C8 will be in my hands tonight!

[CommanderJameson]

Picking it up (got it delivered to work, am off today) later.

It had better not be a bit rubbish after all this - I ordered it on the 1st of September...

[Stuart]

I'm excited for you. I do hope that the second thing that you do (after showing the family) will be to post some high quality pics here?

[CommanderJameson]

Mrs J cannot understand the watch thing. She thinks I'm some kind of loony for spending this sort of money on watches. Of course, I have the perfect response - I simply silently point at her army of shoes.

This will be my last watch purchase for a while; next on the list is a Planet Ocean, so some overtime will have to be worked and saved.

ETA: Yep, piccies will be posted.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Friday 21st November 12:55

[Stuart]

CommanderJameson said:

Mrs J cannot understand the watch thing. She thinks I'm some kind of loony for spending this sort of money on watches. Of course, I have the perfect response - I simply silently point at her army of shoes.

This will be my last watch purchase for a while; next on the list is a Planet Ocean, so some overtime will have to be worked and saved.

Well I'll expect to see pictures here first of all then

I do the same with my wife. I haven't done the counting, but I'm almost certain that the sum total of my meagre collection is less than that of her Imelda Marcos apeing shoe and handbag collection.

[CommanderJameson]

And here it is.







It's a big watch. Not too deep, though, and not particularly heavy. I like the big, easy-to-grasp crown (it has a quickset date) and the solid feeling of the piece. Not one for those with skinny wrists, though.

[Stuart]

A very nice take on the traditional Flieger style followed by IWC, Stowa et al.

I would personally like it to be a little deeper so that the crown stands clear of your wrist, but it really is a lovely looking watch. How much are they?

[CommanderJameson]

I paid £250 for it.

I'm going to have to be careful. I'm going to start walking into things if I don't stop looking at it!

[CommanderJameson]

There is one thing, though.

That's a sad duck at 12 o'clock.

Quack.

[Skyman]

The CW range of watches look really great. How well are they made?

[cottonfoo]

CommanderJameson said:

There is one thing, though.

That's a sad duck at 12 o'clock.

Quack.

I would never have thought that until you pointed it out

[sb-1]

CJ,

That looks great,thanks for posting...nice pics.Nice to see the C8 has been delivered at last!

I nearly bought one of these,I already own a C5 Malvern Auto from CW.

I think they are very good value and well made for the money.

Steve

Edited by sb-1 on Friday 21st November 22:15