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Tornek Rayville Please

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Hi all,

I sit here, as I write this, with a wonderful P300 ( with date ) on my wrist. I took off the metal bracelet and put it on the supplied NATO. It looks absolutely amazing. It constantly draws the eye. The clarity, crispness and precision of the dial is mesmerising. The bezel is brilliantly legible when viewed straight and reflects all sorts of fabulous colours at other angles.

After the watch finally cleared UK Customs ( after 2 weeks ), it has not left my wrist for a week and I am a very happy man.

Except .... I struggle to describe this ... I have a strange and tiny piece of emptiness inside. A little void where something is missing. Where something used to be. It took me some days to work out what it was ... for the first time in almost 10 years my "incoming list" is now empty. I no longer harbour that small ( often suppressed ) feeling of excitement and anticipation that the P300 has provided for so many years.

So, as an open plea to Bill, will you please take my deposit for a Tornek Rayville. I really don't mind how long the wait, but would prefer something a little less than 10 years ;-)



To those who have received your P300s - enjoy them. For those still waiting - I hope it will not be much longer now.

:-D
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How many others amongst us is unspeakably desperate for Bill to start taking deposits for the T-R ?


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I hope you are all young enough to still enjoy the watch IF/WHEN it ever comes to fruition; it will take awhile.
I don't mind a wait. I will be happy enough once I get a deposit down and know that the process is underway.

Anyone else suspect the T-R will be Benchcrafted and the Stingray will be RTW ?

:-D
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When I first started this thread in May I rather hoped Bill would open ordering before the end of the year. Given it is now almost October and he has just released the Hawkinge AGL I am starting to think we will hear nothing further about the TR / Stingray until mid-next year. Am I being too unrealistic ?

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I was in NYC last week for WindUp. The Tornek Rayville is coming. I believe even a few weeks ago someone re-posted a comment from MKII's IG where designs are with the vendor and awaiting sign off. The release date is still TBD. The TR is going to be in the RTW line.
Great news !!

I can't wait.

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As much as I'd love to see a release before end of year, I don't think that will happen. Hopefully early part of 2020.

IG: th3measure
In reality I am not even particularly worried when the release date happens to be ( forgive me if I have missed-understood, I have taken "release date" to be the date when first orders ship ). I just want Bill to take my deposit so that I can be confident that I will eventually receive a TR.

:)
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Goodbye 2019. Another year passes without any sign of the TR/Stingray. Let’s hope 2020 is the year !

:-D
Neily


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so nothing confirmed directly from Bill yet i presume? did op perhaps get a dm at least..?
I am waiting for news just like everyone else, I am afraid. I am really hoping 2020 will be the year !

All the best.
:-D
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Above is just an image. Can you copy the link to register interest ? I REALLY don't want to miss out on this.

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Above is just an image. Can you copy the link to register interest ? I REALLY don't want to miss out on this.

Neily

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Don't worry .... I tracked it down. Found it on Instagram. Phew !

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Getting worried now !

I refreshed the sales page and hit purchase within seconds of it opening. I have been fighting through the checkout process for 10 minutes. I have finally reached the ”place order” button and keep receiving a pop up stating “there was an error processing your order. Please contact us or try again later”. Argghhh !!


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Gutted !!

Finally went through .... to this page :



Image was cropped. Page states the item is now out of stock !

Seems 75 must have gone REALLY quickly. I was on this within seconds. I feel somewhat let down by technology.

:-(

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For everyone who's PayPal got charged but your order didn't go through, check your email. MKII is honoring those orders!!!
A quick question : has everyone who posted a query on the Customer Service portal received an email response ?

Like others my order stalled at the final step of Checkout ( still there ) and I submitted a query shortly thereafter asking if the order would be honoured. So far I have heard nothing.

Fingers still crossed.

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The last update on the website is from Bill’s COVID-19 statement in March :

“Tornek-Rayville: The project is proceeding as planned. We will update you as we hear from vendors about lead times and potential impact.”

Anyone heard anything further since via other channels ?
( Not complaining ... just interested )

:-D
Neily


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Update from Instagram :



All the best.
:-D
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Excerpt from Bill’s email this week :

“The IG account: We completed the review of all the requests but we haven't added everyone that has been confirmed yet. We also haven't posted anything yet to the IG account because of the need to evaluate the samples in a timely manner.”

So, it would appear no-one is missing anything ... yet ;-D

Neily


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Yesterday I received a confirmation that my request to join the Tornek Rayville IG group has been accepted.

If I recall correctly only a handful had previously been accepted. There are now 61 followers, so a significant batch of requests must have been processed alongside mine.

Still no content published within the group.

:-D
Neily


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Does anyone know if the moisture indicator will be the same as the previous (white text over blue)? Or may we see something similar to the original, or something completely new altogether?
Anyone else think that Insta shot has a B&W filter ? Can't really be sure if the colours on the indicator ?

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Wahoooooo !! A picture of a finished TR ( with aluminium bezel inlay ) just released on IG.



Looks absolutely amazing. Hopefully this bodes well for shipping starting soon.

:-D
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Fabulous ! In what publication was that printed ?

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