i am sure they work long hours and don't have time to read the (1000s?) of posts on the CW forum every month, but maybe i'm wrongAmor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:28 am It’s not an elephant in the room as far as CW are concerned. They read the forum, they appreciate the feedback and they discuss it…quite a lot.
But as Dave says, whatever they do going forward is certain not to please everyone.
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^^^ I can assure you that they are very aware of the spectrum of forum opinion as it applies to the company and the products. There will be a number of key threads that are followed closely.
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Apologies if it has been posted already but I watched this interview on Casual watch Reviews with Mike France on You tube today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roucd2vDFlc[url]
I found his explanation for the reasons of not moving to the twin flags logo earlier to be pretty plausible. That's is, the lawyers advised them to stick with the CW name alongside the twin flags for five years so as not to run the risk of being sued by the big Swiss mega brands.
Now they have established the Swish to be their own, they are now free to roll it out across the whole line as updates occur. Another good example of British pragmatism I would say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roucd2vDFlc[url]
I found his explanation for the reasons of not moving to the twin flags logo earlier to be pretty plausible. That's is, the lawyers advised them to stick with the CW name alongside the twin flags for five years so as not to run the risk of being sued by the big Swiss mega brands.
Now they have established the Swish to be their own, they are now free to roll it out across the whole line as updates occur. Another good example of British pragmatism I would say.
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Well spotted and noted!markee wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 6:39 pm Apologies if it has been posted already but I watched this interview on Casual watch Reviews with Mike France on You tube today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roucd2vDFlc[url]
I found his explanation for the reasons of not moving to the twin flags logo earlier to be pretty plausible. That's is, the lawyers advised them to stick with the CW name alongside the twin flags for five years so as not to run the risk of being sued by the big Swiss mega brands.
Now they have established the Swish to be their own, they are now free to roll it out across the whole line as updates occur. Another good example of British pragmatism I would say.
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The great thing about C60s is that you can accurately date the month and year of the watch based on the logo and where it’s positioned.
h/t YouTube
h/t YouTube
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Go on then, Om. Money where mouth is!blowfish89 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 6:50 pm The great thing about C60s is that you can accurately date the month and year of the watch based on the logo and where it’s positioned.
h/t YouTube
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^^^^ Not only can Om tell you the year and month, he can probably tell it’s sometime between the 19th and the 21st. And that it’s about 7 am give or take 5 minutes......
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^^^ Time zone? Country? Come on that boy…
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GMT +2, possibly somewhere Greek?
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Most perspicacious.
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^^^^ and all picked up just from the ChrWard logo at 12.....
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Ah, but can the Intramural Pachyderm tell you the year and month of manufacture?
Ref. your answer, Tsilivi, Zakynthos, Greece, 20th July 2018. But that was not the question.
Ref. your answer, Tsilivi, Zakynthos, Greece, 20th July 2018. But that was not the question.
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December 2016
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That’s one dumbo jumbo.
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It’s a red herring as I’m letting Om guess the actual month and year.
(Don’t tell him but we all know from the logo it’s an October 2017 watch...)
(Don’t tell him but we all know from the logo it’s an October 2017 watch...)
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