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Re: Trident

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You know what, I quite like it. So far (keeping in mind it's early days) it looks as though there are some nice refresh touches to the watch.

Remember this in reality is CWLs bread a butter watch, this update to their best selling line needs to strike a fine balance between maintaining the appeal of the current C60 whilst addressing some of its qwerks to appeal to a larger new customer base along with repeat customers.

Between us all the existing C60 qwerks such as bezel, date window etc have been accepted and eventually 'loved' as part of its charm but the success of the Brand is purely going to be measured in units sold so address these qwerks should see more sold as it will appeal to more people including those wavering at present. I does however run the risk of falling in with the rest of the crowd.

In the year or so of being a forum member I have seen numerous requests for a quartz version in order to hit a particular price point for more 'casual' customer whom perhaps don't share the same mechanical sympathy as us dedicated followers but still want a good looking quality sports watch. That area of the market seems to be a pretty big one with a lot of low hanging fruit that the current CWL line up doesn't quite meet. Maybe they are looking to take some further business from the like of seiko, citizen, tissot that cover that space at present.

For me though I don't think it could be called trident pro, not if it is marketed as a dive watch. The pro element should be reserved for the automatic.
Perhaps just Trident?



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This seems like a good answer - Trident only for quartz
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It would be nice with rubber around the crown like a certain TH watch
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Old thread but if anything I would love to see a dateless C60. :D
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Berkshire wrote:Old thread but if anything I would love to see a dateless C60. :D
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Or with the date at 3 like the C65 and a few colours I would like are Rootbeer, Midnight Blue & Maroon.
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I like the idea of those colours but with a black dial.
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C60 with c65 date window or no date window is brilliant would really clean up the design i love some of the colours you guys did with the fle but i loved the clach77mk2 , jma2 and the red jag some aspects of those designs such as silver bezel really work well imo
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Brushed bracelet would be nice. The polished centrelinks are a bit shiny...
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No need to bring up this old thread. There is already a long thread speculating on teh next version.
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Kip wrote:I can only tell you that this is a Work in Progress and that it is meant to be a quartz movement.


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Colour of that bezel is outstanding...
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Blimey, the undead thread that won't die... :D

Ah, the fabled "Teal Trident" -- I suspect it's a little too close to the current dark green bezel version but this exact colour-scheme with teal bezel, black dial and red trident second hand (and red depth rating text) would make a blinding addition to the Mk2 line-up.

Actually, scrub that; it's just too legendary for the regular retail line. I want to place my marker, here and now, that a Mk2 version of this classic piece of CW mythology most definitely *should* be the 2016 FLE, if only they can get the colour right in ceramic...

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Agreed, auto plus a vote on colours will be perfect for LE
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Black face, option of silicone strap and 600 pro lines on the face but with tritium not luminescence. Tritium, tritium, tritium. By the way did I mention tritium. :D
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Re: Trident

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I would suggest that if anyone wishes to make comments regarding the C60 Trident MKII that you start a new topic. At least look up,one that is in 2015.

This topic was started in 2010 about a now discontinued model.
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