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Meme-Dweller
·All Swatch boutiques have stock of every Moonswatch and Thrifty-Fathoms except for the new white/black Snoopy versions that were just released (and of course the limited Moonshine seconds hand versions that aren't in production anymore). I asked an employee in person today and he confirmed they have every model in stock. Why would anyone pay over retail when the scarcity is gone?
Also, I picked this up lol
Also, I picked this up lol
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gbesq
·Yeah, what a surprise. Who could have seen that coming? 🙄
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impalla62ss
·I really want one of those. How do you like it?
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blufinz52
··Hears dead people, not watch rotors.Who could have foreseen this happening? 😗
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Raaanch
·I still think they were overpriced from the start but what do I know.
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Evitzee
·Plastic watches with quartz movements are not that desirable long term. It's been that way since the first Swatches came out over 40 years ago. People bought into the hype, standing in line for hours, just dumb.
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Davidt
·Was always going to happen. I still think they’re a nice gateway watch and I’ve seen several people wearing them over the last year or so.
Good news really as casual buyers no longer have to play games or pay ridiculous prices for one.
Good news really as casual buyers no longer have to play games or pay ridiculous prices for one.
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sheepdoll
·I am still waiting for the broken ones to show up.
There will always be some demand for good design. I do think this is a good design with excellent porportions. It is interesting how that quartz allowed the chronograph indicators to be anywhare on the dial, how so many really are positioned in weird looking places.
The moonswatch retains the subdials in the right places.
Swatch has always been about trendy looks. Sometimes they do get it right. The secondary market also does not really profit the parent company other than as an advertising loss leader.
There was mention relating to servicing and how parts may not be returned in the future. Perhaps there could be a subscription library model to watches. I regularly buy discount used books as well for trendy titles. Currently "The dark forest." is out of stock. There are on the other hand lots of copies of Dune, Outlander and Three Body problem.
Perhaps Swatch could move over to this model. Buy back the old watches (like how stock shares are bought back.) They could also sell watches on the lease program. Such things really are not really owned anyway. For the most part we are stewards of objects what could due to volume and materials last 500 to 1000 years or more.
I have a few things from the 18th or early 19th century. So even in America, having 200 year old stuff is not that unusual.
And we really do not know how long the plastics are going to last. I have the Tissot plastic movement, which makes a great fidget spinner. I touch it and the balance wheel spins up for a bit. There are stress cracks in the plates. Still the thing looks like a toy.
And a lot of swatches look like they are made from gummy bear or gummy worm wax. Good enough to eat.
They remain eye candy.
There will always be some demand for good design. I do think this is a good design with excellent porportions. It is interesting how that quartz allowed the chronograph indicators to be anywhare on the dial, how so many really are positioned in weird looking places.
The moonswatch retains the subdials in the right places.
Swatch has always been about trendy looks. Sometimes they do get it right. The secondary market also does not really profit the parent company other than as an advertising loss leader.
There was mention relating to servicing and how parts may not be returned in the future. Perhaps there could be a subscription library model to watches. I regularly buy discount used books as well for trendy titles. Currently "The dark forest." is out of stock. There are on the other hand lots of copies of Dune, Outlander and Three Body problem.
Perhaps Swatch could move over to this model. Buy back the old watches (like how stock shares are bought back.) They could also sell watches on the lease program. Such things really are not really owned anyway. For the most part we are stewards of objects what could due to volume and materials last 500 to 1000 years or more.
I have a few things from the 18th or early 19th century. So even in America, having 200 year old stuff is not that unusual.
And we really do not know how long the plastics are going to last. I have the Tissot plastic movement, which makes a great fidget spinner. I touch it and the balance wheel spins up for a bit. There are stress cracks in the plates. Still the thing looks like a toy.
And a lot of swatches look like they are made from gummy bear or gummy worm wax. Good enough to eat.
They remain eye candy.
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Meme-Dweller
·I am still waiting for the broken ones to show up.
There will always be some demand for good design. I do think this is a good design with excellent porportions. It is interesting how that quartz allowed the chronograph indicators to be anywhare on the dial, how so many really are positioned in weird looking places.
The moonswatch retains the subdials in the right places.
Swatch has always been about trendy looks. Sometimes they do get it right. The secondary market also does not really profit the parent company other than as an advertising loss leader.
There was mention relating to servicing and how parts may not be returned in the future. Perhaps there could be a subscription library model to watches. I regularly buy discount used books as well for trendy titles. Currently "The dark forest." is out of stock. There are on the other hand lots of copies of Dune, Outlander and Three Body problem.
Perhaps Swatch could move over to this model. Buy back the old watches (like how stock shares are bought back.) They could also sell watches on the lease program. Such things really are not really owned anyway. For the most part we are stewards of objects what could due to volume and materials last 500 to 1000 years or more.
I have a few things from the 18th or early 19th century. So even in America, having 200 year old stuff is not that unusual.
And we really do not know how long the plastics are going to last. I have the Tissot plastic movement, which makes a great fidget spinner. I touch it and the balance wheel spins up for a bit. There are stress cracks in the plates. Still the thing looks like a toy.
And a lot of swatches look like they are made from gummy bear or gummy worm wax. Good enough to eat.
They remain eye candy.
Why does this read like it was written by A.I.?
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.
Perhaps the cautions about sku proliferation and cannibalization may yet be prescient.
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Pastorbottle
·The bullshit bubble has burst, (sounds messy you wouldn’t want to be close when it happened) and the trendy little fashionistas have moved on to get exploited elsewhere……they had a good run while it lasted, time for swatch to come up with a new plan to fleece the stupid bastards.
Tupperware timepieces, soon the damned things will be the next big must have item for landfill sites!
Tupperware timepieces, soon the damned things will be the next big must have item for landfill sites!
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sheepdoll
·Why does this read like it was written by A.I.?
They do say we are really living in a simulated world and there is only one electron since all electrons are identical.
Still think a good way to exploit the masses is for the factory to buy back the old watches restore them and open a used watch discount house. Sustainable watchmaking. Limiting things produced in the millions is not a great business model.
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Pastorbottle
·It’s a good business model for making a quick buck, the trick is coming up with the next trick and having it waiting in the wings ready to exploit when the first trick has run it’s course…… that way as a business model it is sustainable, but you have to have planed for that cycle.
Of course there is nothing else sustainable about these things other than a quick buck.
Of course there is nothing else sustainable about these things other than a quick buck.
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Bruce235
·I don't think anyone at Swatch or anywhere thought that these would be a long term dynasty. Still a tremendous success in branding. I would bet that there are many incremental Speemaster sales coming from moonswatch sales for years to come.
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Pastorbottle
·Of course the possibility of the opposite effect was always a possibility in that it could’ve de valued the values of the Speedmaster brand by diluting them
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Poppyboy
·I agree that these cheapo/low tech renditions cheapen the brand.
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hen
·Why does this read like it was written by A.I.?
Because it was more than one snappy paragraph maybe?
And no, not shocked.
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Gubbo
·All Swatch boutiques have stock of every Moonswatch and Thrifty-Fathoms except for the new white/black Snoopy versions that were just released (and of course the limited Moonshine seconds hand versions that aren't in production anymore). I asked an employee in person today and he confirmed they have every model in stock. Why would anyone pay over retail when the scarcity is gone?
Also, I picked this up lol
Last time I went into one of the Swatch shops they didn't have Neptune. It still seems to be difficult to get for some reason
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