Following your example, I too scanned through the 'all watches' facility and what struck me was the sheer volume of the range of C60/65 Tridents. Many seemingly indistinguishable from the other, which they are, as all strap options are shown, so the list just seems to go on forever. It was actually all very confusing.PaulJS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:09 amPrior to crafting this offering I scanned through the 'all watches' facility on the website and confirmed my opinion that the whole range has gone pretty much bland, generic and mainstream with the only exceptions being North of £1500 or, in an attempt to be different, looking like they have come out of a Christmas cracker!
The much heralded current motorsport range seems to have been something of a damp squib and I am not surprised it will be short lived.
But here's a confession - had the logo not have been a barrier, I would have bought the C65 Khaki.
The only true stand out watch for me is the Morgan Aero 8 range.
I think CW have got away lightly with the debacle of the C7 cases on the motorsport range. There was a huge fanfare launch about the technical prowess of the design which caused much excitement, although as a Bremont owner, it just felt a copy with just a few cosmetic changes to separate the two, then as I am also a Chopard Mille Miglia owner, I looked at the dial and bezel similarities and thought CW were taking the proverbial. Although I initially expressed a liking for one of the blue dialled models. So let's just say I was never really one of their target audience.
But going back to the case - what sort of business does all the research needed, including no doubt, a full cost analysis, and having done so, decides to proceed with what they see as a groundbreaking design, settles on various price points, sends the PR into overdrive to launch the watch and then scraps the whole range a few months later, stating the case costs too much to produce? I know all businesses can get things wrong, but this is a classic of the genre. I assume they misjudged the demand and that has affected their costings? Whatever, they got it badly wrong. I hope they have learnt their lesson and come up with something more original next time.