Heard back from Bamford about my idea. Not encouraging - seems like their work is limited to paint jobs. So my 2-register idea isn't gonna work.
However, the Tintin would work just fine if they had 39mm H02 options
Heard back from Bamford about my idea. Not encouraging - seems like their work is limited to paint jobs. So my 2-register idea isn't gonna work.
However, the Tintin would work just fine if they had 39mm H02 options
Yes and some nice cars too.
Over the weekend I watched this video on my TV screen. You can see the "paint jobs" that Adam is describing on the dials.
The very definition of living the dream.
To answer when people asked about you "What do you do for living ?"
Me: "I design and modified watches".
Also me: "And i am quite successful at it too. I got my own mansion and Ferrari" 😎
To think about it, it might even be longer lasting career than pro athletes !
In that case, if one were to supply Bamford with a Silver 160th or Fragment Carrera, they could probably paint @Ara's designs. Yes?
Currently we are only able to customise the watches as shown on our website. The latest Carrera will be added within the next two months and all custom watches need to be purchased through ourselves as we do not handle clients own watches.
Dekla in Stuttgart make bespoke dials.
Some awesome work here...and yes, I’d buy several of these. A quick update on custom watches from TAG Heuer:
- After the last couple of years under Biver where special editions were all over the place, the current strategy is to significantly reduce the number of watches done with external parties
- At the same time, the minimum production threshold has been lifted to 200 units- there really wasn’t a minimum number before, as I had the choice of making 50 or 100 of the Autavia Sifferts.
I wouldn’t read into this that anything is impossible, and I will keep pushing, but I wanted to give a quick update as it why it wasn’t simply a case of finding a great design and getting TAG Heuer to produce the watches. I hope that for the right idea, minimum production of 100 would be possible- if it stayed at 200, it would kill any project from my perspective, as that basically means putting up US$1m for the project, which unless you had a “no brainer” home run would be a bold step.
But I will keep asking- TAG Heuer said no to the Autavia Siffert probably five times before they said yes 😉
Dc
Just as a matter of interest, are TAG Heuer willing to customise F1s or Aquaracers rather than $5000 Carreras? As you say 200 Carreras is A LOT (considering there's been 125pce LEs that ended up in the outlets).
Don’t TAG Heuer’s greatest fan/enthusiast-based forum deserve some kind of special consideration? 😉
Hello?! We are the most die-hard TAG Heuer enthusiasts in the planet here! Tell me another TAG Heuer forum which is home to TH fans across the world better than Calibre11 ? I doubt if there is another. 🙄
Well, arguably they have already done something for us with the Siffert Autavia.
The problem is, although you're right, we're not all going to agree on what we want anyway. Whilst I do really like Ara's design, I wouldn't buy one, even if I happened to have a spare £5000 lying around.
I still believe that manufacturers need to offer more personalisation on watches in the future. I can configure every aspect of my new car through a website configurator. Same now for my golf clubs! Custom paint fill, logos, engravings, shaft types, grips. Watches need to catch up. Undone and Bamford are on the right track but there is plenty of scope for improvement. Then we can all have exactly the watch we want. 😀
