New C63 Sealander 36mm

I love that we are seeing more 36mm sizing for the sake of variety. I am a pretty boring watch owner in that I rarely buy anything that isn’t black, white or blue, but very intrigued by the green dial.

I think a 36mm is a great move by CW, the C63 is a great watch and now it has even more appeal to those with smaller wrists, or those who prefer a more vintage size. 

I think it looks great. I’ve got a C60 Sapphire and the quality is great. 36mm is a little small for me but I’m sure you’ll love it. 

They are offering a black and white 36mm 😉

I received the email from CW with these 36mm offerings and thought to snap one up, but I may wait for a sale, they have a lot of sales every year, so just sit back and wait if you want one 👍

I already have the C63 Sea Lander in white as well and if the quality of that watch is anything to go by, these 36mm ones should be a great little watch, I'll probably go for a black one. I know it's boring, but I do like a nice black dialled watch and their black dials are spot on.

Really appreciate CW's effort and providing customers with smaller wrists, some more options.

• Colors look ok. Though would have preferred a more pastel touch.
• SW-200-1 is a good movement (with a decent power reserve); I hope the CW regulation of the movement is better these days. Also believe their QC overall, has improved significantly with time.
• An option to chose a no date version would have been good (similar to how Traska and in some cases Halios, let customers chose). It's just that, a 38 hour power reserve means, if one rotates watches they wear from a collection, they will have to set the date often (especially if they don't own winders OR wind the watches every day). Also, on a smallish dial, the date numerals may be too small (when considering my aging eyes :P lol).
• CW bracelet micro-adjustments compare well to other brands (and may even be better).
• There is some confusion around: (A) Lume color - in some pictures (and initial videos) it was Green; seems they have now changed it to Blue everywhere. (B) Not sure if the new logo is flat OR raised (pictures show flat, videos on their website show raised). (C) Not sure, if these would have numbered case-backs (if these are truly limited to 200 per color, except of-course the Black and White dial versions, which are general releases).
• Not having numbered case-backs (x/200) seems to point towards these not being as limited as indicated, and may see an eventual re-release. That latter part is beneficial to watch enthusiasts in general... :)
• For some reason they chose to flip the orientation of the numbers at 20-40 minute markers (could have been cleaner if there weren't any numbers at all). Cannot unsee this, once noticed IMO... ;)
• Another point of note is that on Black & White Dials the Date Wheels are actually color matched to the Dial (yep, the Black has a Black Date Wheel). The Limited Edition Colors; all come with a White Date Wheel.
• Also recommend they streamline the whole pay a different amount by selecting a different country concept. Though guess it may help (not 100% certain about this) folks with payment methods that charge a foreign transaction fee (if they can pay in their local currency)? But then, not completely sure; say if one is using the US site to work with USD, the checkout would actually remove the 20% VAT.
  
  Finally, there's the homage 🙈 (not that big of an issue; as at the end of the day, it is also a simple / clean round watch)...

I have been eyeing a 36m Explorer alternative for a field watch that can double in dressy conditions.

I have narrowed it down based on my requirements

• Clean and well finished case

• Time only

• Lume on everything

• Black dial with white numerals/indicies

• Bracelet with on the fly adjustment

• Cheaper than a 124270

• 36-38mm in size

• 20mm lugs

I have narrowed it down to the following

• Christopher Ward c63 36m in black

• Christopher Ward Dune in black

• Christopher Ward Sandhurst series 2

• Monta Noble Anthracite

• Black bay 54. (I considered the black bay 36 but thought for the same price, I'm getting a vintage looking diver I can also throw a bracelet on

The idea here is for the price of 124270 - I could have the Monta AND all the CWs lol

The sand hurst is one I've wanted since series 1 but love the improvements and lumed numerals so its at the top of my list. Being COSC certified is nice to know its been tested as well

as @IronSpidy mentioned I also do not like having dates on watches with low power reserve as it just means I'm adjusting the date every day or other day if the pr runs out so it puts the Dune and C63 in 3rd place.

The Monta is the dressiest offering in my list and I do like it a lot and it has a sw300 movement with a slightly higher PR and nice bracelet.

I have always liked the idea of a non in-house movement for field watches or GADA because if you truly are going everywhere and doing everything, maybe your watch takes a beating, if it does so a watch maker in Jakarta, London, Shanghai, or Argentina may be more equipped to service your selitta than service your Tudor or Rolex lol. Its actually a bonus.

As I am still awaiting collection of my Horage Supersede GMT which has met my need for a GMT and Diver (almost bought 2 different watches) but realized I would only wear 1 at a time, why not have 1 to wear everywhere than 2 watches of lower quality that makes me choose when and how I am using it; I will hold off before buying another right now until I find what I want to do differently if anything.

But the Sandhurst and the BB54 (opposite ends of the price spectrum) are probably my front runners. They would be killer on a NATO, leather, or a sail cloth if not on a bracelet :)

@timeismoneyman - If you dont mind acrylic crystals - You may wanna checkout Lorier (especially Falcon III)...

Will do! I just saw @BowlOfSalmon review of the vertex m100a and that thing is legit. Just wish it were smaller.

Funny enough I got "the call" for the Rolex explorer 2 weeks ago and declined 😂😂😂 realized id rather buy something like this or a hanhart 417 es flyback chronograph instead. One of these companies will most likely get my $$ soon

Yeah Vertex looks great, I find it a bit expensive though.

Interesting, which Explorer - 36 or 40 🙂

I recently declined a Pelagos 39 (as I am taking a break from work after 16 years :])

It was the 36. The had the P39 there available and the white dial GMT.

But after seeing the black Bay pro released I've always wanted those lume plots. The fact that vertex does it with numerals makes my underwear wet.

I think the p39 has a very sharp to the touch case side. However I did everything else about it

Nice...

The new Summiteer from Traska also has the 369, Indexes and Inverted Triangle as applied Lume Plots (comes in 36.5 and 38.5 sizes) - https://www.traskawatch.com/collections/summiteer-collection

I loved the BB54 and would get it when it becomes more generally available :)

Same Tudors are pretty easy to get. I have a feeling the next iteration will be METAS certified as well. So no harm in taking our time 🤷‍♂

The longer I wait to buy my grand Seiko the close we have gotten to them producing it.

Which GS are you exploring

So I've said I want a spring drive that's thinner than the snow flake (my standard at the time) with the power reserve on the back in a 44gs case design.

The one that I think is perfect is the sbgy011

https://monochrome-watches.com/grand-seiko-heritage-collection-44gs-spring-drive-hand-wound-asaborake-sbgy011-hands-on-specs-price/