The dial is not intended for production, but rather an exercise in proportion of current tooling, such as appliques.
The production dials will have the date window joined up to the 3 o'clock marker, and the gap was created due to this being a 33mm dial, rather than 30mm of the CD-2.
The final production size most likely will come in at 32mm, but a lot of work needs to be done first before that is finalized.
Works though for size of print tools, and there was one created for this, the minute marker tool, so that will leave only two new tools to make, which will save a lot in time, and some costs too, which will be welcome.
The CD-1 here is not 100% centre either, but then this was never meant to go into a watch, but the info needed has been gained, and as soon as some details are fully worked out, dials will be produced both in black and in white. While we are at it, maybe I will check out a blue option as well. The blue seen here on black, 701M, does not work in real life, so another blue needs to be found to highlight it.
A second hand lume dot will make an appearance on the CD-1, and while this is not needed for its real design purpose, I am happy to make a compromise given the overwhelming number of requests for such a thing. As the dial is bigger than the CD-2, it will be only for the CD-1 and 44mm CD-2 when eventually made, and the current model will not get a lumed second hand.
To contrast on the white dial, the current hands will be looked at, but as has been suggested to me by a forum member, blued hands instead of the rhodium ones currently, would work nicer on the white dial, and I have to agree. It also stays in line with the dressy purpose of this dive watch, so after some renders are done, I am sure that it will be the way to go for white dials.
