C60 Graphite Edition £640 on bracelet!!!!

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Robotaz wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:30 pm So, this watch comes out today and is already gone? What is going on with this brand? It’s become another Halios, which I ditched 2 years ago over the frustration. I really don’t understand this. It’s a like the company is just here for 200-300 tweekers sitting at their keyboards waiting. It just makes no sense and I don’t care what anyone says. Bad bad business model that drives away customers.
But the company is not gone and they still have a pretty solid offer. For some reason (I can't fathom this tbh) CW has issued a very limited model, at a ridiculously low price, and that is why this particular model is gone so soon. Maybe this is just a stunt to attract some hype and show others that come rain or come shine CW can afford to lose some money to court controversy and, consequently, raise visibility? I don't consider myself a tweeker; I got an email from CW, opened it, took a break from work to think for ten minutes and consult with my wife and she said: "Hell, yeah". I just hope I am not going to be informed soon that they have oversold and I am the unlucky one.
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ajax87 wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:25 pm The internet says DLC and IP are both types of PVD coatings? I can’t make sense of it all, other than the thickness and the specific process used will affect the durability. Everything I can find says DLC is superior to other types.

The listing for this watch is confusing, but ONLY the caseback is DLC. The case is not DLC, it’s PVD.
Yep. I was confused too. Had to look really close at the listing. The Lympstones I have seen seem to be holding up well too.
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WTF!?! I put one in my shopping bag within 2 or 3 minutes after receiving my email. And then I repeatedly, and I mean repeatedly, tried to pay for the next 30 to 45 minutes. And I kept getting the "try again" error message and continued to hit the "buy" button, over and over again, with no success. Then I had to run some errands and upon my return found that the watch had sold out.

CW, please explain to me and others how an item already in a shopping bag, sold out, even after multiple times trying to pay for the watch kept getting the same error message over and over again.
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^^^
It won't help, but I've found the only reliable way to pay is with PayPal.
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Selling out has saved me the decision of whether to buy it or not then.:D
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Robotaz wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:30 pm So, this watch comes out today and is already gone? What is going on with this brand? It’s become another Halios, which I ditched 2 years ago over the frustration. I really don’t understand this. It’s a like the company is just here for 200-300 tweekers sitting at their keyboards waiting. It just makes no sense and I don’t care what anyone says. Bad bad business model that drives away customers.
And the UK economy is supposed to be in the worst recession since when exactly? :silent: :silent:
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JAFO wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:29 pm ^^^
It won't help, but I've found the only reliable way to pay is with PayPal.
I tried using PayPal but could not get beyond the try again error message. ](*,)
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tikkathree wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:33 pm
Robotaz wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:30 pm So, this watch comes out today and is already gone? What is going on with this brand? It’s become another Halios, which I ditched 2 years ago over the frustration. I really don’t understand this. It’s a like the company is just here for 200-300 tweekers sitting at their keyboards waiting. It just makes no sense and I don’t care what anyone says. Bad bad business model that drives away customers.
And the UK economy is supposed to be in the worst recession since when exactly? :silent: :silent:
There will always be money found for a good deal, won't there. This watch for under £500 looked a good deal.
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Congrats to those that managed to secure a watch they really liked and commiserations to those that missed a watch they really liked!

Looked a good deal but its only a watch and there will be many others (and good deals) along, there always is.
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For those who missed out, it might be an idea to put a "would like to buy" post up. As these LEs are selling so fast it would seem a sensible strategy (albeit annoying for others) for one to get an order in immediately if potentially of interest and then decide if the watch was be to be kept. Therefore I would expect to see several offered up here instead of returning to CW.
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chuckf1 wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:38 pm
JAFO wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:29 pm ^^^
It won't help, but I've found the only reliable way to pay is with PayPal.
I tried using PayPal but could not get beyond the try again error message. ](*,)
Maybe it had already sold out. You never know. This CW system doesn't work like a theatre seat basket, where you reserve tickets, and then get a certain time to check out. The CW checkout sells to the fastest to complete the check out, so you can easily be left with a watch in your basket after they are all sold.
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:popcorn: :popcorn: This quick Graphite LE sell out will be good practice for the upcoming January sale for our forum folks.....anticipate more "It sold so fast" posts
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Very cool to see so much enthusiasm for todays release. I'd probably have been on it if it was in a 40 mm. Excited to see what else is coming down the pipe from CW.
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I tend to give up on the sale. The only chance I have is the sales stuff that's not in high demand. :D
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Ditto in the regret that it was not a 39/40mm version.
Disappointed not to have had an email and therefore missed out anyway.
Oh well, no matter :-)
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