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t20569cald
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Update August

Post by t20569cald » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:17 pm

Hello Gents,

I have put this update off for some time, as not a lot to tell.
Reason for this, is all the companies making watch components in
Switzerland and Germany, just shut the doors and go on holiday.
It was first told to me by Thomas Prescher, he said " wait and see,
July and August, you wont even get an answer machine" and he was
right.

Basically the state of play is this though.
Last I spoke with Mhvj, they had received a case from Thomas Prescher,
with hands and dial. They cased it up and everything fits, so lucky
there. One thing their spec change did affect however, was the hand
height. We had to make a 1.025mm dial in the first place, and this by
the way is very thick. The standard watch is 0.8mm, and that is also
thick, and the reason for this is the anti magnetic cage, which the
dial is actually part of.
With their height change, the hands do not fit correctly, so they are
producing bespoke parts I understand.
These will be ready next month, and all should then be sorted out,
with Thomas Prescher getting down to assembly.



I am talking to people in the US about a service and repair center as
well, so to make any issue that may arise in the future, as painless
as possible. Will update on that soon.

The CD-1 is still waiting to be moved closer to production, as I
really need some investment back first, but some work has been done to
make it a quicker production when that is possible.

Have had nothing from the case maker either about DLC costs as of yet,
as they are still away.

Have had several requests lately for Ti watches of the CD-2, but as I
have mentioned before, I plan to end the model not long after the LE
comes out, and no way I can start a last production run for only a
handful of watches, but before it all ends, I will ask about, to see
if there is enough people to make a small Ti run, say 15 or so watches
a reality.


Hope to have a lot to tell very soon.





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Todd Caldwell

Aegir Watches Pty Ltd
332 Westfield Road
Seville Grove
6112 WA
Australia
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Re: Update August

Post by CGSshorty » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:26 pm

Can't wait for the white dial CD-1.
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Re: Update August

Post by streetracer101 » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:55 pm

Thanks for the update Todd. I am loving my cd2 and can't wait to see further updates on the cd1.

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Re: Update August

Post by Techart » Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:10 pm

Thanks for the update todd. The tremendous amount of work u put into do it the right way will be duly rewarded. Good luck! :fro:

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