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Re: C3 drawings from CW

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matski171 wrote:Still not too sure what everyone means about a panda dial? Is it the small dials in the centre of the watch if so the current line up has that.
The Giant Panda has a white face with black patches around its eyes. A panda watch has a white (or light-coloured) face with black (or dark-coloured) sub-dials. A reverse panda has white (or light-coloured) sub-dials on a black (or dark-coloured) face.
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Sweet many thanks, must of missed this.

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matski171 wrote:Wow did not know it would cost that much to add a auto movement.

Still not too sure what everyone means about a panda dial? Is it the small dials in the centre of the watch if so the current line up has that.

Has anyone have a picture of all the C3's together?
A chronograph that has the timing subdials at 3, 6 and 9 is often referred to as a panda if it has a white dial with black subdials - because the look of the dial reminds you of the face of a giant panda, with its black eyes and nose and white face.

A reverse panda is where the dial is black but the subdials are white.

Technically the proposed C3 chronograph isn't really a panda, as it doesn't have three subdials. Nor would any chrono be a panda if the subdials were at 6, 9 and 12.

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matski171 wrote:Wow did not know it would cost that much to add a auto movement.
It's not a matter of "adding" an auto movement, the FLE had to be based on a current watch, the new C3 got the most votes and that is a Quartz movement. Any of the current CW autos would have been around the £1k mark. Everybody has a chance to vote for what they wanted (and more) and the design of a Panda dial won over the others.
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Are the subdials at 10, 2 and 6 not supposed to represent the two eyes and muzzle of the panda?

Do we therefore, in fact, have a Cyclopean panda? :wink:
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Mikkei4 wrote:
matski171 wrote:Wow did not know it would cost that much to add a auto movement.
It's not a matter of "adding" an auto movement, the FLE had to be based on a current watch, the new C3 got the most votes and that is a Quartz movement. Any of the current CW autos would have been around the £1k mark. Everybody has a chance to vote for what they wanted (and more) and the design of a Panda dial won over the others.
Thanks, I just automatically thought the current C3 line up was quartz and auto.
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Scrogg wrote:
matski171 wrote:Still not too sure what everyone means about a panda dial? Is it the small dials in the centre of the watch if so the current line up has that.
The Giant Panda has a white face with black patches around its eyes. A panda watch has a white (or light-coloured) face with black (or dark-coloured) sub-dials. A reverse panda has white (or light-coloured) sub-dials on a black (or dark-coloured) face.
Thanks for the explanation, that is another brilliant bit of info in the watch info bank. It is all adding up. :D
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Are the subdials at 10, 2 and 6 not supposed to represent the two eyes and muzzle of the panda?

Do we therefore, in fact, have a Cyclopean panda? :wink:

I think we have a Panda that lying on it's side as if it's just 2 dials they should really be at 3 and 9 to denote the eyes and patches. Or call it a Vertical Panda as opposed to a Horizontal Panda?
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You're no fun! :lol:
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Mikkei4 wrote:
matski171 wrote:Wow did not know it would cost that much to add a auto movement.
It's not a matter of "adding" an auto movement, the FLE had to be based on a current watch, the new C3 got the most votes and that is a Quartz movement. Any of the current CW autos would have been around the £1k mark. Everybody has a chance to vote for what they wanted (and more) and the design of a Panda dial won over the others.
Also, the C3 case is designed to fit its quartz movement. An automatic chronograph movement (7750) is significantly thicker and not going to fit in a C3 case. The FLE designs had to fit existing case + movement combos so that there would be no need to design and make new cases which would have increased the price.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:You're no fun! :lol:
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Are the subdials at 10, 2 and 6 not supposed to represent the two eyes and muzzle of the panda?

Do we therefore, in fact, have a Cyclopean panda? :wink:
It's "Recumbent Panda"

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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:Are the subdials at 10, 2 and 6 not supposed to represent the two eyes and muzzle of the panda?

Do we therefore, in fact, have a Cyclopean panda? :wink:
Nope, you don't have a panda full stop!

You have a slightly Seiko derivative white quartz chronograph with blue subdials. :cry:

Am I being a touch harsh? :lol:



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asqwerth wrote:
Mikkei4 wrote:
matski171 wrote:Wow did not know it would cost that much to add a auto movement.
It's not a matter of "adding" an auto movement, the FLE had to be based on a current watch, the new C3 got the most votes and that is a Quartz movement. Any of the current CW autos would have been around the £1k mark. Everybody has a chance to vote for what they wanted (and more) and the design of a Panda dial won over the others.
Also, the C3 case is designed to fit its quartz movement. An automatic chronograph movement (7750) is significantly thicker and not going to fit in a C3 case. The FLE designs had to fit existing case + movement combos so that there would be no need to design and make new cases which would have increased the price.
Well if you want to pick the fattest possible auto movement.....

Joking apart I like this watch design and I could imagine making room for it al I ngside my other two CW quartz watches.

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