Not my cup of tea; didn’t like the original, and like the ‘Dink version even less. Also perpetually annoyed with Omega for the flood of Speedy LE’s.
Pun, Here you go. Down & dirty photos. Love them all. Some become dailies, other get put away. Rose Gold Patek is for formal affairs mostly but once in a while I wear with jeans too.
These are probably my most ‘important’ pieces, but only about half my collection.
and.. .the flippers are here
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Pun, Here you go. Down & dirty photos. Love them all. Some become dailies, other get put away. Rose Gold Patek is for formal affairs mostly but once in a while I wear with jeans too.
These are probably my most ‘important’ pieces, but only about half my collection.
Interesting. I had that Skipper in my cart but did not pull the trigger.
So what is the consensus, will the new Hodinkee 10 year watch cause the OG MK40 to increase in value? Or is it too early to tell?
You should have pulled the trigger. To each their own and call me biased as I am happy owner who just enjoyed another Summer wearing it quite often, but it's not a "crappy" watch. Two of them currently listed out there at more than double MSRP and I heard that one sold on eBay very recently for almost triple MSRP.
I'd like to think that if a modern Tag heritage watch can achieve resell prices of 13k, the Hodinkee MK40 speedmaster will do just fine!
If I recall correctly, the skipper also did not sell out for a few hours, and there were less 150 of them as a bunch were pre-allocated.
I'd like to think that if a modern Tag heritage watch can achieve resell prices of 13k, the Hodinkee MK40 speedmaster will do just fine!
If I recall correctly, the skipper also did not sell out for a few hours, and there were less 150 of them as a bunch were pre-allocated.
The pushers have a really clunky and chintzy feel, the case is clearly not finished well, just look at that tiny afterthought of a display caseback (and the obviously cheap movement inside with its so-so finishing), and like all TAGs it doesn't keep good time. Like I said - the dial aside, those Kickstarter microbrands that everybody and their brother is putting out these days all have a similar quality to them.
For $1500, it's a great watch. Hell, even for $3000 it's pretty nice. But for the $5400 TAG asked for the Caliber 18 Telemeter (and the $6k Hodinkee did for the Skipper), it really should be better. At the very least, a higher-quality movement. It lasted about a month on my wrist before I found myself way more interested in the old Carrera 1553 I had at the same time, which provides the exact same blue sunray asymmetric effect in a clearly higher quality execution. But then, I don't buy or wear watches based on hype, so YMMV.
What I can tell you is that if TAG had released this themselves rather than having the Hodinkee name on it, these would be having the same struggles on the secondary market as the Caliber 18 Telemeter and its predecessors. Instead, people are buying them thinking they'll continue to appreciate in price because of the hype
I know. I almost immediately regretted that. One reason why I went ahead with the HODINKEE. We shall see if the resell market is as kind.
I'd like to think that if a modern Tag heritage watch can achieve resell prices of 13k, the Hodinkee MK40 speedmaster will do just fine!
If I recall correctly, the skipper also did not sell out for a few hours, and there were less 150 of them as a bunch were pre-allocated.
