C65 Trident GMT now on the CW website

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... hi, does anyone know if crown is screwed ?
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Crown not screwed down. Which may I say makes hand winding much less of a chore than with a screwed crown. Screwed down crowns arn't really necessary except on serious divers watches like the Trident 600 series.
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... thank you very
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It is a very nice watch but I think the hands are incongruent - the gmt hand looks to be plastic and the hour and minute hands steel.
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I think this design is familiar but modern, but I can't recall similar watches around.
This has potential to be an iconic CW watch.
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Wow! Great looking watch! The only thing id change is I would switch to modern lume for the hands ans marker. Otherwise, killer looking watch!
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Love it. The slightly oversized gmt hand is a cool design feature. Deserves to be a classic.


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Olympic1912 wrote: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:56 pm The Steinhart Ocean Vintage GMT which at half the price is a good value with the ETA cal. watch but it just doesn't look like it came from the 1960's unlike the CW C65 GMT which with its box crystal does. This :D watch is spot on in my opinion. Just need a blue face version. In the late 60's the most common face colours were navy blue or champagne.
True, I just think with the C65 at over £900 for the bracelet option the Steinhart represents better value for money, not that the CW isn't a lovely looking watch.
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^^^
I'm bias but the Steinhart doesn't look nearly as refined as the C65 and at 14mm thick, quite a bit taller than the C65. It's the height of the steinhart (among many other design ques) that ruin it for me. 14mm is a thick watch.

On top of all of that my C65 GMT is currently -4 seconds total after 17 days of wear. -.24 seconds / day

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^^^Terrific pics. Thanks for posting :thumbup:
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Great photos and I agree and based upon your photos I would also prefer the CW, it's just the balance between a significant difference in price.
It's a stunning watch but just under a £1000 is a lot to pay, but it looks fab I agree.
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^^^ True the RRP is quite a bit higher but not near what I paid and the quality was worth it IMO. There is always a discount code floating around (150cw18 if it still works) along with no VAT in the US brought it to about 650 GBP.

CW did themselves a disservice however because this checked all the boxes and now I’m not sure I’ll need another watch lol.
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srs1286 wrote: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:26 am . . . . . .. .

CW did themselves a disservice however because this checked all the boxes and now I’m not sure I’ll need another watch lol.
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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:59 am
srs1286 wrote: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:26 am . . . . . .. .

CW did themselves a disservice however because this checked all the boxes and now I’m not sure I’ll need another watch lol.
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johnnysharp2 wrote: Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:19 pm
Olympic1912 wrote: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:56 pm The Steinhart Ocean Vintage GMT which at half the price is a good value with the ETA cal. watch but it just doesn't look like it came from the 1960's unlike the CW C65 GMT which with its box crystal does. This :D watch is spot on in my opinion. Just need a blue face version. In the late 60's the most common face colours were navy blue or champagne.
True, I just think with the C65 at over £900 for the bracelet option the Steinhart represents better value for money, not that the CW isn't a lovely looking watch.
The design is the Rolex Explorer with the Steinhart a closer homage and as you say a fair bit cheaper. As worn by Steve McQueen of course.
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