Ok, i love my Stowa, as usual, i was presenting Stowa watches to my friend and i am showing him Stowa history via the wikipedia. Then i realised that in year:
1997, Stowa present 70th anniversary limited Fliegeruhr ("Pilot Watch") with Unitas 6300 N
2007, Stowa present 80th anniversary limited edition of Flieger Automatic and Flieger Original.
So, we are now at 2016. That means next year is 2017, which is STOWA's 90th anniversary. We should have an anniversary limited edition.
2017, Stowa present 90th anniversary limited edition of ........?
So for those who are keen, we better start budgeting now, just in case that you love the offering.
Do a search here on WUS. ETA/Unitas 6497/6498 vs ETA 2801/2804 has been discussed already.
But one thing you obviously are interested in: the 2804 hacks and basically is a 2801 plus date wheel.
Specs:
Diameter 25.6mm
H= 3.35mm
17 jewels
f = 28800 A/h
power reserve 46h
Many thanks, I will do a search. Does anyone have pictures of the 2801/2804 in action? I have seen pictures of the unitas but don't have the other to compare and can't find it on the stowa site. The thing I find appealing with the unitas is the size of the movement relative to the caseback, i.e. lots of movement, not a lot of caseback 'rim'. Don't know how the 2801 compares. Thanks again.
That was quick! Many thanks. I guess it is all down to personal taste, but I find the unitas a better looking movement. Don't find that wide spacer as appealing.
I agree that the Units look better, but the main appeal of the 2801/2804 is having a centre seconds hand, which is closer to the look of the original Flieger. My preference is a 2801 without a display back for fliegers
I'm hearing you. My preference would be a Flieger Original, but we can't always get what we want. I want a hackable central second flieger with a beautiful swan neck movement that fills the case (just not feeling that big rim on the back of the 2801.) I guess there are three choices for me, compromise the front, compromise the back or walk away. Watch lust is such a painful thing...
I'm holding out for the FO too. I was a little disappointed that none of the 90th anniversary options were for the FO w/central seconds. I guess I'll just keep waiting.
Yep maybe thats what I have to do. Never really found any models by other makers that grab me in quite the same way, perhaps I have to dig deeper. Not really explored the second hand market before.
I didn't actually realize the MABLE is available in the shop now. Just officially placed my order. Debated between my birth year and 250 for the serial #. Went with 250/250.
Not fair, I thought that with the reservation email or at least a newsletter we were gonna be warned about it.
And now you have to pay it in advance...
At least I grabbed my birth year
I don't believe you have to pay in advance. Their system is not very user friendly, so what I did and have done in the past is go the bank transfer route. This way they have your request and they'll get in touch.
So they are now taking orders on the website. The Flieger Klassik, handwinding, no logo, appears with no date but at the very bottom of the webpage listing it has 'date' listed amongst its attributes. I hope this is a mistake.
Hmm, that is strange. There's no way they don't honor the email orders, though. I'm not going to bother messing with the website until they say it's time.
I don't know why they suddenly made it available on the website, but I have made my order on the website, despite that I have already reserved through email.
Hope that won't cause any problem.
All previous email reservations already have a number reserved (all the early numbers). I ended up giving my number back and went with the one I selected via checkout. If you have a desired number that currently shows as available on the site and have previously made a reservation, you may want to contact them and request that number instead of the number they have reserved for you.
What a gorgeous piece! I'm in for the date version...however, I am unfamiliar with the Durowe movement. Does the date have a quick set feature with the Durowe? Or not? If not I might change to non date as I hate watches that won't let you set the date without going through a big hassle. Also, does the Durowe movement hack?
According to a post by Mike earlier in this thread, it does have a quick date set feature, it is not hackable.
BTW, did a quick count of remaining numbers based on the drop-down. Looks like just under half of the 250 are reserved. People seem to like low numbers, repeating numbers, century numbers, and last numbers. I imagine there are a fair number of birth year or birthdays taken as well? I did reserve my two-digit birth year.
I think I'm still leaning towards no-date, but not final on that. I'd really like to see Jorg's final concept art and caseback ideas.
Email from Sandra was unclear regarding deposit, so I asked if there was a deposit amount, and if it could be paid via PayPal rather than bank transfer. I'm pretty sure I paid for my other two Stowas through PayPal. I emailed her, but it will probably be tomorrow before I hear from her.
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