CW Introduces The C9 ME 109 Single Pusher Chronograph

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CW Introduces The C9 ME 109 Single Pusher Chronograph

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Christopher Ward introduces the C9 ME 109 single pusher chronograph , article from Watchesbysjx.com .


http://watchesbysjx.com/2017/11/christo ... graph.html
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Thanks Bernie.

Interesting to see a write up so swiftly upon release.

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I like the design and logo position and centre justification. Size a little on the large size at 43mm with no bezel and at £3,000 it is fairly pricey and in the territory of some of the big boys.
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Thegreyman wrote:. . . . . and at £3,000 it is fairly pricey and in the territory of some of the big boys.
Certainly in the upper echelons of CWL pricing BUT what will the 'big boys' charge you for a Single Pusher Chronograph?

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Seems that Longines do a rather nice looking single pusher.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-l ... 800-4-53-0

https://www.longines.co.uk/watches/heri ... gKY9vD_BwE

Not bad for £2,180.
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nbg wrote:Seems that Longines do a rather nice looking single pusher.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-l ... 800-4-53-0

https://www.longines.co.uk/watches/heri ... gKY9vD_BwE

Not bad for £2,180.
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Now that's very nice and at 41mm a more wearable size. If only the longines had the heritage of cw maybe they could have charged a little more! :D
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Looks like that has the Chrono function sat within the usual crown which sits like a collar around it.

CWL's is a single crown/pusher in one.

Has to be a difference.

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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote:Looks like that has the Chrono function sat within the usual crown which sits like a collar around it.

CWL's is a single crown/pusher in one.

Has to be a difference.

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Don't know. It's a long time since I handled the original CW single pusher, but I am struggling to think how the push mechanism is different. Isn't it just that the pusher set in the crown of the CW doesn't protrude as much as the pusher set in the crown of the Longines?

All a bit technical to me! :)

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The pusher is integrated into the crown on the c9 me 109 single pusher chronograph .
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Is it just me or is there something wrong with a British brand paying homage to a WW2 german/nazi plane (clock)? Shouldn't that be left to the German brands? Like maybe ummmm let me think....Junghans!

Also Junghans is still around. Your paying homage to another watch brand....again and advertising as such like some sort of 'me too ..we're hip!' :lol:

Like they NEEEED to link the look to something historical even though it was fighting against the British just to bolster sales??

Just come up with your own ideas.
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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote:Looks like that has the Chrono function sat within the usual crown which sits like a collar around it.

CWL's is a single crown/pusher in one.

Has to be a difference.

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Longines describe it as a 'single push'.

Why does there have to be a difference?

https://www.longines.co.uk/watches/heri ... gKY9vD_BwE
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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote:
Thegreyman wrote:. . . . . and at £3,000 it is fairly pricey and in the territory of some of the big boys.
Certainly in the upper echelons of CWL pricing BUT what will the 'big boys' charge you for a Single Pusher Chronograph?

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Guy. Although the Longines seems as good imo, if not better, than the CW and somewhat cheaper I was referring to chronographs in general e.g. I'm sure I could get an Omega Moonwatch Pro for the same money. I'd class that as an iconic watch from one of the big boys. Agree it's not a single pusher though if that is a specific complication you were hankering after.
Dancematt wrote:Is it just me or is there something wrong with a British brand paying homage to a WW2 german/nazi plane (clock)? Shouldn't that be left to the German brands? Like maybe ummmm let me think....Junghans!
It's not just you. When reading the review of this watch that did strike me as quite strange. My step father never knew his dad, he was a gunner in a Lancaster shot down over Europe during WWII. I'm not sure he would think much of me wearing a watch with this design influence.
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Watch and clock .

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tempusmaximus wrote:Watch and clock .

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Cant help but think Tutima would have done this a better service with their coin edge bezels and a pvd beads of rice bracelet. Ironically a 6498 would have also suited perfectly.
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Dancematt wrote:Is it just me or is there something wrong with a British brand paying homage to a WW2 german/nazi plane (clock)? Shouldn't that be left to the German brands? Like maybe ummmm let me think....Junghans!

Also Junghans is still around. Your paying homage to another watch brand....again and advertising as such like some sort of 'me too ..we're hip!' :lol:

Like they NEEEED to link the look to something historical even though it was fighting against the British just to bolster sales??

Just come up with your own ideas.
No it isn't just you.

I confess that when I thumbed through Loupe I looked the "Luftwaffe" reference and flicked the pages over. I then spent a week questioning my own thought processs and realising that I didn't have an opinion I could justify so I went back and read the article in order to decide how I felt about this watch and why....

Oh and these were my thoughts, I do not claim them to have importance for anyone else.

The world has moved on since 1945.

We didn't flinch at C70 watches in the colours of national F1 teams from days gone by.

I drive a German car.

Did we simply admire as "pretty" some of the CW dials which referenced WWII era images "Sector clocks"? Battle of Britain (from our side of the Channel) designs? What about the Typhoon - isn't that fighter a "Eurofighter" design? Or did we feel a sense of patriotism?

Do CW deserve to succeed across European markets or are they expected to remain "Anglophile"?

Do I care for this design?

Would I like it more if it referenced say a Bristol Blenheim or a B17 Flying Fortress?

Outcome? I don't enjoy most "flyer" style dials so unsurprisingly I have little interest in buying into this design.
Opinion? I think it's a pity that CW have made quite a significant deviation in what I have seen to be their house style but not being a share holder of the company I don't expect my opinion to be worth more than yesterday's newspaper. I wonder what other "National" references we might see in the future.

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