...I think I'd have preferred it with a steel bezel.
I am so grateful that companies keep stumbling right before the finish line with vintage reissues. It has saved me a boat load of money that they keep getting essential details wrong.
I may be in the minority, but I'm glad it's not a steel bezel. Was never a fan of them on divers because I prefer a contrast to the steel casing. If only it was the original size in 38mm...
And 40.5 is not a bad inflation- they could have done 44!
Ok, I’m sold. Dibs on whomever gets one then wants to sell their lightly used Rainbow.
Shoot. It was available a few hours ago, and now it seems to have been waitlisted.
Did they actually sell through 1961 pre-orders?! If this hadn’t been promoted by H’dinky, Mido would probably be offering a free pocket calculator to anyone who would even know about it.
Wagers on how many will pop up on Chrono24 within 4 hours of delivery for twice MSRP as a “Hondinkee LE”.
Yeah, I looked on their shop after you said you had dibs on a lightly used one, and figured you said that because you saw it was sold out.
I don’t think the ‘Donk had all 1961 allocations though... Some retailers around the world were capable of getting a few, ex: Worn And Wound down under sold a few from their shop what I recall.
Once August/September rolls around, I’m assuming we’ll start seeing a few show up on eBay and Chrono24 for ridiculous markups. $3,000.00 is not out of the realm of asking prices for lowlife flippers.
Did they actually sell through 1961 pre-orders?!
I doubt Hodinkee had that many in their allocation. 250 maybe?
I think there'll be plenty of these available at MSRP over the next year or so that they're being produced. I do agree that that probably won't stop lowlife flippers from trying to sell for 2x MSRP or more in the short term though - whether anybody buys at that level, is a whole other question entirely.
