[Techme]

Personally, I just view lume colour (day time) as an aesthetic choice and not necessarily as fauxtina. I think they should just pick colours that mesh well together considering the colours of the hands, dial, lume, bezel, etc.

I’m not looking at the GMT and assuming they are trying to replicate a vintage inspired watch. I’m think that the black dial, yellow lume and red GMT hand look coordinated and I naturally gravitated towards it.

 

[railmonster2914]

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I love this release! CW is killing it, I can't cope, my wallet can't deal with this anymore haha.

The only thing that's stopping me is the fact that I'm moving in a month and already spent so much on the move and all the associated costs so...a blessing in disguise?

What do you guys think? Anyone's picking up anything?

I would buy the bronze green dial (or blue) and either the LE GMT or the sand coloured three hander.

These are really cool releases from CW. The 38 mm sizing is perfect and the watch checks a lot of boxes for me. My preference would have been to have a no date option for that Black Bay look. IMO the sizing and general feel of these watches feel way too close to the Sealanders. I hope they keep this line around and release a no date option in the future, perhaps with a black/white MOP, meteor and/or a colorized sapphire dial that shows an open heart movement inside. I wouldn't mind these being LE either with COSC certification.

CW definitely has another hot seller with this one.

 

[JLeeSaxon]

They really ought to refresh the Aquitaine to have color-matched date wheels like these new Dunes (and probably also the applied logo, though that's a lot less important).

 

[Scaramouche]

Why CW do not offer no-date versions? It has gmt/regular one, different colors. I think this kind a watch should be available without date, some kind of GADA .

 

[Davekaye90]

Why CW do not offer no-date versions? It has gmt/regular one, different colors. I think this kind a watch should be available without date, some kind of GADA .

People would definitely complain about a ghost date position, and Sellita doesn't have an off the shelf version of the SW200 without a date as far as I know. My guess is they don't want to go to the expense of modifying them to remove the date position, for the small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant.

 

[railmonster2914]

People would definitely complain about a ghost date position, and Sellita doesn't have an off the shelf version of the SW200 without a date as far as I know. My guess is they don't want to go to the expense of modifying them to remove the date position, for the small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant.

Except their no-date watches don't have any ghost date position. I should know, I own the C65 Sandhurst Mk 1.

I also got to play around with their other no-date watches at Wind Up SF last year, they don't have ghost date positions either.

 

[Scaramouche]

People would definitely complain about a ghost date position, and Sellita doesn't have an off the shelf version of the SW200 without a date as far as I know. My guess is they don't want to go to the expense of modifying them to remove the date position, for the small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant.

I own C65 Dartmouth & there's no ghost date position. I'm not sure, but don't think it's a big problem to make watch without date & no ghost date position. Also can't agree with you about "small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant", as I said this type of watch ofthen without date. Just my opinion.

 

[Davekaye90]

I own C65 Dartmouth & there's no ghost date position. I'm not sure, but don't think it's a big problem to make watch without date & no ghost date position. Also can't agree with you about "small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant", as I said this type of watch ofthen without date. Just my opinion.

Monta has said that their run of no-date Oceankings took forever to sell. Generally, if there are otherwise identical watches offered with and without a date, the version with date vastly outsells the no-date.

 

[Scaramouche]

Monta has said that their run of no-date Oceankings took forever to sell. Generally, if there are otherwise identical watches offered with and without a date, the version with date vastly outsells the no-date.

Good for Monta, but still, did I ask about sell statistics, nope? Again what about statistic of selling flieger watches with/without date? I get that you love watches with date but it doesn't mean that everyone must loves it too. Just saying that it would be nice have this option without critics to CW or watches itself.

 

[Davekaye90]

Good for Monta, but still, did I ask about sell statistics, nope? Again what about statistic of selling flieger watches with/without date? I get that you love watches with date but it doesn't mean that everyone must loves it too. Just saying that it would be nice have this option without critics to CW or watches itself.

They may do one eventually. If I were introducing a new line though with 4 or 5 models to start, I'd do exactly what they did. These aren't fliegers. CW is in the business of selling watches, watches with dates are a much easier sell. I have nothing against no-date watches, I own one.

