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HODINKEE: Stay Tuned For A Big Announcement Coming Tomorrow At 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM PT)

  1. Kmart Apr 5, 2017

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  2. tyrantlizardrex Apr 5, 2017

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    Expensive?
     
  3. Kmart Apr 5, 2017

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    Well that goes without saying.
     
  4. Jwit Not a doctor, but plays one on ΩF Apr 5, 2017

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    Collaboration with "the furthest thing from it[Omega]". (Quote from Ben Clymer on OF during Basel discussion)
     
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  5. thatonewatchdude Apr 5, 2017

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    Probably another expensive, low quantity LE in steel........hmmmm but from who?
     
  6. tyrantlizardrex Apr 5, 2017

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    JLC would be my bet...
     
  7. thatonewatchdude Apr 5, 2017

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    Yeah they first came to mind not a lot of companies I could imagine partnering up and wanting to have HODINKEE on the timepiece.
     
  8. Davidt Apr 5, 2017

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    Tudor?
     
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  9. tyrantlizardrex Apr 5, 2017

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    What's the opposite of Omega?

    Alpha?
     
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  10. sxl2004 Apr 5, 2017

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    I hope it is a Hublot monstrosity
    :eek::D:cool:
     
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  11. Rman Apr 5, 2017

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    JLC Sector no date, open 6 and 9.
     
  12. R3D9 Apr 5, 2017

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    I really liked the El Primero collaboration. $7,800 was pretty decent value, in my opinion. JLC seems like the best guess... if they did some kind of Geophysic (I'm a huge fan of the 1958 and still lust after it daily) or Memovox collaboration for under $10k I might be all over it.

    Glashutte Original is my long-shot guess.
     
  13. R3D9 Apr 5, 2017

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    Thinking a bit more about this, what is the furthest thing from Omega? An independant maybe? Like Moser?
     
  14. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Apr 5, 2017

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    Too mainstream for Moser. Moser recently has been making watches that no one would ever want, then asking ridiculous prices so people buy them to be different. ::looks at the Apple Watch clone::
     
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  15. lhawli Apr 5, 2017

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    Whatever it is, it's going to be laughably overpriced like anything from hodinkee.
     
  16. Riviera Paradise Apr 5, 2017

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    Agree on JLC a likely contender. Taking Ben Clymer at this word...GO is part of the Swatch group...perhaps a bit too "close" to Omega?

    So far we have had:
    Oct 2016 Zenith
    Feb 2017 Vacheron
    Apr 2017 ....

    Is this going to happen every quarter, every 3-4 bloody months Ben, seriously?? is the dink aiming for an IPO LOL? I think They are going to run out of worthwhile brands soon. As these are very small limited runs, they have to be at least at or above Omega, Zenith, Rolex, JLC, IWC level to make a profit, right?

    I can see them going through this list by the end of 2018 (not in any order of preference):
    JLC
    Chopard
    Parmigiani
    Piaget
    Ulysse Nardin
    GP
     
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  17. marcn Enough space to say witty Apr 5, 2017

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    Oh I got my eye on you, @Alpha ! You, you.... you opposite of Omega!! ;)

    Just saying it would be ever so lovely to see 'dink come out with an LE that isn't for the 1% of the 1%, and in a quantity that all us filthy unwashed could at least spend a millisecond contemplating jumping into. More of-a-kind-like-Nomos and far, far less of the my-how-VC-has-fallen varietal.
     
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  18. adi4 Apr 5, 2017

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    They already did a Nomos collaboration didn't they? The Metro Chronometer?
     
  19. Tony C. Ωf Jury member Apr 5, 2017

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    A cross-marketing agreement with Patek to produce a special edition "Hoodwinkee Calatrava"?
     
  20. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Apr 5, 2017

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    Oh, oh, a straight lug, broad arrow speedmaster celebrating the 60th Anniversary!

    Aw, crap.