white-on-black Coke variant, but ... I want others to enjoy this. Whichever you decide upon, you're going to get a thing of beauty.
If the white-on-black is done glossy as the 3-6-9 Nassau was done, it will look oh so gosh darned crisp. I haven't see any "shimmer" from the printing method, but under watchmaker's glasses the precision of the markings is impressive. The color quality catches even low-level light (no, I don't think I'm mistaking lume for reflectivity). The crisp dial printing floats above the glossy dial. No kidding, under a loupe I can see a reflection of the rehaut in the dial, and the chapter ring suspended in between. It's eerie.
These really are a lot of watch for the money. I'm almost tempted to GO for a white-on-black Coke variant, but ... I want others to enjoy this. Whichever you decide upon, you're going to get a thing of beauty.
Joined
·
978 Posts
I'm not certain, but the site says extra bezel & insert… nothing about an extra dial anywhere that I can see.
1,081 - 1,100 of 2,964 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
