I posed an appropriate question, including this from Blackdog:-
Blackdog wrote:
golfjunky wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:17 pm
surely it just means that a date wheel has not been used on the movement.... right?
does this mean it will have a ghost position when its pulled out into position one?
You could just use a dial with no opening, but the date wheel will still "click" when it changes every 24Hs and when it is manually advanced in position 1 of the crown.
Removing the date wheel is enough to completely avoid the "click". But, indeed, you will have a ghost crown position. This can be corrected if you also replace the setting lever jumper in the keyless mechanism with one from an ETA 2801 (or whatever the Sellita equivalent is)...
Most manufacturers just remove the date wheel. If CW also mods the keyless that would mean real attention to detail.
to Adrian who is the Chief Designer at CW and received this reply;-
"To answer your question we tend to change the set lever on the movement to remove the date position when there is no date.
Give a much more qualitative feeling."
I trust this clarifies the matter.
Guy
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Blackdog wrote:Soooooo.... The 12 o'clock branding is making it's comeback !
The other main reason for the move on the Military range for the Logo at 12 o'clock is that it simply wouldn't have fitted at 9 o'clock due to the size of the indices on the Dartmouth and on the other two watches because the numerals abd indices were both on the dial so again no room to properly fit the logo.
Worth pointing out that they are continuing with the logo at 9 o'clock on most models.
Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:33 pm"To answer your question we tend to change the set lever on the movement to remove the date position when there is no date.
Give a much more qualitative feeling."
Wow. If true then these watches went from 10s to 11s with that!
Can't understand some of the stylistic choices for the Cranwell. Why the colours? Surely RAF Blue would more appropriate. Why the light brown/yellow (OK it was on the Jaeger, but still?) for the quarter marks and hands - and no iconic Aviation double dots on the hack triangle. Most important of all, why a 'Bomber' watch with minutes rather than hours (and no hours on an inner circle)? Hardly any Pilot style or military watches go for this anachronistic look.
As an RAF Veteran I'd love one - but, sadly, I think this misses the target.
Nevermind I just saw that its a push-in crown... WTF. I know they are trying to make a retro throwback but it's 2019 I want a retro look with a modern spec like a fricking screw-down crown. Lost a sale here. I pass on a Polaris for the same reason, , in 2019 allllllllll sport watches should have a screw-down crown
fbd223 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 11:45 pm
Nevermind I just saw that its a push-in crown... WTF. I know they are trying to make a retro throwback but it's 2019 I want a retro look with a modern spec like a fricking screw-down crown. Lost a sale here. I pass on a Polaris for the same reason, , in 2019 allllllllll sport watches should have a screw-down crown
What's the issue with a push in crown or is it just your preference? It's 150m regardless of crown type so unsure of the issue.
Guess I prefer a screw down as well. Gives a level of percieved security, although not a deal breaker for me personally. This is not a watch I would ever take diving. Surely with a 150 rating it would be good for the occasional dunking. It is 2019, hopefully the technology relating to stem seals has improved. The problem I have found is because of the tight seals on the stem, they feel rather stiff when manually winding.
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