Caller wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:17 pm

rkovars wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:10 pm
According to the archive the Trident Classic Vintage automatic released May 2016

I have just been trying to find the same watch - how did you manage it?

Anyway, my point is that I purchased mine in 2015, assuming you mean this watch?

@Amor Vincit Omnia is correct. The one @jkbarnes has is listed under the Dress/Classic collection and then the C65 Trident Classic Range. The main difference is yours is a C60.

Here is the direct link in the archive.

We’ve talked a lot about how the quality and design have come on. It’s worth remembering, though, that they got a few things right in the early days.

I own more CWs than I probably ought to - my better half certainly thinks so.
My collection ranges from my very first CW (brand new back in 200?) the C4 Peregrine through to Mk3 divers etc.
There's definitely a noticeable quality improvement when comparing the likes of a Kingfisher Diver with a C60 MkIII, but the KFs encapsulate what CW were all about when they were released.
If anybody can point me in the direction of any other brands who have released such a broad range of watch styles in such a short time range, whilst offering such 'bang for buck' and with such a great backstory, then I am all ears.

My favourite CW ranges:C1/7/8.
The most recent releases (BC / 12 / MoonPhase) haven't floated my boat, but time has a habit of changing my mind

Here's to the next 12 years and CW continuing to evolve and rightfully cement their name in watch collectors' thoughts, the world over.

Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:27 pm We’ve talked a lot about how the quality and design have come on. It’s worth remembering, though, that they got a few things right in the early days.

I don’t usually quote myself but I think it’s quite apt here when talking about the early C5.

iain wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:31 pm In the early days CW possibly didn’t have a brand identity. Indeed a lot of the earlier offerings did look like other brands designs. The IWC Portuguese chronograph being one I particularly remember being an influence on a CW design.

While I specifically mentioned the Portuguese as an influence on early CW design, you can also add the Portofino to that list.

rkovars wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:25 pm
@Amor Vincit Omnia is correct. The one @jkbarnes has is listed under the Dress/Classic collection and then the C65 Trident Classic Range. The main difference is yours is a C60.

Okay, thanks, and to AVO too. Anyone know where my version is in the archive?

^^^^ I think you'll find it's this one albeit on a bracelet.



I worked it out using the information in the Watch Codes section of the CWArchive and the searched for 'SVKK'.


Guy

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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:30 am ^^^^ I think you'll find it's this one albeit on a bracelet.

That's it - thanks - appreciated.

I really couldn't work out why I couldnt find it, admittedly using a more basic search, I can't believe it's because I used 'leather' for the strap? I probably should have left that blank.

Anyway, job done, and thanks again.

Caller’s dilemma with identifying his watch, and Guy’s answer, remind me of one thing that has changed…SKU codes have become VERY complicated!

I used to know what GWT or SKK meant (gold case/white dial/tan strap or steel/back/black). Nowadays I keep seeing SOKKO, BOBBO and various other combinations and I have to look them up every time!

8 years for me and a mere 72 posts (hangs head in shame!). My perspective on CW back then was that it introduced me to ‘proper’ watches - no need for batteries. And at an affordable price. There became a point at which the CW watches I would have liked were nearer a thousand pounds and that caused the dilemma of saving for a big brand watch or buying a couple of CW offerings. I did neither until a year ago. To echo others’ comments, it is now a business not a micro brand and with that comes attendant overheads. (staff , advertising etc).
Don’t get me wrong, the quality of watches produced now is incredible. I saw the Twelve up close recently on a woman’s wrist and it looked perfect. I will try the larger size and as per the OP, I prefer to see watches in the flesh although I’ve got over paying with the folding stuff!
Great post, thank goodness the logo is a logo now!

I really enjoy hearing from people like @steviebee155 who don’t chat much day-to-day but have been around for ages - presumably watching the ongoings. There are some brilliant old-Skool CW collections around.

Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:58 pm Caller’s dilemma with identifying his watch, and Guy’s answer, remind me of one thing that has changed…SKU codes have become VERY complicated!

I used to know what GWT or SKK meant (gold case/white dial/tan strap or steel/back/black). Nowadays I keep seeing SOKKO, BOBBO and various other combinations and I have to look them up every time!

I have never had an inkling of the meaning of CW SKU codes. Ditto with Omega and Seiko reference numbers.

On the other hand, the likes of…

114270, 124270, 16200, 16570, 16700, 16710, 126710, 126711, 5512, 5513, 14060M, 114060, 124060, 16520, 116520, etc.. are acceptable and instantly recognisable models.

Neil

missF wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:58 pm I really enjoy hearing from people like @steviebee155 who don’t chat much day-to-day but have been around for ages - presumably watching the ongoings. There are some brilliant old-Skool CW collections around.

Well put...

steviebee155 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:29 pm Great post, thank goodness the logo is a logo now!

... especially considering this comment. The logo is a logo now. That's got to be one of the biggest changes.

nbg wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:01 pm On the other hand, the likes of…

114270, 124270, 16200, 16570, 16700, 16710, 126710, 126711, 5512, 5513, 14060M, 114060, 124060, 16520, 116520, etc.. are acceptable and instantly recognisable models.

I should have expected that…brilliant!

At least I’m consistent…I’m confused by ALL of them!

Ah, the trip down (for me a relatively short) CW memory lane...
I discovered CW in 2018 when I was 'back in the market' for a watch. Mrs N had passed late '15 after a long, long, tiring and emotional illness (MS).
Watches were going to be my 'me something'. And look where THAT has taken me by gosh!

I was looking for a diver companion for my trusty Hamilton that I still wear nearly every week. If I wanted a good quality watch with clarity of design in a Swiss mechanical I was looking at Oris, Longines and the like in an AD. CW offered that at a much friendlier price and I was still getting on top of the financial impact of times past. It took me until early '20 to buy that watch one way or another and joined this forum as I did.
I absolutely needed the support that I found in this place for me to further that 'me something'.
So for me this as much about the forum as the watch brand.

Just the same: the watches.
For me at that time CW was about C60 and C65 with a couple of dressier pieces at the edges. Malvern and Co as I remember.
I chose well. The C65 Trident Diver blue hand-wound watch is a piece I enjoy perhaps more today than when I bought it as a NN.
My second CW is a Sealander GMT and it reflects the sophistication the brand has acquired, which continues apace with obvious highlight pieces, some of which are not for me but they are not the less for that. I want a third but they haven't made it yet. Very close but no cigar.

And I think that's how I see what CW has become. Broader, deeper, in its range and especially ambitions. They can and do make watches now that make the industry and market sit up and take notice. While the value is still there, even if not the bargains, CW is a brand of much greater stature.
No longer 'micro brand'. Brand.