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Hi. I bought my first CW watch 2 months ago- c5 automatic. I liked it so bought a slimline round. Love it and keeps excellent time better than COSC. Then a Trident with red bezel and a nearly new 43mm JH MKII. Finally a C9 43mm SH21. I have two questions. One is I do not like the SH21 face on the 43mm face so it is going back. Should I get the 40mm or will it be too thick for the diameter of the dial? It is more than 50% thicker than the slimline....so is it still a dress watch? Or should I go for the C50 COSC instead, although I already have a C5??? Second question is on the nearly new JH MKII, and Billy Evans tells me actually it is a new watch, there are lots of little spots on the sapphire crystal. I cannot get them off. You can only see them in certain light ....I think they could be on the inside. Any ideas how to get rid of them? I think if I can't sort it I will have to learn not to see them as I got the watch for £500 and it is a limited edition and a very nice face that does indeed work at 43mm. Thanks a lot, Glenn
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Re: Advice
Welcome ProfGlenn. Please stick around and stop by the Member Introduction area.
As to your post...you mention that you don't like the C9 5 Day face. I don't understand why you would want to consider the 40mm version if that is the case. Did you mean the size (43mm)? Proportionally, due to the smaller case size, the 40mm will feel taller than the 43 by comparison, but it is still the same watch. It is still considered a dress watch, but obviously will be far different than the Slimline's.
As to the C9JH, If there are spots on the inside of the crystal, I would return for a replacement. It does not matter whether it was a sale watch or not. It is still covered under the warranty.
As to your post...you mention that you don't like the C9 5 Day face. I don't understand why you would want to consider the 40mm version if that is the case. Did you mean the size (43mm)? Proportionally, due to the smaller case size, the 40mm will feel taller than the 43 by comparison, but it is still the same watch. It is still considered a dress watch, but obviously will be far different than the Slimline's.
As to the C9JH, If there are spots on the inside of the crystal, I would return for a replacement. It does not matter whether it was a sale watch or not. It is still covered under the warranty.
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Re: Advice
The C9-JH3 is 13.3mm high, the C9-5D is 13.45mm and the C5 Slimlines are 8.25mm (Square) or 8.55mm.
They are pretty tall watches, so I guess the answer is that the C9's you have are pretty thick watches (or alternatively the C5 Slimline is a thin watch).
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They are pretty tall watches, so I guess the answer is that the C9's you have are pretty thick watches (or alternatively the C5 Slimline is a thin watch).
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Re: Advice
For my part, I would say that the Slimlines are relatively normal, whereas the C9 is decidedly on the thick side. The Slimline is 8.7 mm and hand wound, whereas there are companies making automatics, of which I have one, that are quite a bit slimmer.
But it is all a question of what you regard as normal!
But it is all a question of what you regard as normal!
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Re: Advice
Billy Evans knows best.
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Thanks very much everyone for your help so far. I was trying to avoid having to fork out the money for an Omega de Ville at £2280. But if I want something COSC around 40 mm diameter and 10 mm thick and I might have to bite the bullet.
It sounds like the C9 in 40 mm will be quite dumpy. I am happy enough with the C9 JH MKII in terms of its aspect ratio but the tiny spots are annoying. I am afraid to send it back because I already sent one back because it jumped 3 minutes forward in the middle of the night and I also sent a trident back because The minute hand was not always on the index when the second hand was on 12. So I think they will be getting fed up with me already as a brand-new customer!
It sounds like the C9 in 40 mm will be quite dumpy. I am happy enough with the C9 JH MKII in terms of its aspect ratio but the tiny spots are annoying. I am afraid to send it back because I already sent one back because it jumped 3 minutes forward in the middle of the night and I also sent a trident back because The minute hand was not always on the index when the second hand was on 12. So I think they will be getting fed up with me already as a brand-new customer!
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Re: Advice
Why worry if you are making reasonable returns ?
I would say if you are comfortable with thickness of JH2, you would be fine with C9 5DA 40mm. I would consider 40mm better proportioned among 2 sizes. A lot more comfortable to wear although not on the same level of SL.
I would say if you are comfortable with thickness of JH2, you would be fine with C9 5DA 40mm. I would consider 40mm better proportioned among 2 sizes. A lot more comfortable to wear although not on the same level of SL.
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Thanks hsukirk. To be honest, I was saving up to buy a de Ville dress watch as a treat for giving up alcohol for a year. But when the year came up, I couldn't justify it. I came across CWL and tried the C5 - took a while to get used to the size as I normally wear larger and cheaper fashion watches. Then bought a slimline which is perfect in size but not a COSC. Billy Evans suggested a trident. And after a few hours wearing it, was quite taken with it but noticed on the right hand side of the dial, the minute hand was bang on the index when the second hand was at 12 but on the left hand side of the dial this was not the case. Then I had issues with the JH at half price and Billy replaced it. Billy Evans is brilliant and very knowledgeable. So there must be some QC issues...maybe I have been unlucky.....so I still wanted to treat myself to a COSC and took the plunge and got the C9 5 day, but to me that classy traditional face just does not work on that 43mm dial. It is all out of proportion. Maybe it is the symmetry- there is no such problem with the JH MKII. So now I have a real dilemma. Do I take a punt on the 40mm C9 5 day, or get a refund and save towards the de Ville, and do I return yet again another watch (the second JH MKII) and try to get a replacement or another refund towards the de Ville. I think the CWL watches are finished really well and I suppose what I want is a 5 day COSC slimline but there is no such thing.....will the 13.5mm thick 40mm wide c9 5 day do my head in....?
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What about the C9 Small Seconds 5 day, that at 12.2mm is a bit less lumpy than the standard C9 5 day?
https://www.christopherward.co.uk/watch ... all-second
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Hi Neil. If it had a normal second hand I would absolutely jump at it! The automatic feature is not a big deal to me. Hand wound yes. Smooth sweeping second hand yes. It's a nice watch - you are right. It's a got a pocket watch look about it. Difficult. I mean they are all nice watches and I want to take the best bits of each and make my own!
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Re: Advice
Looking at the issues that you have noticed on your watches, your expectations are potentially beyond CW.
Get the Omega.
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Uncompromising but fair advice.smegwina wrote:Looking at the issues that you have noticed on your watches, your expectations are potentially beyond CW.
Get the Omega.
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Re: Advice
I somehow agree that getting an Omega is unavoidable with the said expectations.
If you like C60 (bought one) & want 5 DAYS COSC, there is always an SH21 C60. It goes well with dressy manual slimline Imo.
If you like C60 (bought one) & want 5 DAYS COSC, there is always an SH21 C60. It goes well with dressy manual slimline Imo.
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