Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by bedlam » Fri May 04, 2018 4:08 am

I reckon that look pretty darn good :-)

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by tattoo chef » Fri May 04, 2018 6:03 am

bedlam wrote:I reckon that look pretty darn good :-)
You’re just happy it has a fully indexed bezel. Image


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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by bedlam » Fri May 04, 2018 6:40 am

tattoo chef wrote:
Fri May 04, 2018 6:03 am
bedlam wrote:I reckon that look pretty darn good :-)
You’re just happy it has a fully indexed bezel. Image
Well, yes :love:

And it looks pretty darn good while its at it :rock:

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by james80 » Fri May 04, 2018 12:18 pm

I like the idea but hate the logo and 9 o’clock Christopher Ward in whatever font that is.

I also don’t like the contrast between the faux lume and the white CW at 9.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by james80 » Fri May 04, 2018 12:19 pm

I like the idea but hate the logo and 9 o’clock Christopher Ward in whatever font that is.

I also don’t like the contrast between the faux lume and the white CW at 9.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by sierra11b » Fri May 04, 2018 3:54 pm

Greg, now I understand. :oops:

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by Dedalus » Fri May 04, 2018 4:30 pm

Who makes these design decisions?

Logo at 9, font type, fauxtina but bone white logo...

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by snootydog » Fri May 04, 2018 11:18 pm

Great looking watch if he took his name off the dial and used standard lume colour. It's a shame when something good is ruined by just a few little things. I've never liked any watches that have someone's name on the dial. Having said that, being English, I don't see Sinn as a name, I see it as a brand, luckily :grin:
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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by uncleluck » Sat May 05, 2018 8:30 am

Dedalus wrote:
Fri May 04, 2018 4:30 pm
Who makes these design decisions? Image

Logo at 9, font type, fauxtina but bone white logo...Image
I’m gonna guess... Christopher Ward.


Have to echo everyone else’s sentiments, beautiful Watch totally ruined with the name. I remember all the fuss about the old logo and there were rumbles of it being changed, Folk getting excited only to be met with an even worse branding!

I’d have been all over that if it had a clever, CW logo, arrrggghhh WHY!!

Only other negative is the seconds hand which looks like something from eBay for a Seiko mod!


I’ve always thought there’s scope with the name (or initials) to do a clever balanced logo. CWD ‘Christopher Ward Designs’

Someone must be able to design something smooth looking around that? Just a look at what I’ve done below shows someone with some skill on a design prog could get a smart looking logo, get the font right etc

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by james80 » Sat May 05, 2018 11:52 am

Or this

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by gwells » Wed May 09, 2018 6:42 pm

some real life pics now that it's shipping.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by JP Chestnut » Wed May 09, 2018 7:25 pm

There's a lot to like. Not that hand tat though.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by hoppyjr » Wed May 09, 2018 7:32 pm

It is a decent looker. Very close to ideal.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by Jeep99dad » Wed May 09, 2018 8:04 pm

Looks very nice
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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by JP Chestnut » Wed May 09, 2018 8:11 pm

There’s a lot to like. They got a lot of the little subtle things right.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by bedlam » Wed May 09, 2018 9:53 pm

Yeah, that's good. Not even hating the logo as much as I might expect

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by dnslater » Thu May 10, 2018 4:26 am

Much better in person for sure.

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Re: Christopher Ward C65 Vintage Diver

Post by rockmastermike » Thu May 10, 2018 6:04 am

don't mind the logo as much as I thought I would in the real pictures, but still not a fan of the white

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