Yes; only 40mm upon release.
I agree.
I believe @reubicon has done the very same recently with a couple of C60 Trident Pro 600s, to achieve the dial / bezel colour combination he was after.nycWATCHnerd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:20 pm . . . . . . Has anyone ever done that on a CW watch? More difficult than doing it on a Seiko?
Thought that it might have been just me, but I'd love the white dial with the navy dial bezel.nycWATCHnerd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:20 pmI agree.
I would like the navy/baby-blue bezel with white dial and the navy/white bezel with the navy dial.
Maybe I should get both and swap the bezel inserts. Has anyone ever done that on a CW watch? More difficult than doing it on a Seiko?
Could it be the SW330 which is a more expensive movement. Doesn't the Sealander GMT use the SW220?
Pricing on the SW330-2 is hard to come by. Cousins has them for £395 ($508). I saw a couple of eBay listings for $350 US. These are obviously not what CW is paying but they are considerably higher than a year ago for the same offerings.Movement:
The SW300 COSC is a really big step up from the original SW200. I think that to get the Elite moniker it needed to go here. This movement does not come cheap and even more so in the last year or so. When I last looked the standard SW300 was $300-350 at retail. I looked a couple of months ago and they are now running $400 at retail. Taking a conservative 30% markup (supplier markups are very different from finished goods retail markup) that leaves wholesale at $310. Add $50 for COSC. Then take CWs 3x markup and we are talking $1080 for the movement alone. There has been a sharp increase in component prices across the board in the last 12 months or so. I don't know if it is a result of consolidation of manufacturers or possibly fewer suppliers making it through covid unscathed but it is definitely happening.
No, I didn't mean that. I meant WatchChris quoted dollar prices for the new watch, and Oracle Time quoted Sterling. Now the UK prices include VAT/sales tax at 20%, so the dollar equivalents should be based on a lower starting point. ie the dollar equivalent of a VAT exclusive price.nycWATCHnerd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:09 pmCould it be the SW330 which is a more expensive movement. Doesn't the Sealander GMT use the SW220?
You select your transaction currency with the dropdown at the bottom of the page. Once that's selected pricing will be set accordingly, but during checkout if your shipping destination is outside the UK VAT will be deducted and duty and taxes are shown in your cart (at least for US destinations.) Need to keep in mind whether your payment method assesses any international conversion fees to determine your actual cost.
Import duties are added in the cart so they are not part of he MSRP/RRP.
We crossed in the interwebs as I was editing my post. Adding in import duty at checkout is relatively new for CW so it is not out of the realm that they would just start adding it in to US pricing. But I came to the same conclusion that it is a hedge.nycWATCHnerd wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:57 pmImport duties are added in the cart so they are not part of he MSRP/RRP.
They might be adding a buffer to the USA pricing to deal with currency fluctuations.
For USA buyers, in the past I have found American Express to give better dollar conversions to other currencies than MC/VISA.
