Beautiful knit sweater. I hope you all keep adding subtle 'Donkee references to this masterpiece. Someone photoshop that $12k hourglass in there, and we'll have ourselves an OF version of "Where's Waldo" or those "I Spy" books from about 20 years ago.

 

Article doesn't shed light on anything, just continues to obfuscate. They continue to state the travel clock sold out:

"In short, like every other HODINKEE branded product, we tried to create something special and thoughtful. And we are really proud of the end result. And based on how fast it sold, we know that some people feel the same way."

I actually do believe them - I don't doubt there are 96 people with too much disposable income and not enough watch knowledge but come with the assumption that no matter what since it is a Hodinkee LE they will always be able to sell it for the retail price if not double or triple. A potent combination.

 

There were at least 96 people who bought a Pontiac Aztec...yeah.

 

Wait, a minute, I know who bought all of the clocks!

https://omegaforums.net/threads/easy-cuz-i’m-rich.116833/

 

Lol! I was actually thinking about that dude!

 

Funny how that Hodinkee post mentions the typeface 'Decimal' which I only last evening heard about in the Netflix series 'Abstract' - well worth a look. It was a mention on Ablogtowatch of all places that lead me to it.

The rest of the Hodinkee article is pure horse shit.

 

Not sure what bankers have done to you, but you don't seem very fond of this very large category of people

(What a disgrace this clock is)

 

Apart from having a cheque account my first encounter with a banker was to ask for a loan to buy a single-seater racing car. My guess is that they did not not have such a thing in either their "OK" or "No Fffing way!" lists so they actually said "OK".

Just today I have learned that the car still exists and has been back on the track

 

All about the money, so they're pumping up the values of watches that I otherwise would enjoy wearing (even my 105.003 became too valuable to wear often). Don't know if you've seen, but Phillips and Blackbird have taken aim with 2000s-2010s watches now - no more affordable recent ones either, soon.

 

And now the site is down...curious

 

I think that might just be a local issue for you. I can still access the site.

 

Wow you guys are impressive! You cracked it.....who’d of thought.....magazines based around products that aren’t real journalists magazine but are advertising features.....wow

 

So much for the dialogue... one hour and my comment (surrounded by nausea inducing ones) is still pending. I think I get automatically speed bumped after busting Isaac Whinegold’s bubble a couple of times ...

 

Come on.. You guys are all missing it.

There is now and ig account for the travel clock. The clock itself commented on the hodinkee post in ig. There is also a travel clock owl ig and several others.

Maybe it's too much covid.. Haven't laughed this hard in 3 months.

 

as with how governments/institutions deal with big fuck ups/incidents, "we will just wait for the next shit storm and everyone's attention will be on the next fuck up"

there's no real need for them to address anything really...

 

Man what really grinds my gears is them talking about "Automated Manufacturing in Asia"

I'm Asian and I take great offense at that...... Grand Seikos are made in Asia, as well isn't it.

 

Some more reading on the subject https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/07/hodinkee-responds-to-clock-criticism/

 

And is Seiko not the only manufacturer in the world to manufacture every single part in-house?

 

THIRTEEN pages of huffing and puffing, and venting, because an internet company has the chutzpah to charge 96 souls $6,000 for an item that doesn't seem like a good value. Guess what, most of the public would say anyone paying $5,350 for a handwound watch that has been around for more than 50 years and may only be accurate to +/- 10 seconds/day is stupid when time is available to the fraction of a second on any phone. People become millionaires when deemed to be 'influencers' in the social media, now that is stupid. Just give it up and accept the fact that you weren't clever enough to develop a Hodinkee-style business to extract money out of people with more money than brains. The world is filled with people where all the taste is in their mouth. Clever are the ones that can extract money from that fact, Hodinkee is clever.

 

Well, OF is a watch forum...

The most sophisticated automation is probably located in Asia, so take it as a complement.