Okay, okay, it's an old series but it's the first time I've watched it.

In the final segment of the final episode of Britain's Secret Treasures (2013), a presenter dives the wreck of HMS Colossus off the Scilly Isles and I jumped when I saw the watch she was wearing... a CW Makaira 500 Pro! There's no mistaking it. I really liked that era of CW watches. Cool.

That’s pretty awesome!

Cool!


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I wonder If I would have that. I amuse myself by trying to identify the watches worn by stars.

Great spot!

For anyone unfamiliar with the watch, here is the CW Archive entry.

Good spot For!
For those that get anxious about taking their CW in the swimming pool or shower.

Yes I know, soaps/chemicals and seals etc...(the plastic/rubber ones not the animal, they don't impact your WR in the shower)

Awesome piece of observation!

ajax87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:19 pm Good spot. Great to see a dive watch being used for what it was made for!

Except it isn't a dive watch - the bezel has a pilot style numbering scheme.

Cheers,

M

rc51owner wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:18 pm

ajax87 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:19 pm Good spot. Great to see a dive watch being used for what it was made for!

Except it isn't a dive watch - the bezel has a pilot style numbering scheme.

Cheers,

M

You are half right. It's an aviation inspired dive watch... which is what makes it so recognizable.

To me, it was a pretty clever and unusual diver precisely because it had pilot-watch looks.

And I always wished - of the whole C11 range, not just the dive model - that they made a smaller version for small wrists. I'm not counting the W11 because it was a quartz model.

asqwerth wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:13 am To me, it was a pretty clever and unusual diver precisely because it had pilot-watch looks.

And I always wished - of the whole C11 range, not just the dive model - that they made a smaller version for small wrists. I'm not counting the W11 because it was a quartz model.

Agreed, I loved my C11 (my first CW as it happens) but the lug to lug overwhelmed my 7" wrist and I had to let it go. Can't beat them for legibility.

Likewise I loved the C11 and owned that particular version as well as about 6 others but ultimately had to admit defeat that it was just too big for my skinny wrist

Good spot though by the OP. The only other CW I recall seeing on TV is of course the C60 bronze that Matt Tebbutt has often worn on Saturday Kitchen (UK cookery programme).