patrick_y
[PuristSPro Moderator]
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Hmmmm...
They'd look at it this way... If Lange made a desk clock, what would make it special? Why does the market need a Lange desk clock? How do we differentiate ourselves? And last but not least, how much money will we lose? It'll take 800,000 Euros or more to R&D this desk clock. Will we ever make enough units to recoup our fixed costs?
Ja! Very nice!
I've been saying to use a Roman numeral hour disc since the inception of ZW ten years ago.
Yeah, I think ...
as a special edition , it would be interesting to see Roman hour disc combined with some hand-crafted work on the dial, depicting some features of the opera clock!
Yes indeed!
A few members here made a similar suggestion here on the forums several years ago! We must all be geniuses since we all think alike!
Haha so funny! Actually I have never
Thought about a “California” themed dial; although that is not quite right in my description.
I doubt they'd be up for it.
Herr Einhorn and Herr Bobeck would probably say no. And the Dutch fella would tell me, he loves PuristSPro, and that he hopes we rock on forever. Gee, I know these guys too well.
Taking it one step further ...
how about an emoji dial Zeitwerk a la Rolex???!!!! 😄😄😄 ...
Hmmmm...
They'd look at it this way... If Lange made a desk clock, what would make it special? Why does the market need a Lange desk clock? How do we differentiate ourselves? And last but not least, how much money will we lose? It'll take 800,000 Euros or more to ...
Ok… let’s go back to the Puristspro
Hour wheel… use an existing color way. We good! Sign me up.
I'm sure they'll have a "Negative" answer for us on that one too!
Lange was aware of that idea a decade ago. They never ran with it. Not as a PuristSPro Special Edition. Not as their own special edition neither.
Yeah I hear you. I am sure every member in this forum would
love a Puristspro piece, but I am even more sure that it would be challenging to get all of us to agree on what model and what change we could make that we could all agree to (and then getting Lange to agree 😂) But…. It still doesn’t stop me in wishing ...
Yup! We wouldn't take suggestions...
There's no suggestion box. No decision by committee. A pure vision. We'd need a benevolent dictator to make all the decisions.
Never give up before you've tried!
We we should just give it a try and see if we can get ALS to create a special WPS model for us. Maybe we can get 30 pieces together? Then maybe they would soften in their decision? Preferably a standard Zeitwerk model with a black dial and Roman numerals....
Right now, all the brands except for Laurent Ferrier are all "NO" to these special editions.
And LF did too many special editions recently, so nothing for the moment. The brands run hot and cold on this. When times are good, they don't want to do it. When times are bad, they all need the sales. Then also comes distribution. How will the pieces be...
Thank you for your thoughtful comment, dear Patrick!
I think we should give it a try and just ask our friends here how many would join this project perhaps in combination with an at least partial advance payment. As a first step, let's see how many of our friends would be interested. There's no risk involve...
I’m in for partial deposit.
I wonder if we understood the delivery timetable we would/could keep the balance in escrow?
Fine!
Than we have the first two interested parties. I don't think it's a bad idea to set up an escrow account, at least for part of the partial amount. You will probably also have to pay the manufacturer an advance payment.
Unfortunately, the chances of this happening are so incredibly low...
If I were to go to ten brands today, I don't think I would be able to get a single brand to sign on. So due to this, we shouldn't get anyone's hopes up. And thus, we shouldn't inquire if anyone would join a project since the chances are so incredibly remo...
All good points!
A group purchase for insurance is a nice idea. Regarding watches I could ask GP. I have perhaps some good contacts now. The risk for you moderators could be mitigated or neutralized with an upfront payment, escrow or something of that nature. I don’t like...
We'll see what we can do...
Trust me. There's a lot that hasn't been considered. It's definitely much more complex than it looks. It's easy if it's a watch everyone knows, and knows what it will look like on their wrist. It's harder when it's a more unusual piece. Regarding insuranc...
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And many, many other wonderful restaurants that are equally good, and some of them even with more reasonable prices.
Yes! It's a super amazing city!
Especially the stigma-less public housing. An amazing city with so many unique case studies and urban planning successes. Of course, I'm sure there are other things I'm not aware of.
Just my guess ...
I think the all arabic numerals on the watch look more modern as well as they are more space-efficient and more legible compared to the Romans. As such, I don't have any complaints about the design of the ZW wristwatch, but some special limited editions w...
Always a matter of perspective...
ZW on the wrist is quite small compared with the size of the clock!