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JP Chestnut · 25 March 2014, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cop414

Sandwich dial, okay with that... fake patina not so much... ceramic case...

I wouldn't buy a ceramic cased watch, but I could at least appreciate one. Unfortunately, when you add gold accents that just kills it for me

KBM · 25 March 2014, 01:46 AM

There seems to be a SS version after all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYK5-OKl-tg

The bracelet will have PCLs as well, which I could live without, but oh well.

joe100 · 25 March 2014, 02:12 AM

I think it might just turn out to be okay... if the price is right

JP Chestnut · 25 March 2014, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by kauebm

There seems to be a SS version after all!

Smart move by Omega. I could still do without the fake vintage lume, but the watch has a nice silhouette.

Wesley Crusher · 25 March 2014, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kauebm

There seems to be a SS version after all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYK5-OKl-tg

The bracelet will have PCLs as well, which I could live without, but oh well.

Looks good, but PCLs should never be on a dive watch. I find it particularly odd that Omega is going for the vintage look with the matte dial and aged looking lume, but then adds the PCLs. For what? Added flash? Doesn't that take away from the vintage look? It just seems very odd to me.

wantonebad · 25 March 2014, 02:53 AM

PCL's are an easy fix!

KBM · 25 March 2014, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

Looks good, but PCLs should never be on a dive watch. I find it particularly odd that Omega is going for the vintage look with the matte dial and aged looking lume, but then adds the PCLs. For what? Added flash? Doesn't that take away from the vintage look? It just seems very odd to me.

In this case, I completely agree.

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Originally Posted by wantonebad

PCL's are an easy fix!

True, but it does seem incoherent to have PCLs on a vintage diver, as pointed out above.

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 03:23 AM

A snip from the video:

Master coaxial.. Humm new movement I guess and new technology designed :) efficiency and longer lasting parts there for less need for servicing and better time keeping.

IMO it is old with the new which like :) I really look forward to seeing the end result of this piece !

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 03:25 AM

A snip from the video:

LM bezel and PCL by the look of it :) the case does look very old school as well. And the ages look if the lume :)

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 03:26 AM

KBM · 25 March 2014, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AudemarsGeek1

A snip from the video:

Master coaxial.. Humm new movement I guess and new technology designed :) efficiency and longer lasting parts there for less need for servicing and better time keeping.

IMO it is old with the new which like :) I really look forward to seeing the end result of this piece !

This picture/snip looks very sweet

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 04:21 AM

It does indeed :D Cheers :)

Noonan · 25 March 2014, 04:45 AM

I'm liking the way it looks if it ends up being all SS (or available in all SS). Is that a sandwich dial?!

psv · 25 March 2014, 04:52 AM

Swatch Group just couldn't help themselves from entering the fake patina race with Richemont Group (JLC, Panerai, IWC, etc)...

Overall though, if it comes in under 42mm, it looks pretty good to me. I like the idea, I like the lack of HEV, the matte dial looks great, no date to boot. I could have done without the PCLs.

It is going to be a great week! :-)

KBM · 25 March 2014, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Noonan

Is that a sandwich dial?!

Yes!

Noonan · 25 March 2014, 06:09 AM

Still too early to tell but this is shaping up to be the piece I need to buy this year. Sandwich/matte dial, manual wind, simple time-only, artificial patina (I'm a fan)...Only downside to my liking is the PLCs. Those shouldn't be on any vintage styled watch, IMO.

Rashid.bk · 25 March 2014, 09:52 AM

If they:
-make it bigger than 42mm
-hockey puck thick
-or give it that weird arrow hour hand and straight minute hand or vice versa
-some weird LE with cliche "LE" writing on the dial
then they've ruined it.

Otherwise I'm so so into this watch.

Flieger1 · 25 March 2014, 10:56 AM

Sorry what is a "PCL"?

KBM · 25 March 2014, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashid.bk

If they:
-make it bigger than 42mm
-hockey puck thick
-or give it that weird arrow hour hand and straight minute hand or vice versa
-some weird LE with cliche "LE" writing on the dial
then they've ruined it.

Otherwise I'm so so into this watch.

From the pictures available and the historical watch this one will be based on, it seems the hands will be of the sort you mentioned. They have a heritage to them, which is nice. The last couple of years have brought a boom of re-issues from various brands, which allows for the majority of us, unschooled in vintage, to have a better chance at enjoying these pieces.

KBM · 25 March 2014, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Flieger1

Sorry what is a "PCL"?

Polished center link, as in the bracelet.

Flieger1 · 25 March 2014, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kauebm

Polished center link, as in the bracelet.

Thanks.

KBM · 25 March 2014, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Flieger1

Thanks.

Anytime, buddy!

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 08:09 PM

If I did get one I would have to brush the entire bracelet ! PCL's do not suit the watch for its purpose !

Cru Jones · 25 March 2014, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AudemarsGeek1

I feel like I've seen this dial before??

Oh, wait, yes I have!

psv · 25 March 2014, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

I feel like I've seen this dial before??

Oh, wait, yes I have!

Good catch, Cru. It does seem like the Product Strategist at Richemont Group got a job at Swatch. :-)

KBM · 25 March 2014, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Cru Jones

I feel like I've seen this dial before??

Oh, wait, yes I have!