As far as dates go, these are about as inoffensive as it's possible to do.

 

[MX793]

People would definitely complain about a ghost date position, and Sellita doesn't have an off the shelf version of the SW200 without a date as far as I know. My guess is they don't want to go to the expense of modifying them to remove the date position, for the small subset of people that would even want a no-date variant.

SW200-1b is the no-date version. Been available for a couple of years.

 

[acp5533]

Sorry if this is a repost, but it’s about time they applied the logo. Huge improvement.

 

[Davekaye90]

Sorry if this is a repost, but it’s about time they applied the logo. Huge improvement.

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The contrast between CW and Monta is interesting. CW didn't have to do that. These still would've sold just fine with a black or white printed logo. They made their dial production much harder, and much more expensive as a result. But it's a genuine aesthetic improvement, and they did that without substantially jacking up the price.

The new Skyquest meanwhile is cost cutting nearly across the board. The bent GMT hand is hard, get rid of it. Inner lug bevels are expensive to machine, dump them. That custom rehaut we've been using since the very beginning, that's painted and has cutouts for the markers to fit into? Too expensive, get rid of it, and replace it with a cheap steel rehaut that requires zero effort to install because there's nothing to align properly anymore. I don't care that it substantially lowers the functionality of the watch, get rid of it.

Oh and that'll be an extra $300, please.

 

[Techme]

I think the applied logo elevates the watch in this case. I sometimes prefer printed logos on sports watches. Kudos to CW for the date at 6 - they're finally understanding how many people want symmetry.

 

[percysmith]

The contrast between CW and Monta is interesting. CW didn't have to do that. M

The new Skyquest meanwhile is cost cutting nearly across the board. The bent GMT hand is hard, get rid of it. Inner lug bevels are expensive to machine, dump them. That custom rehaut we've been using since the very beginning, that's painted and has cutouts for the markers to fit into? Too expensive, get rid of it, and replace it with a cheap steel rehaut that requires zero effort to install because there's nothing to align properly anymore. I don't care that it substantially lowers the functionality of the watch, get rid of it.

Oh and that'll be an extra $300, please.

Then Monta should be compared to Seiko not CW

 

[railmonster2914]

Monta has said that their run of no-date Oceankings took forever to sell. Generally, if there are otherwise identical watches offered with and without a date, the version with date vastly outsells the no-date.

Monta's market is a bit different from CW's though, plus CW is a bigger company at this point compared to Monta. There's a ton of no date watches in their selection and I'm sure they could've cobbled a LE COSC if they wanted to.

I really like their watches with colorized sapphire dials and I would imagine a Dune done in this fashion with no date would look like one from DIY's:

Anyway, should Tudor introduce a SS BB39 this year I might go for that one instead.

 

[Davekaye90]

Monta's market is a bit different from CW's though, plus CW is a bigger company at this point compared to Monta. There's a ton of no date watches in their selection and I'm sure they could've cobbled a LE COSC if they wanted to.

I really like their watches with colorized sapphire dials and I would imagine a Dune done in this fashion with no date would look like one from DIY's:

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Anyway, should Tudor introduce a SS BB39 this year I might go for that one instead.

A sapphire dial would be cool, though I'm still digging the sunburst black. Enough that I am contemplating selling one of my Zodiacs to make room for it. I don't think they'd do a no-date sapphire, though. One of the things that's cool about the sapphire is you can see the entire disc move when you change the date.

 

[railmonster2914]

A sapphire dial would be cool, though I'm still digging the sunburst black. Enough that I am contemplating selling one of my Zodiacs to make room for it. I don't think they'd do a no-date sapphire, though. One of the things that's cool about the sapphire is you can see the entire disc move when you change the date.

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I also like the sunburst black, and CW would most likely choose that color if they were to do a limited edition no date Dune. And no, I don't see them realistically making a no-date watch with a sapphire dial, but if they use an open-heart movement you'd see the balance wheel moving inside the whole day instead of waiting for the date wheel to rotate every 24 hours.

 

[NS1]

 

[bneath]

Still my favorite Christopher Ward.