Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:51 pm

Quality Man wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:43 pm You know when the ‘maisons’ describe their watches as ‘novelties’, (makes me wince), I think this fit’s that description perfectly. A novelty that CW should be congratulated on.

I suspect that’s because “novelty” in English creates a kind of “latest craze, here today, gone tomorrow, cheap and cheerful” image that “nouveauté” doesn’t have in French, where it’s more like the equivalent of “innovation”. Of course, all the words are derived ultimately from the Latin “novus” (new).

mvlow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:46 pm Listening to the little ding sound on the CW website that I will apparently hear somewhere between -20/+20 seconds before or after the hour, has motivated me to research the hourly signal ding on my G-shock. In 15 minutes I will know if I will have saved myself $3,595. Fingers crossed my G-shock steps up to the plate and does a good ding.

nathanclarinet wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:11 pm This is stunning. The first CW in absolutely ages that i want on my wrist. And its blue! Bravo CW, awesome.

jkbarnes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:55 pm What’s the bird everyone keeps referencing? What am I missing?

jkbarnes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:01 pm

JasperCat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:58 pm

jkbarnes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:55 pm What’s the bird everyone keeps referencing? What am I missing?

If you look at the bottom right of the dial, you see what looks like a bird with a red beak (and jewel for a eye), and the body extends across the dial to the left, with the hammer (for the bell sound) forming its tail

Once you see it, you can't unsee it and it's really rather lovely

When the red "beak" is up (as per the photo), it means the chime is on (little squiggle mark next to the beak), and when the 4 o'clock pusher is used, it will toggle the beak down, and then the chime is off... and vice versa.

Mike France referred to it as a "songbird" in the preview presentation


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Haha! Totally missed that, and yes, I can’t unsee it now. I love it! I must have either missed the reference during the preview or didn’t understand what he meant.

mvlow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:46 pm In 15 minutes I will know if I will have saved myself $3,595. Fingers crossed my G-shock steps up to the plate and does a good ding.

jtc wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:29 pm What's that, almost £1m in revenue? Nice.

golfjunky wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:35 pm

jtc wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:29 pm What's that, almost £1m in revenue? Nice.

My mentor always told me. Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity