I think they are just imitating how Omega introduces their new watches each year with the word “Novelties…”Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:51 pmI suspect that’s because “novelty” in English creates a kind of “latest craze, here today, gone tomorrow, cheap and cheerful” image that “nouveauté” doesn’t have in French, where it’s more like the equivalent of “innovation”. Of course, all the words are derived ultimately from the Latin “novus” (new).Quality Man wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:43 pm You know when the ‘maisons’ describe their watches as ‘novelties’, (makes me wince), I think this fit’s that description perfectly. A novelty that CW should be congratulated on.
C1 Bel Canto Preview
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Listening to the little ding sound on the CW website that I will apparently hear somewhere between -20/+20 seconds before or after the hour, has motivated me to research the hourly signal ding on my G-shock. In 15 minutes I will know if I will have saved myself $3,595. Fingers crossed my G-shock steps up to the plate and does a good ding.
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Both my "dingers" a casioak and a vintage seiko ding on the hour exactly. No silly bird either.mvlow wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:46 pm Listening to the little ding sound on the CW website that I will apparently hear somewhere between -20/+20 seconds before or after the hour, has motivated me to research the hourly signal ding on my G-shock. In 15 minutes I will know if I will have saved myself $3,595. Fingers crossed my G-shock steps up to the plate and does a good ding.
But then it's quartz so utterly wrong to compare
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Fully agree. Very impressive. Love the ‘bird’. Would very much like to see it in the metal, but that is highly unlikely.nathanclarinet wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:11 pm This is stunning. The first CW in absolutely ages that i want on my wrist. And its blue! Bravo CW, awesome.
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If you look at the bottom right of the dial, you see what looks like a bird with a red beak (and jewel for a eye), and the body extends across the dial to the left, with the hammer (for the bell sound) forming its tail
Once you see it, you can't unsee it and it's really rather lovely
When the red "beak" is up (as per the photo), it means the chime is on (little squiggle mark next to the beak), and when the 4 o'clock pusher is used, it will toggle the beak down, and then the chime is off... and vice versa.
Mike France referred to it as a "songbird" in the preview presentation
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Haha! Totally missed that, and yes, I can’t unsee it now. I love it! I must have either missed the reference during the preview or didn’t understand what he meant.JasperCat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:58 pmIf you look at the bottom right of the dial, you see what looks like a bird with a red beak (and jewel for a eye), and the body extends across the dial to the left, with the hammer (for the bell sound) forming its tail
Once you see it, you can't unsee it and it's really rather lovely
When the red "beak" is up (as per the photo), it means the chime is on (little squiggle mark next to the beak), and when the 4 o'clock pusher is used, it will toggle the beak down, and then the chime is off... and vice versa.
Mike France referred to it as a "songbird" in the preview presentation
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He might not have mentioned it in every preview (I was in on Friday afternoon), but yes it's really lovelyjkbarnes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:01 pmHaha! Totally missed that, and yes, I can’t unsee it now. I love it! I must have either missed the reference during the preview or didn’t understand what he meant.JasperCat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:58 pmIf you look at the bottom right of the dial, you see what looks like a bird with a red beak (and jewel for a eye), and the body extends across the dial to the left, with the hammer (for the bell sound) forming its tail
Once you see it, you can't unsee it and it's really rather lovely
When the red "beak" is up (as per the photo), it means the chime is on (little squiggle mark next to the beak), and when the 4 o'clock pusher is used, it will toggle the beak down, and then the chime is off... and vice versa.
Mike France referred to it as a "songbird" in the preview presentation
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Sorry. It won't do a good ding. More of a sad and tragic beep. First thing I've done on any Casio I've ever owned is to turn off the beep.
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That must have been a short gig - the link to Bel Canto leads to this page - already sold out - but if so, it went very fast
Thomas
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Wow... sold out already
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
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My mentor always told me. Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity
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Totally agree, I've always applied the same philosophy
They stated in the preview that they applied their standard mark up to these, so I think they've still done rather well
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
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