Reply With QuoteThe people of Istanbul, Moscow and Paris might argue with you there, but the point is valid!Originally Posted by funkstar
11th May -- Now 144 under £500, cheapest is £360.
I can't imagine the flippers will survive long. Got to be pretty galling sat on your credit card bill not able to shift a bedroom full of plastic watches you don't want.
The people of Istanbul, Moscow and Paris might argue with you there, but the point is valid!
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Athens Greece?
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Clever money would be offering at £399 or best offer and they’d all sell between £300-399 as there’s lots of people like me who’d have to spend £100+ to go and get one anyway!
I’ve been firing offers of £300 to every “best offer” MoonSwatch on eBay, and whereas I was getting blanked or £500+ am now getting counteroffers at £400+
I’d still happily pay £300, but no more (apart from maybe a bit more for a Mercury?!)
Yes
Please do let us know when you finally manage to purchase one at around that price. Shouldn't be too long given the counter offers have started to come.
Buy it at 400 and flip it on stockX for 600 😁
It would cost me about 25 quid to head in, and an amount of time, but I would put myself in the 300 and no more bracket as well. Just for the lack of faff to be honest.
There really isnt much margin in this for people doing the flipping. It wont last.
The crystal is fused to the case!!!???
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8sdAoOl_A
ZOMG!!!!!***!!!!!!
I wonder what the truth is?
I learnt many decades ago that most salesmen will say absolutely anything rather than admit they don't know the answer...
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Were the crystals replaceable in the traditional plastic Swatches?
Depends what world you live in. For many, queuing for a day to make £100 is more than they could ever hope to earn in the workplace.
100% interest lost in these now ..... the more I hear/read the less I'm even tempted to part with 200 odd quid, should they ever become available online that is
Couldn’t agree more. Happily I have the real deal in my speedy moon…oh and the mk 2 orange hands version as well !
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Same here, lost interest with all the hype. I happened to be in Edinburgh on a night out the day before launch and had thought that if there wasn't a queue when I was heading home past the shop at 3am I might hang around for one. People already waiting so didn't bother. I'd had a few beers so decided food and bed was a better idea. Glad i left it now.
They wouldn't be for me, they remind me of the old Toyota MR2's that lads used to dress up like a 335.
It's more the Toyota iQ they rebadged as an Aston Martin Cygnus. I know it's a gimmick but want one anyway!
I guess it’s new delivery day here in London. Madness.
^^^ Amazing this is still happening.
But then again I see that Mars ones are still going for £450 on eBay, so it's still worth it for the queuers.
Would love to know the ratio of idiot scalpers to people who actually want to own the watch.. my guess is about.... 49 scalpers to 1 actual punter..
Are they actually selling at those prices, I wonder?
I'm passing through London in about 6 weeks. I am hoping it's perfect timing to pick one up with little/no queueing. Considering how long they've been out, and those queues, I don't think it will happen.
Yes! You can see the completed auctions.
Looking randomly at completed Moonswatch auctions (not differentiating between models): £510, £669, £420 (bargain!), £450, £440, £505, £461, £470, and so on.
That's just some of the completed auction listings from the last day or two, not taking into account BIN listings.
Offhand, it looks like the Sun model fetches the lowest prices.
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I'm down in London tomorrow and have a few hours to kill, don't even think there is any point in going to see if they have them.
Shame as I still fancy a Saturn.
All these folks claiming they have lost interest yet still monitoring and replying to the thread…
Just take some holidays, a camping chair, and get down to the high street for some fresh air and a long queue - you might get lucky.
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Why are they idiots? Many will be struggling to make ends meet, making £200 for a few hours queuing could radically alter their whole month. Difference between heating and eating for many I'd bet.
If that is genuinely the case then fair enough.. it’s entrepreneurial I suppose. I am willing to bet a large proportion of them though are serial scalpers and folks who have more cash than most of us who just do actual jobs.
If it's that a dire situation in the house I would imagine the majority wouldn't shell out 200 quid in the hope that they can turn it into 400 quid ... assuming it sells
Hmm, don't know how you would know that, you'll be right about some of them of course. But if I had a job I wouldn't have time to queue, and conversely if I didn't need the money I wouldn't bother queuing if I were one of them. So for me, that leaves mainly people who have neither.
They all are selling looking at ebay. Quick payday loan or a few mates clubbing together. People who need to, find a way.
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I’ve lost interest because they’re not easily available at the moment, though I know my disdain is temporary and I’ll probably buy one when they’re available online and at retail price - which I think is over priced for a plastic watch, though stupidly, the Omega horseshoe makes the difference for me.
