C65 sandstorm chronometer - Review

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Re: C65 sandstorm chronometer - Review

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Well done Lindsey a nice review that cuts to the salient points! Good read
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I enjoyed this review. I’m very glad to have made the leap; I purchased this watch in January. Some of the points you raise I’ve discovered living with the watch. The design and style of the Sandstorm drew me in with its retro-futuristic touches, elements that harken to Art Deco and near futurism with the stainless and concentric rings of the dial and the case.

I love it! I have swapped the canvas strap for a black leather strap, much more comfortable after living with the canvas these two months. The canvas is still quite stiff. I may also try a tan leather strap to provide a different look. The quick release is appreciated.
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C65 Sandstorm with black leather strap
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thomcat00 wrote:Image
Broken link for me.
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Robotaz wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:32 am
thomcat00 wrote:Image
Broken link for me.
I wonder why? I uploaded the image to the board, rather than link it externally. Not sure what I’ve done incorrectly, but it is my first post of a picture so I very likely did something that is not in line with how this should be done.
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I can see the image. It looks great on that strap 8)
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Weird. I can’t see it.
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All fixed now for @thomcat00.

Looking at the file names you'd added the same photo twice as a Forum Board attachment, but placed the first one with IMG within square brackets. This is not needed for forum board photos (only third party hosted links).

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Yep. I see it now. Thanks.

It’s a great watch. Really is. I’m tempted.
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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:01 am All fixed now for @thomcat00.

Looking at the file names you'd added the same photo twice as a Forum Board attachment, but placed the first one with IMG within square brackets. This is not needed for forum board photos (only third party hosted links).

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Thanks for the fix!
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I'm so tempted but can only afford 1 watch this month. There are so many beautiful watches to choose from
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^^ I feel your pain! :lol:
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I would be interested to have someone with the blackout edition of the Sandstorm add their impressions to the conversation. It wasn’t as interesting visually for me.
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missF wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:21 am ...
I've been catching up by clicking on forum threads whose titles interest me, and I saw the pic of your caseback on the Caseback of the Day thread, which brought me here.

Great review, and like you, I like the dial design and the case size (great for small wrists!).

However, I'm not sure I like the blue colour of the lume paint in normal lighting. Just looks a little out of place to me.
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Re: C65 sandstorm chronometer - Review

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Great review, I've always been tempted by this one whenever I'm on W&W site
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