downer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:02 am
Personally I think the newer watches are better in every way - case, dial, hands, bracelet, date position, and particularly the logo.
Fair, the new and old versions don't look too different really, but gone is the SH21. I would get the new version with the white dial, but 38 hour power reserve is eh...
Well I guess the adequacy of the power reserve depends on how you use your watches. For me, it's fine. If I wear the same watch on consecutive days it keeps running, and if I don't, it stops... I rarely (never) wear a watch and then wear it again three days later.
So, ETA/Sellita standard movements which are easier to service and pretty much guaranteed to be around 'for ever' are fine for my needs.
NY13 wrote:
Any idea why they stopped using the SH21 in the dive watches?
CW haven't.
C60 Trident Mk3 with SH21 movement:-
C60 Apex - admittedly a Sold Out LE
C60 Abyss SH21 - current open series model.
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I was never really a fan of DLC / PVD.
That's my hold up in getting the Abyss too. If it was just a blacked out dial/bezel I'd be in. Idk why they just can't come out with a center seconds dive watch without any special designs.
Not to flog a dead horse, but as a person new to CW watches (I have a Trident Pro 300 and a c60 # tide), now that I have seen these pictures, I confess I like the old logo much better than the simple "Christopher Ward" lettering that is lingering on current watches that were introduced before the twin flags logo was adopted. My Trident Pro 300 has the twin flags logo and the # tide has the full name on the face. On the # tide the full lettering is pretty uninteresting, even when moved to the 12 o'clock position where it balances with the date at 6:00. On the older watches, both the design with the W inside the C , and the font used on the Chr Ward inscription had more visual interest than the full name as currently used, and the "London" subscript added a touch of class and exclusivity as well. I do like the twin flags logo, I think it is well thought out and appreciate the reference to the two countries involved, but suspect it only has meaning to people like us who actually own the watches.
I am in favour of retaining the twin flags logo where appropriate - it looks great as perlage on the rotor and and on the cap of the stem, and perhaps as a more subtle design element somewhere (else) on face itself, but for actual branding I think CW hit on a winning combination earlier on in their history.
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