[enkidu]

yikeslookout said-

I'm just throwing this out there, excuse me if anyone thinks it's blasphemous, but why not have a sapphire caseback to show off the movement?

No, Thank You. This feature you have proposed sounds like another thing to break and/or leak to me. I would favor avoiding unnecessary features that would decrease or diminish the long-term durability of this watch.

I'm with OmegaCosmicMan; solid, simple case-back for me. I like ljb187's idea of the MKII logo (perhaps it could be a negative carving), "Project 300", and "### of 300", and perhaps the year.

 

[OmegaCosmicMan]

I'm with OmegaCosmicMan; solid, simple case-back for me. I like ljb187's idea of the MKII logo (perhaps it could be a negative carving), "Project 300", and "### of 300", and perhaps the year.

Me too.

 

[enkidu]

Just noticed that my LE watch has "Nr. ###/250". That might even be better than "### of 300". Or even simpler still "###/300" none of this prepositional exposition. .

 

[OmegaCosmicMan]

Just noticed that my LE watch has "Nr. ###/250". That might even be better than "### of 300". Or even simpler still "###/300" none of this prepositional exposition. .

Even Better!

 

[Neily_San]

even simpler still "###/300".

I like this.

Simplicity = elegance.

Neily

 

[marchone]

The more I think about it, the more I think that fishes, snakes and flags aren't right for this type of bare-knuckles watch. I'd argue now that a simple MOD style case back would be more suitable and just as effective as something fancier (it might save MKII a few bucks too). To emphasis and enhance the simple nature of this idea I prefer the larger WWII style. Replace the pheon with MKII's logo, add the name of the watch (maybe even abbreviate it: Prj. 300 for added mystique), am "001/300" serial number and perhaps an issuing date and you're good-to-go!

+1

This would be a good place to incorporate the Circle Y on all MKII watches.

 

[enkidu]

+1

This would be a good place to incorporate the Circle Y on all MKII watches.

I'm liking four lines:
MKII logo (perhaps raised instead of inset)
P 300 circle-Y (perhaps also raised)
###/300
YYYY-MM

 

[Lemper]

I like this.

Simplicity = elegance.

Neily

Totally agreed. I'd like to call it "sleek elegance".

 

[Stepper]

How about some sort of functional circular-scale.
Oris uses a feet to meter scale. Maybe the 300 can have some sort of calendar scale like this:

View attachment 1014866

 

[Stepper]

Here's another idea:

View attachment 1017333

it's a Spartan shield (photoshopped) - you know, as in "300" Spartans...

 

[Stepper]

Here's another idea:

View attachment 1017333

it's a Spartan shield (photoshopped) - you know, as in "300" Spartans...

Here's the attachment again:

 

[White Tuna]

Here's the attachment again:

I like that a lot.

 

[Plat0]

I like that a lot too.

 

[OmegaCosmicMan]

Hi All - Good stuff on case back design, and continued progress on Project 300-

The word from the Man himself is at:

2015-08-20: Project 300 update

 

[MHe225]

Good info and great news; quoting directly from the above link:

..... I want to get the design work for both the Project 300 and Project GMT wrapped up in this regard by the end of August.

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[vandergl]

My apologies

 

[OmegaCosmicMan]

Attention all Plank Owners!!!

The Official Survey from MKII is in my email Inbox - You should see Yours Soon!!

--- That is All ---

p.s. A link in the "News" for those who are otherwise interested in the General Order...

2015-08-28: Project 300 Update

 

[jussi]

Vote done!

I actually liked the nautilus shell so thats what I voted for. With the suggestion that he maybe tried to extend the ingraving all the way up to the 10 O'clock caseback toolslot. :-!

 

[OmegaCosmicMan]

Master Bill has posted an update for the Project 300 - Oct 2, 2015

• The updated designs came back from the case supplier. With the exception of the bracelet end-piece we have everything buttoned-up. If we have to we can go forward with the case sampling before the drawings on the bracelet are final but this isn't ideal. I hope, and expect, that next week that my tweaks to the end-piece are acceptable and that we can finally proceed with the sampling stage.
• Hands: As noted earlier the hand designs have been released to the vendor. The order has been acknowledged but we are still waiting on the delivery time frame for the parts. Once received we will begin the process of inspection and having the parts lumed.
• Case back design: Based on discussions about the survey data and comments we have finalized the case back design. Because we expect that there will be people that agree and disagree with the final decision I will post the details as soon as I can put together a post detailing our thinking and the reasons for our conclusion.
• Assuming that we enter the pre-production sampling stage of the project this month we will be sending out requests for the 2nd stage payments to Plankowners. The first payments made by Plankowners were used to secure the movements for the project. The 2nd stage payments will be allocated to tooling and production deposits/costs.

If you want to read the News Posting yourself..... 2015-10-02: Project 300 update

In a Word....Awesome!

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[JNH]

I like the case back also. Does anyone know when the second pre-order will open?