C11 MSL Auto

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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Yes, the only differences are the case size and shape, the dial, the bezel, the strap and the price. Otherwise just the same. :lol:
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Hi Kip & All,

Thanks for posting the great photos!

It has however lead me to think that comparison shots are the way forward.

People talk about how certain watch sizes wear, which is a good point but hard to translate.

How about a gallery or thread purely with comparison shots of CW's next to CW's. This would give current owners a better look at how different another model would potentially look against their current model.

First one if I may & if you would be so kind Kip?

C60 vs C11

Please [-o<
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Mr Rick wrote:Yes, the only differences are the case size and shape, the dial, the bezel, the strap and the price. Otherwise just the same. :lol:
I did say similarities :D
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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great review Kip! this watch is definitely on my radar, i want it!
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Keep telling myself that I don't like it as it has no minute markers, but I am strangely drawn to it and I think I want one. :?
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Thank you Kip...What a great review...you sure are an asset to this group...Fantastic stuff here...I'm so ready for mine to arrive!!! ;)
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Hey Kip...You mentioned the red altitude indicator at the 3 o clock position...can anybody tell me what this does or is? Is it just for looks? Thank you!
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The indicator is just for looks. The C11 MSL (mean sea level) was modeled after an aviation gauge. On the real thing it would have been a level indicator...on the watch......appearance only.
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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Kip wrote:The indicator is just for looks. The C11 MSL (mean sea level) was modeled after an aviation gauge. On the real thing it would have been a level indicator...on the watch......appearance only.
Excellent...thanks so much!
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Re: C11 MSL Auto

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great to read this review again soon after i took ownership of my own. i've been wearing it for 4 days now, and thinking some more about why i like it so much. it was chosen for general 'wow' factor - i.e. it just looked and felt very right, and i kept coming back to it on my search. but here are a few more 'considered' (hee hee - I'm new to this!) thoughts about what i like about it. as many have commented, that museum grade sapphire is incredible. i have read and learned a bit about what might make a glass material 'warmer', but in this case i think the stark black is just right. simplicity is a lot of what drew me to this watch, and stark black is a good start for a dial. that starkness is well off-set by the beautiful, slightly textured, dark brown of the strap, and the brushed steel on the case. the whole thing would have been ruined for me had the case been polished steel. i love the 'texture' of every component of this watch. (as an aside, i think i would have found lined-up screws on the case to be more distressing to behold!)

i've been intrigued by the dial since i've been wearing it. mostly in the balance between the main bold features (12,3,6,9 and THOSE hands) and the very (relatively) tiny text and date window. I wasn't sure if these aspects were just too small. I also wondered for a while if the second hand was too fine and difficult to sight. but - i keep coming back to the fact that it's the numerals and the hands that are the stars here (i don't believe the watch even suffers from having no minute markers), set in a case shape that i love for being a bit different. the date window is there when you need it without taking away from the main players on the dial.

the purists here might scold me, but i have been wearing the watch very slightly loose on my wrist, and below the wrist bone. because of this i've shifted it onto my right wrist where the crown won't dig into the back of my hand. it feels great!
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What a great review.
I'm getting the distinct impression that you love this watch..... :)

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Great looking timepiece, i have slim wrist and having looked at the photos it looks like it appear bigger than the measurements describe.
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I like everything about it, except the date, it's minuscule! Probably could do without it or bump up the size...
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