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Helix Von Smelix wrote:Picked mine up at 15:00 :thumbup: Number 100. Looks good. :clap: :clap:

...and the photos are where? :)
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Congratulations to CW on the success of this one. Apparently Chris knows his market better than those of us on the forum, which is why his name is on the dial.
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We know that 013 and 100 have been acquired by Forum members. As far as I am aware no other member has bought one but I may be wrong. Who has the other 98 and I wonder why we have not heard from them on here. Is there a whole new market out there of which we are unaware? Quartz anonymous? Motor Racing Widows Pension Fund?

Seems odd to me that this piece, at £1950, can outsell the C900SP and the C9JH, both aclaimed watches, by such a margin.

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robinbarke wrote:We know that 013 and 100 have been acquired by Forum members. As far as I am aware no other member has bought one but I may be wrong. Who has the other 98 and I wonder why we have not heard from them on here. Is there a whole new market out there of which we are unaware? Quartz anonymous? Motor Racing Widows Pension Fund?

Seems odd to me that this piece, at £1950, can outsell the C900SP and the C9JH, both aclaimed watches, by such a margin.

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Is it really a big mystery?

When the product was first publicized, didn't a lot of us guess that racing/Aston Martin fans might go for it?

Also, it does show that we forum members do not really reflect the majority view on CWL products, since I recall most saying this watch wasn't for us.
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robinbarke wrote: Seems odd to me that this piece, at £1950, can outsell the C900SP and the C9JH, both aclaimed watches, by such a margin.

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I was about to pose a question on this tack; to wonder how many C900s have been sold or are still available.

Nevertheless, it's good to see this niche market item has sold out in a reasonably short space of time.

I wonder what Chris's next project will be?

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asqwerth wrote:
robinbarke wrote:We know that 013 and 100 have been acquired by Forum members. As far as I am aware no other member has bought one but I may be wrong. Who has the other 98 and I wonder why we have not heard from them on here. Is there a whole new market out there of which we are unaware? Quartz anonymous? Motor Racing Widows Pension Fund?

Seems odd to me that this piece, at £1950, can outsell the C900SP and the C9JH, both aclaimed watches, by such a margin.

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Is it really a big mystery?

When the product was first publicized, didn't a lot of us guess that racing/Aston Martin fans might go for it?

Also, it does show that we forum members do not really reflect the majority view on CWL products, since I recall most saying this watch wasn't for us.
Also, this watch doesn't represent the majority of CWL products.

I don't think there were ever many forum members who were going to buy it, but there are clearly enough rabid Aston Martin fans out there who did.

I expect it would be similar if they ever did a Bluebird watch with a piece of that iconic machine in it somewhere....
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We could have a Marine FLE with a bit of the Titanic in it. Maybe not, sales might sink!

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Helix Von Smelix wrote:I wonder how many VW4's are left? :)
Of the 20 originally made sadly only 27 are now left. :)
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robinbarke wrote: Seems odd to me that this piece, at £1950, can outsell the C900SP and the C9JH, both aclaimed watches, by such a margin.

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In a world where a bog standard ETA based Tudor Black Bay can beat the C900SP is it any real surprise. People buy things because of who has their label on it and what it looks like. Us forum dwellers were never the target market.
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bootsy wrote:
Helix Von Smelix wrote:I wonder how many VW4's are left? :)
Of the 20 originally made sadly only 27 are now left. :)
That takes some doing!

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robinbarke wrote:
bootsy wrote:
Helix Von Smelix wrote:I wonder how many VW4's are left? :)
Of the 20 originally made sadly only 27 are now left. :)
That takes some doing!

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Actually, to AM aficionados the CW must have seemed like a real bargain compared to these!
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vikingdrvr wrote:Actually, to AM aficionados the CW must have seemed like a real bargain compared to these!
http://www.astonmartin.com/the-company/ ... -lecoultre
Bargain; definitely and IMHO I prefer the C70. :thumbup:

but then again, I'm not in the market to have £10K + available to spend on a watch; so what do I know? :?

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robinbarke wrote:
bootsy wrote:
Helix Von Smelix wrote:I wonder how many VW4's are left? :)
Of the 20 originally made sadly only 27 are now left. :)
That takes some doing!

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I cannot remember the exact source of the quote I am paraphrasing here but it was to do with classic UK sports car. May have been a run of early Lotuses. As the value went up it became worthwhile to create new ones out of old vintage spare parts. The equivalent of the Franken watches that appear so often but for cars. You get the farcical situation of having more around now than were originally produced. Is it a fake if it is made of all original parts, albeit spares? Very iffy ground certainly.
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I was asking about the C70 GP series VW4. :silent: