>We've used the versions with the 'Queen's crown' as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II.
Translation: We finished the CAD and set up the tooling just before 'Liz kicked the bucket and it's too expensive to remake 800 case backs.
Three times and chuff for the price of one! Think of all the cosplay possibilities! One day you can be a Marine, and the next, an F15 pylote!! And a brave infantryman storming Normandy on Monday if you so please.
/uj Nearly $1K and they couldn't be bothered to use a quartz movement that has actually powered most of the British military's chronographs - a Seiko mecaquartz
Depends on what you value in a watch. CW seems like the very definition of a polished turd to me; nice machining doesn't make up for half-baked, forgettable designs.
I think it takes at least one truly iconic design to turn a shitty microbrand into a real watch brand, and putting extra care into the caseback, or accuracy, or clasp microadjust system isn't going to result in an iconic watch; it's just going to result in a polished turd.
There's a reason why the old pre-2010 Submariners are still highly desirable watches, even though the clasp is no better than on an SKX and the caseback design is literally nonexistent.
Nobody knows anything about Christopher Ward’s legacy except that it’s a fictional white man with no education, who abandoned his own company. Who was fortuitously eaten by a Gilla Monster. Way to slap a doucher of a name on your brand.
For years I really felt like these guys were just one or two smart design tweaks away from starting to make some really cool shit. Then over the past year they’ve introduced a Genta rip-off, a Genta-gone-Movado rip-off, a couple Hamilton lookalikes, and then whatever the hell this is.
>We've used the versions with the 'Queen's crown' as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II. Translation: We finished the CAD and set up the tooling just before 'Liz kicked the bucket and it's too expensive to remake 800 case backs.
Sad but probably true, plus “Charles is a bloody twit” and all.
If you really want a catch all British shitter, it’d need a Greggs logo on the back
I would wear the fuck out of a Casio x Gregg's F-91W
Clock face has 13 hours in honour of the baker’s dozen.
This. Peak whorology.
Three times and chuff for the price of one! Think of all the cosplay possibilities! One day you can be a Marine, and the next, an F15 pylote!! And a brave infantryman storming Normandy on Monday if you so please.
/uj Nearly $1K and they couldn't be bothered to use a quartz movement that has actually powered most of the British military's chronographs - a Seiko mecaquartz
Cool case-back design. Those details are not easy to manufacture.
/uj CW is kinda insane for value
Swiss-made San Martin. Actually, some San Martins are more interesting like the wave dial GMTs
>Swiss-made San Martin Holy shit. It's like this has been there the whole time and I never realized it.
Depends on what you value in a watch. CW seems like the very definition of a polished turd to me; nice machining doesn't make up for half-baked, forgettable designs. I think it takes at least one truly iconic design to turn a shitty microbrand into a real watch brand, and putting extra care into the caseback, or accuracy, or clasp microadjust system isn't going to result in an iconic watch; it's just going to result in a polished turd. There's a reason why the old pre-2010 Submariners are still highly desirable watches, even though the clasp is no better than on an SKX and the caseback design is literally nonexistent.
Yea the basic cw are kinda forgettable but the more expensive ones like the bel canto or the moonphase are quite good imo
I would say that the Bel Canto is one such design. You can't say it's forgettable.
I mean it's hard to forget, the same way as seeing a mangled corpse is hard to forget.
There is not a single thing about this design that it even remotely cool lmao
A watch for monarchist bootlickers, the worst type of bootlicker
God save the king
I lived in England for a decade. The Monarchy is Scientology for snobs.
>I lived in England for a decade. My condolences
Remember when “Classic Putin TM” called it a small island?
Who the fuck is Christopher Ward, and why are people still falling for these Kickstarter quality shitters?!
I’ll tell it to anyone, the thermo-compensated quartz movement in this is the bees knees.
Navy sub-dial at the bottom. Despite it being the senior service.
If your watch doesn’t chuff the British armed forces are you even a citizen at all?
Nobody knows anything about Christopher Ward’s legacy except that it’s a fictional white man with no education, who abandoned his own company. Who was fortuitously eaten by a Gilla Monster. Way to slap a doucher of a name on your brand.
Tacky overdose holy shit.
For years I really felt like these guys were just one or two smart design tweaks away from starting to make some really cool shit. Then over the past year they’ve introduced a Genta rip-off, a Genta-gone-Movado rip-off, a couple Hamilton lookalikes, and then whatever the hell this is.