I think the ranking should be based on (a) whether the subject brand has been in outer space and (b) how good looking the brand’s ambassadors are. Omega has been to the moon and they have Kidman, Crawford, Craig, Clooney, Wie, Redmayne, etc. Therefore, Omega should clearly be ranked first. 😁
I just got back last weekend from the Bahamas on a Norwegian cruise, and they were selling all kinds of Invicta POS on the ship for 75% off MSRP. It was sad, since MSRP is 600% more than they're worth.
The best brand the cruise line carried was TAG HEUER and I didn't like any of the selection more than my TAG F1 Red Bull Chronograph that I bought as a beater chronograph on a cruise a few years back (sold all my other TAG) for 20% off.
Instead I went to all the Watch AD I could find in Nassau to look for Rolex but the AD had nothing but jewel encrusted Datejusts, and a solid gold Yachtmaster I. Both Omega AD didn't have the Apollo 8 or X1 50th that I was wanting to see in person, but had loads of everything else.
Omega and Rolex won't let their watches be sold on cruise lines while they still sell other crap watches.
EDIT - to clarify, I have paid up to $60 for a couple of Invicta watches that I bought to give as gifts, but in the past couple of years or so I have upped my game to give $100-200 Citizen Eco-Drive and Seiko watches as gifts instead.
I just got back last weekend from the Bahamas on a Norwegian cruise, and they were selling all kinds of Invicta POS on the ship for 75% off MSRP. It was sad, since MSRP is 600% more than they're worth.
The best brand the cruise line carried was TAG HEUER and I didn't like any of the selection more than my TAG F1 Red Bull Chronograph that I bought as a beater chronograph on a cruise a few years back (sold all my other TAG) for 20% off.
Instead I went to all the Watch AD I could find in Nassau to look for Rolex but the AD had nothing but jewel encrusted Datejusts, and a solid gold Yachtmaster I. Both Omega AD didn't have the Apollo 8 or X1 50th that I was wanting to see in person, but had loads of everything else.
Omega and Rolex won't let their watches be sold on cruise lines while they still sell other crap watches.
EDIT - to clarify, I have paid up to $60 for a couple of Invicta watches that I bought to give as gifts, but in the past couple of years or so I have upped my game to give $100-200 Citizen Eco-Drive and Seiko watches as gifts instead.
Invicta watch is a horological example of a re-gift. I try not to be a watch snob, and it would depend on the model, but, for the most part, if I ever got an Invicta as a gift, it's being re-gifted the first chance I get.
Sure, as long as you don’t care about accuracy.
That might be true of my SKX watches, which would often be 15-20 seconds off each day despite multiple attempts at regulation. But after regulation this summer, my Seiko PADI Turtle and Blue Lagoon Turtle are often within a second or two a day of atomic time (BL LE was losing 2-4 sec/day from factory, PADI was losing about 1 sec/day over the 1st year)
My PADI Turtle most recently ran for 90 days anywhere between + 1.3 sec/day and -1.8 sec/day, with a total loss of 11 seconds in 92 days and avg -0.12 sec/day (on wrist and winder).
My Blue Lagoon Prospex LE most recently ran 25 days on wrist and winder while gaining 32 seconds, for +1.28 sec/day avg, running anywhere from +0.4 to +1.9 sec/day during that time.
Omega and Rolex won't let their watches be sold on cruise lines while they still sell other crap watches.
Not true in the case of Omega. On the Celebrity Reflection last December they had mini Omega and Breitling boutiques on board, separate stand-alone boutiques, managed by the normal jewelry/watch shop across the aisle which had a variety of brands, but nothing schlocky like Invicta. But they did sell crap watches in the general shop on the next deck down. I think these brands are trying to capture as much business as possible, people are captured on board on sea days and in the evenings, no harm in trying to sell watches before they get off loaded in St. Thomas, Aruba, St. Maarten, etc. Sales prices were 15% off MSRP and you got a voucher worth 5% for anything else in the various shops (booze, sunglasses, clothes, anything). The Omega setup, which has the same look as a normal Omega boutique, had about 75 watches on display and was open for browsing 24/7. Probably had about 10 Speedmasters of various kinds, plus examples from all their lines (Seamasters, Constellations, etc), it was a nice setup.
I've never seen new Rolex watches sold on any cruise ship, but Holland America does sell pre-owned Rolexes (mostly Datejusts) in one of their watch shops.
