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This issue is something I have known about, but never bothered to really address but It is likely time since this will be a problem. Three models off the top of my head have this problem... and others in the past. The Aerospace Avantage was renamed back to simply the Aerospace, the Chronomat Evolution to just the Chronomat and the SuperOcean Steelfish X-Plus back to just the SuperOcean Steelfish.

The question is.. do I rename the watches? or do I leave them with that name they have now or do I create a second entry in the database with the revised old name.. like Chronomat and put the date as 2008-Current.

Any input would be GREAT!!!

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I think you should do it like the chronomat, but perhaps make a note after clicking, that it is the same watch as the xx, but just had a name change..therefore 2007-current or whatever.

EDIT: just realized that could be confusing...it should be similar to the way the superocean is right now... two entries like "Superocean Steelfish (05)" and "Superocean Steelfish (07-current)." And then "Superocean Steelfish X-Plus (06-07)"

i think it is important to have all the variations because it is much more comprehensive.

I agree with this suggestion as it also serves as a bit of history in terms of when the changes were made if you include the date.

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i agree with the idea of having a second entry in the database to record the history as this will serve to avoid confusion in the future as well.

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I like the idea of a second reference in the models page, but not sure that we need to have a completely different entry for what is essentially the same watch - I'm thinking that in the Windrider models page we would have entries for Chronomat and Chronomat Evolution, but they can link to the same entry which then reflects that the model had two names with the relevant names.

Hope that makes sense

I think a second reference is what I'm going to do.. but this is the problem with that.. The second reference would be IDENTICAL in most cases aside from the name change and the date change... the watch is completely identical... so there is NO WAY to tell if your watch is a Chronomat 2008, or a Chronomat Evolution... you can call it either and no one would know... so does it still deserve a second entry? I am going to just because it makes it easier to find... since the way the database works I have to make a second entry, I can't do it like how Roff is suggesting with just a link... its all coming out of a database.

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Is there any way to find out what exact model it is by the date stamp on the case, or is that just getting way too difficult?

If there is, I don't know it. We would have to get a bunch of people with watches before and after and get them to submit date codes just to guess that.

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If it pulls it from a db cant you just update whatever it "pulls" and add a section called variants then list the changes by year?

Like Steelfish, 0x to 0y known as Steelfish, 0y to 0z known as Xplus, 0z to present known as Steelfish.

Sorry, but I'm no db expert.

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2005 Navitimer - Silver Dial, Brown Croc Deployant
2006 Jaguar Chrono, Valjoux
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I think that might work, but I think it could be confusing to someone not in the know. A brief paragraph at the beginning is probably the easiest... which I have now done. The steelfish, chronomat and aerospace have new entries and photos

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That's probably simplest. If you get into adding more database fields then it's going to get more complicated for every other entry.

I think I speak for everyone in saying we aren't going to complain either way - the effort that you put into this site is phenomenal - and appreciated.

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Well said Aleister. I second that sentiment.

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