I doubt there will be a preview for quartz!

Regardless, I think it makes sense for them to backtrack a little on their previous position on quartz, if it's just to bring in higher end quartz movements rather than bog standard ones.

You might be on to something. The picture in the Loupe email does mysteriously look like a quartz crystal. Maybe they're taking a page out of the Grand Seiko playbook and growing their own quartz crystals now.... probably not.....

I'm wondering if there's quartz coming, or more likely, based on the email today with an x-ray that we might see a transparent sapphire dial or skeletonized movement- either of which would help show off a new in-house movement. I think the timing with the first big enthusiast show just a couple weeks away (windup sf) makes sense.

This is definitely a helmet. Based on the “Pioneering” headline, I’m thinking space or dive, though it seems odd that the visor would retract so I’m not sure.

^^^ May be racing. CW have a partnership with Team Brit, which as I understand is a racing team for people with disabilities. Which could certainly be called pioneering

First the card through the post now just received another bloody teaser in an email, for gods sake!

Just release the damn thing!! and be done with it.

We know it’ll be on preorder then delayed anyway

This is a space helmet. This photo can be found in this National Geographic article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/scie ... ience-nasa.

brandon_bxtr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:30 pm You might be on to something. The picture in the Loupe email does mysteriously look like a quartz crystal. Maybe they're taking a page out of the Grand Seiko playbook and growing their own quartz crystals now.... probably not.....



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Could that be a clear sapphire?

Mikkei4 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:49 pm

brandon_bxtr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:30 pm You might be on to something. The picture in the Loupe email does mysteriously look like a quartz crystal. Maybe they're taking a page out of the Grand Seiko playbook and growing their own quartz crystals now.... probably not.....



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Could that be a clear sapphire?

Could be.

rkovars wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:01 pm

Mikkei4 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:49 pm

brandon_bxtr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:30 pm You might be on to something. The picture in the Loupe email does mysteriously look like a quartz crystal. Maybe they're taking a page out of the Grand Seiko playbook and growing their own quartz crystals now.... probably not.....



Screenshot_20240415-233540~2.png

Screenshot_20240415-233217.png

Could that be a clear sapphire?

Could be.

Very plausible! This is exciting.

Hmm space helmet, quartz crystal. Could it be a quartz Chrono to compete with the Speedmaster?

The WardSwatch....

Of if that's a sapphire, and a space helmet... Maybe a moonphase watch with a sapphire dial? Oh wait, that's exactly what the C1 Moonglow is

jtc wrote:The WardSwatch....

Please please no


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