Concorde Watch
Nov 5, 2015, 4:48 am
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Concorde Watch
Just had an email from BA about the new Concorde Watch and I wasn’t that impressed. My tablet may be showing it badly but the numerals look badly defined and to me it looks like a cheap Chinese copy of a better original. I'll try and put a picture up. 
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Nov 5, 2015, 4:50 am
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Nov 5, 2015, 5:12 am
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Nov 5, 2015, 5:27 am
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My first reaction when I saw this watch was "yuk", and to think they want £299 for it - no way. To be it definitely does not reflect the "Concorde Brand" is a positive way.
Nov 5, 2015, 5:37 am
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At 48mm that case will be HUGE and look silly on many people's wrists.
From a horological point of view it's got 2 quartz movements that optimistically might be worth a tenner tops, and a limited edition run of 3458 is far too unlimited to be worthwhile.
Apart from that, I'm sure somebody will buy one
From a horological point of view it's got 2 quartz movements that optimistically might be worth a tenner tops, and a limited edition run of 3458 is far too unlimited to be worthwhile.
Apart from that, I'm sure somebody will buy one
Nov 5, 2015, 5:44 am
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I actually tinker a lot with watches as a hobby, and this is laughable trash.
Ronda, the company who provide the movements(!) for this watch, specialise in providing ultra low-cost, mass-produced Swiss-made movements, so that watchmakers can stamp 'Swiss Made' on their watches - however, these movements are made to the lowest possible cost, and are in many ways inferior to 'cheap' Chinese movements. You can buy one of these Ronda movements online for less than $3 - and that's before any kind of bulk discount.
GMT watches - watches which track more than one timezone - are supposed to do so by means of one movement being clever enough to manage this task alone.
In this Concorde watch, they've stuffed two quartz movements into the one case, so you don't really have a GMT watch here - you simply have a watch case with two, completely separate, movements inside. Laughable, and the kind of stuff that any watch manufacturer worth their salt would steer well clear of.
And that's before you even get into the design, which is amateur at best. £299? I, in all honesty, wouldn't pay £2.99 for it. It's worthless trash.
Ronda, the company who provide the movements(!) for this watch, specialise in providing ultra low-cost, mass-produced Swiss-made movements, so that watchmakers can stamp 'Swiss Made' on their watches - however, these movements are made to the lowest possible cost, and are in many ways inferior to 'cheap' Chinese movements. You can buy one of these Ronda movements online for less than $3 - and that's before any kind of bulk discount.
GMT watches - watches which track more than one timezone - are supposed to do so by means of one movement being clever enough to manage this task alone.
In this Concorde watch, they've stuffed two quartz movements into the one case, so you don't really have a GMT watch here - you simply have a watch case with two, completely separate, movements inside. Laughable, and the kind of stuff that any watch manufacturer worth their salt would steer well clear of.
And that's before you even get into the design, which is amateur at best. £299? I, in all honesty, wouldn't pay £2.99 for it. It's worthless trash.
Nov 5, 2015, 6:20 am
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This isn't a particularly nice timepiece nor does it positively reflect the values of the historical Concorde brand.
On the other hand, it's very much in keeping with the reality of BA's current brand positioning....
On the other hand, it's very much in keeping with the reality of BA's current brand positioning....
Nov 5, 2015, 6:39 am
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Looks awful to me.
If you want to pay in the GBP300 range for a watch with complex advanced features, get something like the Citizen Navihawk - many timekeeping functions, advanced technical features, and a dense, complex set of indicators rather like Concorde's cockpit
I can also attest that these watches are resistant to a great deal of minor abuse.
If you want to pay in the GBP300 range for a watch with complex advanced features, get something like the Citizen Navihawk - many timekeeping functions, advanced technical features, and a dense, complex set of indicators rather like Concorde's cockpit
I can also attest that these watches are resistant to a great deal of minor abuse.
Nov 5, 2015, 6:46 am
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Concorde Watch
The Citizen Navihawk mentioned above would have been a good shout for this. They make Red Arrows and US Navy Blue Angels versions of the watches.
The design of this looks like the sort of watch that Swatch would have made.
If you were wanting a collectors watch in the aviation category then your looking at a Bremont or Brietling.
The design of this looks like the sort of watch that Swatch would have made.
If you were wanting a collectors watch in the aviation category then your looking at a Bremont or Brietling.
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