Ha! Good eye, Cru! Good thing the design dates back to 57, though. Do you know when the original JLC was introduced?

Cru Jones · 25 March 2014, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psv

Good catch, Cru. It does seem like the Product Strategist at Richemont Group got a job at Swatch. :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kauebm

Ha! Good eye, Cru! Good thing the design dates back to 57, though. Do you know when the original JLC was introduced?

actually, after i posted the picture, i had a thought that maybe the seamaster came first? i believe the "tribute to 1959" model is meant to honor the Memovox Deep Sea that was launched in 1959.

all i know is, when i saw the tease picture of the "new" omega, i immediately thought "JLC!" oops. ;-)

anyway, if the omega is meant as a tribute to a 1957 model, then, IMHO, references to the new modern movement should not be made on the dial. kind of mixes new and old in a strange way?

ocabj · 25 March 2014, 10:31 PM

Omega just released another teaser on Instagram:

APguy1 · 25 March 2014, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

I feel like I've seen this dial before??

Oh, wait, yes I have!

Hummmmm I smell a rat !! :D

KBM · 25 March 2014, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cru Jones

actually, after i posted the picture, i had a thought that maybe the seamaster came first? that JLC is called the "tribute to 1959".

all i know is, when i saw the tease picture of the "new" omega, i immediately thought "JLC!" ;-)

if the omega is meant as a tribute to 1957, then, IMHO, references to the new modern movement should not be made on the dial. kind of mixes new and old in a strange way?

Interesting thought on the mention of the new caliber. It could be that they want to project an idea of strenghtening heritage, while still moving forward?

You do have a point that it seems to mix up old and new. Well, at least there are very few lines of text on the dial.

25 March 2014, 02:12 AM	#63
joe100 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Real Name: Joe Location: New Mexico Watch: Explorer Posts: 12,753	I think it might just turn out to be okay... if the price is right __________________ It's Espresso, not Expresso. Coffee is not a train in Italy. -TRF Member 6982-

25 March 2014, 02:53 AM	#66
wantonebad 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Watch: 126600, 116500LN Posts: 12,834	PCL's are an easy fix! __________________ "I'm kind of a big deal... on a fairly irrelevant social media site that falsely inflates my fragile ego"

25 March 2014, 01:46 AM	#62
KBM 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Real Name: K. Location: 780 Posts: 10,390	There seems to be a SS version after all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYK5-OKl-tg The bracelet will have PCLs as well, which I could live without, but oh well.

25 March 2014, 03:23 AM	#68
APguy1 Banned Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Olly Location: UK Watch: Sub C 116610 Posts: 256	A snip from the video: Master coaxial.. Humm new movement I guess and new technology designed :) efficiency and longer lasting parts there for less need for servicing and better time keeping. IMO it is old with the new which like :) I really look forward to seeing the end result of this piece !

25 March 2014, 03:25 AM	#69
APguy1 Banned Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Olly Location: UK Watch: Sub C 116610 Posts: 256	A snip from the video: LM bezel and PCL by the look of it :) the case does look very old school as well. And the ages look if the lume :)

25 March 2014, 03:26 AM	#70
APguy1 Banned Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Olly Location: UK Watch: Sub C 116610 Posts: 256

25 March 2014, 04:21 AM	#72
APguy1 Banned Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Olly Location: UK Watch: Sub C 116610 Posts: 256	It does indeed :D Cheers :)

25 March 2014, 04:45 AM	#73
Noonan Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: US Watch: 3570.50 Posts: 2,156	I'm liking the way it looks if it ends up being all SS (or available in all SS). Is that a sandwich dial?!

25 March 2014, 04:52 AM	#74
psv "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North America Posts: 11,062	Swatch Group just couldn't help themselves from entering the fake patina race with Richemont Group (JLC, Panerai, IWC, etc)... Overall though, if it comes in under 42mm, it looks pretty good to me. I like the idea, I like the lack of HEV, the matte dial looks great, no date to boot. I could have done without the PCLs. It is going to be a great week! :-)

25 March 2014, 06:09 AM	#76
Noonan Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: US Watch: 3570.50 Posts: 2,156	Still too early to tell but this is shaping up to be the piece I need to buy this year. Sandwich/matte dial, manual wind, simple time-only, artificial patina (I'm a fan)...Only downside to my liking is the PLCs. Those shouldn't be on any vintage styled watch, IMO.

25 March 2014, 09:52 AM	#77
Rashid.bk "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas Watch: 12800ft = 3900m Posts: 11,172	If they: -make it bigger than 42mm -hockey puck thick -or give it that weird arrow hour hand and straight minute hand or vice versa -some weird LE with cliche "LE" writing on the dial then they've ruined it. Otherwise I'm so so into this watch.

25 March 2014, 10:56 AM	#78
Flieger1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: TORONTO Posts: 21	Sorry what is a "PCL"?

25 March 2014, 08:09 PM	#83
APguy1 Banned Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Olly Location: UK Watch: Sub C 116610 Posts: 256	If I did get one I would have to brush the entire bracelet ! PCL's do not suit the watch for its purpose !

25 March 2014, 10:31 PM	#88
ocabj "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Real Name: Jonathan Ocab Location: Riverside, CA Watch: 116710BLNR Posts: 279	Omega just released another teaser on Instagram:

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