2011 Laco Special Edition Project - GENERAL DISCUSSION

[Precise]

The case must come from stock and the movement has already been decided.

Hi Uwe,

I like stock Laco cases. I'd just pick one in the range I've given in my list. With regard to the movement, I'm not sure why it's been decided, but I thought Laco sometimes uses quartz. Whatever they pick, I'm still interested. With regard to the theme, some of the things I've listed may make the pilot theme more appealing.

Yes, I'm sure that tastes differ. I'd be most interested in reading what others want.

Best,

Alan

[Uwe W.]

I like stock Laco cases. I'd just pick one in the range I've given in my list. With regard to the movement, I'm not sure why it's been decided, but I thought Laco sometimes uses quartz. Whatever they pick, I'm still interested. With regard to the theme, some of the things I've listed may make the pilot theme more appealing.

Alan, the movement was selected because of its manufacturer's history with Laco. Please visit the THEME thread, which is were all the discussion is happening at the minute.

[Uwe W.]

As everyone has no doubt already noticed, I haven't started to build the Registration List yet. The reason for this is that too many people have 'qualified' their participation based on certain design elements. What I propose to do is this: allow everyone and anyone to vote in the THEME thread, then go back through the Registration thread and only add names to the list that don't have any restrictions on their participation, or if they do, only if the outcome of the THEME vote satisfies their caveats.

Like everything else in this project, this is open to discussion if someone feels it should be done differently. Remember, my role here is only to manage the project, not dictate it. I welcome all comments on the logistics of this project; however, in the absence of contrary opinions I will proceed based on my experiences with other projects.

[vipereaper30]

When I look at the pictures that have been posted of some of the historical pieces in the theme thread, I haven't seen any cases that have tiny movements inside. While I much prefer a larger case to a smaller case, is there any problem with putting a small movement into a big case (sts)? I envision the thing coming loose and rattling around in there or the winding mechanism breaking or something...

[brainless]

No,

there is no technically based reason not to use a tiny movement in a gigantic case - only aesthetically points.
It's like putting a Beetle engine into a Viper: it works......but nothing more,



Volker

[bin31z]

Really??? Quartz??? Really??

[Janne]

No, friend, a movement that is mechanical, has 17 J, and automatic winding module...

[lukeaar]

I would like to bring up the topic of the voting procedure for a theme.

Many ideas have been presented in the appropriate thread, and I personally think it wouldn't be difficult to narrow the long list of ideas down to a shortlist of, say, four choices. Keeping this in mind, and seeing as Uwe wants to start voting on Friday (I think that's what was said), the following is my proposal for the voting procedure, with timeline:

Wednesday: Last day for discussion/presenting of new ideas/themes
Thursday: Topic review, culminating in the agreement of a 'shortlist' of ideas to vote on. I propose this be four ideas, but from the look of the general feelings of MOST that have been active in this project so far, we may decide to only vote on two.
Friday: Poll opens and runs for one week only, with people allowed to vote only once (I feel that being allowed to vote on multiple choices is a bad idea for various reasons. If you like two ideas, vote for the only you like best, and if the other gets through then you're still happy!)

If the pole happens to end with a really close result, there are a few options:
1. The idea with the most votes, even if it only ended with one more vote, wins
2. Uwe decides
3a. A second vote with only the top competeing ideas from the first poll available (this, of course, would not be an option if the initial poll ended up having only two options to begin with). If this option was decided on, I think it running for a week would be a waste of time. Only run it for the weekend immediately proceeding the original vote.
3b. As above, but restrict the vote to those who have been most active in the project so far, and are more likely to understand the merits of the competing ideas and be most likely to play an active role in the whole development process (I think this idea may not be popular to a lot of people who prefer to read rather than write but who are still following the project very closely).
4. Laco decides (but this may feel to some, including me, to be contrary to the whole point of this exercise.)

Anyone have any other ideas?

[bin31z]

No, I was referring to Precise, who kept asking for a quartz movement watch...why would we want to do a special forum watch with a quartz movement????

No, friend, a movement that is mechanical, has 17 J, and automatic winding module...

[vipereaper30]

I like what you have outlined with a couple of exceptions. If there are more than 2 options and the top two vote receivers are even somewhat close, have another quick round with just those two options. Also, only defer to Uwe (or Laco) in the event of an even 50/50 split which I think we may narrowly avoid!

I couldn't agree more with the voting timeline, 1 week sounds like a LONG time. Are we close to being done yet???