C9 Jump Hour

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C9 Jump Hour

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You may remember this from the chat photos but now we have a few different shots

Based in a 43mm C9 case

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Kip wrote:You may remember this from the chat photos but now we have a few different shots
Based in a 43mm C9 case ...
Ok... :-k
Let me think about that one...
My first thought is that it'll be a bit of a Marmite, lovers and haters.
Any info on the mechanism and price point?
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st-rider wrote:
Kip wrote:You may remember this from the chat photos but now we have a few different shots
Based in a 43mm C9 case ...
Ok... :-k
Let me think about that one...
My first thought is that it'll be a bit of a Marmite, lovers and haters.
Any info on the mechanism and price point?
Designed for the US market I imagine. Unlikely to be in the current price range. I've never seen anyone waring a jump hour watch. I wonder if anyone else has?

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So the VIII represents (on the photo's) the hours, the hand the minutes .. right ?

Its diverent. Its not your standard 10 in a box watch.
But thats why i like it though.
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sorry..

but...

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Came back for a second look.
Maybe because it's a watch I'm wanting to like.
Second thoughts are that the spiders web dial would irritate me.
Mentally I'm trying to form it into a spiral or concentric circles.

Remembering the chat I think this watch was flagged as a statement piece from CW so I'm thinking the price point would be above that for the C90 and C9 Harrison chrono. So that'd be £800+ GBP, possibly £1000 ballpark?

Will drop by for a third look anon, Alex :D
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Looks quite interesting, but I wonder who would actually buy and wear one.

Also, I don't like how CWL's name on the dial appears to be a little sticker or plaque stuck onto the dial.
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Not for me - luckily I'm not looking for a jump hour. Sorry. :(
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I think this is a fantastic statement piece for CWL. Surely, it is not designed for mass appeal, but instead at a specific market sector, and as a halo product for the brand.

If memory serves (from the chat), it is going to be £1100-£1200...

I really like it, although I think it may be better with an arabic hour font, rather than the romans.

Overall, a very brave move. :)
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st-rider wrote:Came back for a second look.
Maybe because it's a watch I'm wanting to like.
Second thoughts are that the spiders web dial would irritate me.
Mentally I'm trying to form it into a spiral or concentric circles.

Remembering the chat I think this watch was flagged as a statement piece from CW so I'm thinking the price point would be above that for the C90 and C9 Harrison chrono. So that'd be £800+ GBP, possibly £1000 ballpark?

Will drop by for a third look anon, Alex :D
I agree that this is a bit special and could be seen as a statement piece for CW. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just below £1k - so given that, doesn't it warrant its own case? the C9 case is nice enough, but this needs some variation on it at least, especially to justify being 3 times the price of the basic C9.

Otherwise, I like it alot!
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Curiously I'm not adverse to paying £1000-£1200 for a CWL statement piece. This just isn't for me. A really nice conventional watch with some nice complications, eg moon phase whatever, would do more for me. :)
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1000 - 1200 Pounds ? :shock:

About that dail ... what about a clean dail ? Maybe in white, maybe another color (silver / grey, black ?).
Maybe multiple color versions of that watch ?
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Yuk! That is truly awful, I'll keep my £1000 thank you, in fact I would'nt buy it if it was £100, and I'd sell it if somebody gave it to me!! :down:
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Ummmm. Let me see, how do I phrase this?

Oh yes, that's it:
"Nope."

There is a reason for dials and hands: the ability to 'glance', rather than 'read' the observed parameter (time, in this case, but it goes for each instrument that has a dial and one or more hands). I could not read the time on this without my glasses, which makes this a form-over-function-thing. I don't mind design, but when it gets in the way of functionality, I pass.

I am not smitten by the design either. The raised "Christopher Ward London" thingy hits me as a 'sticker brand' afterthought. I know that sounds harsh, but that is how it comes across for me.
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Post by rcherryuk »

Nice, but not with that dial, it looks like something Spiderman's alter-ego would wear :shock:

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