In the meantime there are loads of nice watches on which to spend my £208 (or multiples of it depending how I’m trying to self-justify the latest purchase 🙄)
Actually, looking at eBay, it is absolutely guaranteed to sell within a week and is a guaranteed 100%+ profit. There is a profit to be made here for essentially no risk: Just a bit of effort in terms of queuing up.
If you're short of money, have time to queue, and can spare the capital for a week then it really is a no brainer at the moment. This scenario fits a lot of people.
This.
I’m in the
Me: “is that a Speedmaster
XOwner: yes
Me: how much?
XOwner: £400
Me: that’s not a Speedmaster
Phase
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So if someone had paid £400 for an Omega Speedmaster, would your point still be valid?
I've actually paid less for real ones although TBH it was a good while ago.
Don't suppose you've an old one lying around that you have no use for Neil? I can have the £400 in your account in minutes. ;-)
I don’t think there was a deepthought put into that comment.
Surely it's more
"Is that a plastic Speedmaster in a garish colour?"
"Yes it is"
"How much did you pay?"
"£400"
"You must have really wanted one!"
Nobody is going to think this is a REAL Speedmaster.
You're more likely to have one of the Chinese lookalikes confused with one.
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Except maybe the Mercury? Looks a bit like a DSOTM…..
Makes you realise how overpriced Speedmasters are nowadays. When I bought my Speedmaster Reduced new in 1999, the calibre 1861 Moonwatch was £1500 new IIRC and you could expect a discount of at least 10%. With hindsight I wish I had bought the real deal rather than the automatic pretender.
I realise that inflation is quite high at the moment, but that does not justify the price increases since 1999 IMO. The used values for vintage Speedmasters have also increased accordingly.
Yep you bought the wrong one. Buyers remorse is a terrible thing.
I guess I'll just have to make do with these quartz Speedmasters for now.
Popped into the Oxford street branch today and as expected all gone in the first hour.
Had the chance to properly look one over and I’m now really not fussed.
It feels like a £50 product at most, they are a good fun piece and definitely have their part in an eclectic collection, but to me they are just not worth the retail, let alone these inflated eBay prices.
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Fwiw, when I was perusing the eBay sold prices, I noticed that the Moon one seemed to go for the highest prices.
Yeah, I think it’s because it’s the clone of the “original” whereas I thing the Mercury knocks it into a cocked hat!
You're a cheeky boy Bob!
Seriously though, I bought a lot my Speedies from the US when it was two dollars to the pound. Pro's for £400, MKII's for £2-300.
Those were the days!
When my wife bought my Submariner in 2004 she paid £1970. A similar situation, surely.
Yes but I don’t regret buying the Reduced as it’s got a charm all of its own. The constant availability of the Moonwatch meant it was a banker that was always going to be an option for later when deciding to buy something else. Unfortunately I hadn’t really tracked the price increases for the Professional over the years.
Neptune to be suspended/discontinued. Allegedly.
Take this for what it is worth.
From Reddit. A guy (in the USA I think) had the pusher fall out of his Neptune. He spoke to Swatch about warranty replacement: They told him that as the Neptune is one of the colours that has "color bleeding through", they 're not going to produce it any more. They don't keep spare parts. Although he doesn't state it explicitly, the implication is that he cannot have a replacement Neptune as a warranty replacement!
(As an aside, the colour of the Neptune doesn't look as nice as in the render on the Swatch site in my opinion).
Pic and link:-
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/com...fective_issue/
Second time wearing it, bought it on the original day after waiting 13 hours in line. Wanted to wear it for the 3rd time today and noticed the start chronograph button had fallen out, nowhere to be found and the reset button was loose. I pushed it back in and it’s under warranty so I called Swatch. They told me it’s definitely under warranty but the issue with the Neptune specifically is that because it had wide reports of the color bleeding through, it won’t be one of the colors that they’re going to produce in the future (or at least not in the near future). Obviously they aren’t keeping around spare parts so I sent an official email to them and they have to escalate it to the higher powers at Swatch to come up with some sort of solution. I’m pissed because this thing is already really shitty quality like it fell out of a cereal box and now I know this rare watch will be even more rare if they’re not producing it anymore. I really don’t want them to tell me I can have some store credit or some bullshit. I wonder if Swatch has similar part on another watch and I just use a different color so I can keep the chronograph functioning? This is kind of a bummer.(Bold added by me)
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