2013 FLE – Design Elimination Poll

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Please choose the design that you wish to ELIMINATE

Poll ended at Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:08 am

A
27
15%
B
93
53%
C
56
32%
 
Total votes: 176

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2013 FLE – Design Elimination Poll

Post by ianblyth »

As Kip has been delayed due to the stormy weather he has asked the FLEC to post up the poll in order to keep the process on time. The actual poll is in the wrong area as only Kip can create threads in the 2013 FLE sub forum but it will be moved when everything is back to normal.

The FLEC has come up with three designs for the forum to vote on. These designs have been costed by the Swiss and they will all come in at £450. There is no cost advantage to one design over the others.

NOTE - the first vote will be an elimination vote and will run for 5 days. The remaining two designs will then go head to head for a final vote.

On the choice of three watch designs please choose the one you do NOT want to go through. The design with the most votes will be eliminated.

Note that these are drawings done by the FLEC and final specs modifications may be altered by CWL for production purposes.

"A " specs

C10 case
Movement - SW200-1/ETA 2824-2
Brushed case and polished bezel
C9 style crown
Dial color Optic white with dark blue crosshair - applied black markers with lumed center as shown - black minute markers and blue rehaut numbers (matching crosshair)
Domed crystal similar to C9
Lume - white BGW9
Hand - black C7 style with white BGW9 lume - second hand blued (trying to match crosshair blue with second hand)
Strap - black C90 twin roll with deployant clasp

Please note that date window has no liner

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"B " specs

C10 case
Movement - SW200-1/ETA 2824-2
Brushed case and polished bezel
C9 style crown
Dial color - Galvanic silver - black printed minute track with lumed markers as shown - the small minute markers (non lumed) are meant to be the silver dial showing through - date window at 6
Rehaut - as shown with 12 holes, indents or applied markers at the hour points as shown
Crystal - Flat
Lume - white BGW9
Hands - black C700 style with white BGW9 lume - red second hand
Strap - black C90 twin roll with deployant clasp

Please note that date window has no liner

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"C " specs

C10 case
Movement - SW200-1/ETA 2824-2
Polished case and polished bezel
C9 style crown
Dial color - Optic white with black crosshair and black minute track circle -applied and lumed triangles as shown - applied 6 and 12 lumed numerals as shown
Crystal - Flat
Lume - white BGW9
Hands - blued as shown with white BGW9 lume - second hand black with lumed tip to line up with minute track background as shown.
Strap - black C90 twin roll with deployant clasp

Please note that date window has no liner

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Note that the case back and the strap are identical for all three designs.

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Post by skimrok »

A and C on first glance is my favs

i will do poll later on where i can digest designs better just in case my view
changes but looking like B is a no go for me
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I second that, though I have a stronger preference for A than C. But all they are some lovely designs, full marks FLEC!
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Am loving B... well done guys ;)
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A and B are my favourites, with a strong leaning towards B. I'm afraid C is a distant third!
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Post by robinbarke »

Very well done FLEC. Three original designs and much food for thought!

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B is pulling ahead on the votes... are people actually reading the instructions??
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Well done guys they look great.
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Great work guys!

My personal favorite is A. Very very nice indeed!
My personal third is B
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B has been sunked by me

well done for the designs :thumbup:
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Post by Aifo »

Well done FLEC! Three cracking original designs and as no one has yet mentioned, that is a fantastic choice of strap!

I don't intend to purchase the FLE so I'd pull out from voting, I am sure no matter which one got picked, this year's FLE is going to be HUGELY popular.

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Post by Halt »

Very nice... My favorite is C with A being second. C is the most non standard design hence for me the perfect candidate for a Forum Edition. Design A, while also beautiful, is a little less spectacular. The gray dial of B doesn't do it for me.

I especially like the hands on design C.
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Halt wrote:gray dial of B
It is actually galvanic silver. The image really does not bring it out.

I would recommend that people read the descriptions as that will tell you about the details like the colour of the dial and the brushed/polished aspects of the cases for each design. The images are done by the FLEC to show the designs. We are not professional designers.
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A massive well done guys! All three are lovely and stand out from the rest that CW has to offer really well! For me A is best followed by a close C with B to go I am afraid. I love the simplicity of A and think it will wear on my rist really well so I hope it wins. Taking into account the trouble with the weather over the pond I want to say a big thank you not just for coming up with the designs but also not keeping us waiting any longer.
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Not B

My fav is A followed by c
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