C65 Dartmouth..... Wow!!

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I would also go for the Black One. Reminds me of the Old Seamasters and the SM 300..

I just love the white contrasting Seconds hand
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Congrats! I have a black on the way. Chomping at the bit to get it in the house. Was supposed to be delivered yesterday but with everything going on it is delayed. Hopefully, today - fingers crossed. I have a G10 Nato in Admiralty Grey ready to go on as soon as it gets here!

Kirkey, exactly why I went for black too. Took a lot of inspiration from the MOD Seamasters.
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Mine just showed up this afternoon. Looks better in person than the photos to my eye. One on the bracelet and one on the AG Nato. Couldn't be happier. The quick release bracelet is a nice addition.


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Great combination of straps, wear in good health,

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These Dartmouth watches are gorgeous! Sadly being ex-RAF I could never bring myself to buy one :) To my eyes the Dartmouth does look more appealing than the Cranwell or Sandhurst....mores the pity!!! Enjoy your lovely watches gentlemen
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Damn the photo's on here make the Lume look so much better than in the press photos. I am still torn between this and the C60 trident
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Being an ex bootneck, i can't buy one that is a "matelote" watch.....if they put the "Globe and Laurel " on the back, i would order one straight away.

If there are over 50 "bootnecks" out there that have not spent all their life savings on wine, women, and fast cars.....and wasted the rest get in touch with me, and they will do one "Bootneck" style
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Wow love the look of this, not sure I can justify a new purchase indoors so need to decide whether to sell my c60mk3 to part fund it or hide the c60 and pretend I did a straight swap and slowly reintegrate the c60 in a few months when the heat has died down

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A friend of mine who is a big collector told me, "Never hide a bunch of Submariners in your sock drawer. It will always come back to bite you."
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Although not initially blown away by these they have really grown on me and the black especially is becoming very appealing. I haven’t had a cw for a little while but they have made some really good looking watches in recent times.
As someone who struggles with larger watches how do these Dartmouth wear? Idid see a review that suggested they wore larger than a 41 due to the wide bracelet links. Has anyone else found that?
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stefs wrote:Although not initially blown away by these they have really grown on me and the black especially is becoming very appealing. I haven’t had a cw for a little while but they have made some really good looking watches in recent times.
As someone who struggles with larger watches how do these Dartmouth wear? Idid see a review that suggested they wore larger than a 41 due to the wide bracelet links. Has anyone else found that?
Not forgetting that although the case is 41mm, the bezel is 42mm; so it will wear a tad larger.

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stefs wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 10:12 am Although not initially blown away by these they have really grown on me and the black especially is becoming very appealing. I haven’t had a cw for a little while but they have made some really good looking watches in recent times.
As someone who struggles with larger watches how do these Dartmouth wear? Idid see a review that suggested they wore larger than a 41 due to the wide bracelet links. Has anyone else found that?
Paul a pic of the Dartmouth taken head on with a model you are familiar with.
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The narrow bezel means that the dial is larger than would normally be the case on other dive watches you are familiar with. However the size of the hour and minute markets help to visually reduce the dial, compared to the other C65 variants.

It is the upper end of what I am comfortable with for the style of watch. It will undoubtedly seem a fair bit bigger on the wrist than a 16570 for example.

I don’t really get the comment about it wearing big due to the bracelet links.

We have a similar size wrist and a similar taste in watches. Although it’s probably fair to say I am less fickle than you re watches! :)

Happy to own the a Dartmouth as an occasional wear watch - as they say it’s a keeper and my most worn CW.

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Guy and Neil, thanks chaps. Most helpful
Cheers now, Paul
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GMT Master 1675 for size comparison.
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I have a 7.5 inch wrist. I wouldn't say it wears too large. I would call the C65s pretty true to size. Feels a little bigger than my GMT Master (it is by a couple of mm) and smaller than some of my bigger watches.
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jimbo wrote: Mon May 04, 2020 5:57 pm Being an ex bootneck, i can't buy one that is a "matelote" watch.....if they put the "Globe and Laurel " on the back, i would order one straight away.

If there are over 50 "bootnecks" out there that have not spent all their life savings on wine, women, and fast cars.....and wasted the rest get in touch with me, and they will do one "Bootneck" style
Get on to one of the Royals FB pages put a mock up of a c60/C65 with the G&L on it and see how many are interested. That’s how the Submariner C60 came about. Of course the amazing EB Holton came about because the Special Band Service needed a cool watch when playing “Hearts of Oak” 😂🤣😂


Now couple of pick up points: 1: you are Navy first, a RM second -Jolly Jack does not do the marching and playing music quite as well as Royal 😂 2: “spending their life savings on wine, women and fast cars.....” you forgot lingerie to go ashore in! 😂🤣😂

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