Reply With QuoteAm I missing something how come all these scumbags already have these on eBay when they don’t even go on sale till Saturday
Ha ha ha ha!Originally Posted by Saint-Just
Am I missing something how come all these scumbags already have these on eBay when they don’t even go on sale till Saturday
They're betting they can get one when they go to a shop
They work at a Swatch store or distributor, perhaps? These will have been in the supply chain for some weeks.
Yep, and they’ll just delay or cancel the order when it sells out and they realise they can’t fulfil the order.
Even says in the GQ article that i read that these are not limited.
maseman
They look great for a cheap eta quartz pick up and go.....
Seems like brilliant marketing - get people in at the bottom with a "real" homage! - and then pull them up the watch mountain. I am in no rush to head towards London - but soon enough they will be available on the web.. and they are not a limited range.
Nice to see something different which costs less than a small car.....
Cheers
Matt
Good. Because the 'Mercury' is growing on me, as it doesn't actually look plasticky! The rest though...
https://youtu.be/uv_yvEKPW40
Already going up in price...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/beavis379...75.m3561.l2559
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I predict massive media hype, people getting carried away and paying over the odds only to suddenly realise it’s a lump of plastic, some of them look like childrens toys the horror that they paid over two hundred quid for a swatch and the price will plummet.
What that happens I will buy a couple for the kids because they look cool.
Is it any different though to the people getting carried away by the media hype and paying over the odds only to suddenly realise the watch they have paid many thousands over list for is only a lump of steel.
I do like the idea of a grab and go Speedy, but seeing as all I have to do with mine is set the time and give it a quick wind, it's not that much more work.
The Mercury for me also.
I think the beauty of them are the iconic design yet cost virtually nothing to buy so can be worn anywhere anytime.
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Well Swatch saved Omega so maybe it's payback time.
And these aren't "plastic" -- not quite sure what they are, tbh, nor how they will feel in the hand (maybe, er, plastic-y).
I quite fancy one for fishing, DIY etc. Looks lightweight and if it has decent WR then it's a great grab-and-go beater for times when you'd rather not wear a vintage Speedy.
The lugs / springbars are a concern. Will this fit normal Speedy endpieces? Will strap changing be easy and painless? Are the lug holes likely to wear more than metal? Basically, I ain't wearing it on that strap so I'd like to know what my options are. Seeing as they telemetrically scanned a real Speedmaster I'm assuming the dimensions, measurements etc are identical. But the material ain't.
Bloody hell
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-X-S...-127635-2958-0
Madness really.
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No not at all, like I say I like them. Looking forward to buying a couple when they go on general sale.
Crazy, there's loads with bids too. I assume the people listing don't even have these "in hand". Say a picture of people camping outside one store but don't know if it was genuine
Shame it's disposable. So much for the "eco" / "green" credentials. Somewhat out of step with the zeitgeist.
Family camping trip more like!
The sad thing is there will be loads of idiot's paying way over the odds for them.
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I am curious to know why it's disposable?
Or any more disposable than any other watch.
Because it is likely you can't get the back off to service it ergo once it has a problem beyond a flat battery it is junk. Like around 90% of other Swatch designs.
You can't get the back off, correct. Just a battery change is possible.
^^ this. Non-repairable and monobloc case
Regarding the green credentials, or rather lack of them I don't think it's any less green than its vastly more expensive steel cousin. It will almost certainly last years and years, and will not come in half a rain forest worth of packaging, and it won't need to accumulate planet killing airmiles being sent off for a service every few years either.
Think fishing trip would be more accurate, trip to London just to get bait and supplies.
The pictures look great and I may get one after all the hype has died down. I’d like to see some real world pictures and impressions of those that have bought and owned one first though.
Cheers
Neil
I’m wondering how the ‘no souls’ auto purists are taking this
As a quartz only man I’m keen on the moon swatch
Ah, souls.
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I think they are great, they remind me of my plastic Tag-F1 I had as a teenager and which I constantly miss. It was the watch that got me started.
Sadly I am busy Saturday otherwise I would consider heading to london.
If anyone can grab me one I would be eternally grateful, mercury preferred but any colour apart from the pink/gold to be honest.
I really can't get enough of these things, hopefully that continues through the hype when I can actually get one. Will have to wait and see.
They just make me smile (which really is swatches entire business model) and the more annoyed they make some people as they "ruin omega" the more I like them.
Reminds me of this great collab. Who wouldn't want a flashy fiat with a Ferrari badge!!
Omega getting away with quartz....
Ok I'm in.
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Would have gone to edinburgh on Saturday and picked up a couple of them ( I live in Glasgow) but it’s the wife’s birthday so don’t suppose she would appreciate me being away for the morning
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What can you say, its a good job they are a limited run other wise the watch will be worth just a couple of hundred notes in a few months lol
Oh no
42mm...
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I love the colour but I just wish they had made them as premium omegas.
If they had done these in a higher quality material, with better movement and charged 20 times more I would of been in. But I guess I'm not their target for these.
The mission to Mars in red ceramic would have sold bucket loads at £8k.
I am always amazed when I see these how people will pay several hundred pounds more for a product, I can understand people paying a small amount more for an item that someone wants but we can see one auction already at £800 plus and the retail price is just over £200, just plain stupidity really, the facts are its a plastic quartz watch that will at some stage be sold in the thousands, I guess some people just have that much money they dont know what to do with it lol.
Anyone know just exactly what quartz movement is in it?
I doubt it will be one of the better quality one's.
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On one of the images I seen it had what appeared to be ETA stamped.
Yes, because its a lot easier for most to chuck away £200 and have buyers remorse than luxury watch money of thousands...it will always be a more considered decision. I think the only equivalent would be a multi-millionaire whose spend on a luxury watch is proportional to an average guys spend on a Swatch.
Don't know what to make of these!!
I'm up Edinburgh next weekend, may see if they have the Mercury one in.
Quite like it but may be rubbish in hand.
Indeed it is, per: https://www.keepthetime.com/blog/ome...swatch-collab/
https://www.eta.ch/en/our-products/q...raph-g10212-adUpdate: what we know from the caseback is that it is indeed an ETA movement, with 4 jewels and a V8 stamp indicating Swissness.
As per Caliber Corner, it looks like it will be a no-date version of the ETA caliber G10.212.
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When the hype started, I thought it was going to be this...something in the £2000 range to copy Breitling's Endurance range with a Speedmaster equivalent. Maybe the £200 Swatch is better as there is a clearer deliniation in price point between a Moonswatch and a Moonwatch.
Reading one of the listings... just a speculator that is hoping to get one! Actually, looking at the other items, hoping for six. Twat.
Only aiming for a £343 profit each...
Scalping really has become an income stream for quite a few people. I'm not sure when this trend started, certainly don't remember it in the 90s or early 2000s. I think the first time I saw this behaviour become mainstream was with iPhones.Reading one of the listings... just a speculator that is hoping to get one! Actually, looking at the other items, hoping for six. Twat.
Only aiming for a £343 profit each...
I'm not sure what's going on here, but this can't be real:
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/115309213076...YAAOSw8c5iPC2d
used to happen with new console releases didnt it? seem to recall playstations going for silly money at release on ebay.
Maybe when ebay rose to prominence these kinds of things started with peeps able to get what they want at an inflated fee
I think the listings being bid to multiple thousands are just people sticking two fingers up to scalpers.
There’s a strong sense of FOMO with these releases though!
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