Blancpain Swatch collaboration Yes or No or Meh?

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I’m looking forward to it. The MS was really nice and got people talking. Didn’t hurt the Speedy as many predicted. And I don’t bet against Hayek.

Should be a fun Sunday on the boards especially if they look like this.


(Pic source Monochrome Watches artist best guess on how it could look)
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Is that the official release. God damn. Want.

Blancpain said they have never made a quartz and never will. I’ll assume this new release will be automatic.
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It looks nice but I'm not sure how well it'll sell. People have heard of Omega, but the average person has no idea what Blancpain is.
 
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It looks nice but I'm not sure how well it'll sell. People have heard of Omega, but the average person has no idea what Blancpain is.
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I like it. Will be interesting to get the specs and pricing.
 
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Is that the official release. God damn. Want.

Blancpain said they have never made a quartz and never will. I’ll assume this new release will be automatic.

It’s a rendering from Monochrome but seems like a good guess.
 
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It looks nice but I'm not sure how well it'll sell. People have heard of Omega, but the average person has no idea what Blancpain is.


I think that’s why they’re doing it.
 
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It will be interesting to see if lightning strikes twice regarding the hype we saw 18 months ago. I don't see it happening but you never know these days.
 
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Looks good, but I doubt I will fork over $600CAD FOR IT.
 
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That looks pretty decent, right? Sistem 51 is an interesting consideration, would offer ‘mechanical’ cred.
 
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If it looks like the rendering I'll be tempted. If I have to go to London and stand in a queue of hostile flippers at stupid-a-clock the temptation will dissipate very quickly. As it did with the Moonswatch.
 
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Another render/photoshop/real pic?


I'm about 98% certain these are legit. And frankly I think they look pretty good. Especially the Antarctic one.
 
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If it's anything like these last renders, I find myself interested ... almost against my will. They do look kind of nice.

Thankfully, I think I can rely on 1) somewhat overblown price and 2) ludicrous availability to cool my interest down again. I doubt that they'll make them available online, or at shops that sell swatch watches ... I guess it will be the same boutique-only scalper's paradise again, and in that case, it goes from "interested" to a resounding "meh" from me.

Kind of a shame, but who knows. Maybe I get surprised in a positive fashion, that does happen sometimes, too.
 
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If they’re under $400 usd it might work. Anything above and you’re in proper seiko diver territory.
 
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I'd be down if the price isn't too extreme. Thar blue / hombre dial render is fun
 
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I was down with Moonswatch until they made it less than relatively easy to purchase. Surely these will be no easier to obtain and I am willing to bet the price on these will be higher than most who understand what a plastic watch should cost, expect.