If these remain in production and there is no indication they won’t, they will soon be re-sold at a very small premium, maybe £50. Which if you don’t live near London or Edinburgh is a worthwhile amount to pay to have someone else pick it up for you.
I note the Neptune (maybe others?) seem incredibly rare, so I guess Swatch will maybe limit supply of certain watches to keep interest high once the market is satisfied.
The queue outside the Oxford street Swatch store today, was still long and as always the same scalpers/resellers were jostling and pushing at the shops entrance.
Was watching a Pluto on eBay for £350 bin. Seller just sent through a bin for £300, didn’t accept. That’s a really small margin for the re-seller and it’s only going one way…
I had one for a week and didn’t bond with it so sent it back to the seller, one thing I am getting annoyed with at the moment is the amount of them on eBay as I like to look at the latest omega listings but now its flooded with swatch’s
If one comes up at RRP or less as they will the hype settles down then maybe but no way over list
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
So hang on. They’re in short supply. Check. Same people purchasing at RRP, again and again. Check. Not interested in the watches just selling them on for a profit. Check. Hmmm, the pattern seems familiar.
I could have screwed him even more and had it for free , I did a return request as his listing said 30 days returns and he flipped calling me the most dishonest buyer his had,
He rang eBay up who told him they were going to look into it and literally a hour latter they issue me with a full refund
So message him and say can I get your address so I can send this back to you which I did
Mine arrived, ditched the original strap straight away and have ordered a couple more alternatives. But for the time being it's on this:
Love the moonwatch case and colour scheme. But downsides are the chrono 2nd hand doesn't reset to the same place each time - varies by less than a second but still. It's only a 60 min chrono - the top right subdial is for 10ths of a second. And the white hour markers have no lume. So it's very much style over substance but I knew that going in.
I thought they did have lume
I presume it would not be very good just like other Swatches but thought it would be there
Edit: just checked on line and there is lume on these and it does not look too bad from images on Google
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Still not seen one of these in the flesh and not sure id want to pay over RRP to own one but would be nice to have them in the collection all the same.
It seems the in store only policy is coming from the top of Swatch!, in a recent interview Hayek said he thought buyers would have to treat it as an adventure and the limited stocks would only add to the thrill of the chase.
Hmm, me thinks he’s lost touch with reality.
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Read the same interview - dense stench of bovine ordure hanging over it. They've bolloxxed what might have been their biggest ever product launch, and now history is being hastily rewritten.
You can p*ss people about with artificial scarcity and intelligence-insulting sales tactics if you're making tiny numbers of hand-crafted watches and selling each one for many thousands...
£250 throwaway plastic watches: not so much.
I still fancy one of these.
Prices on StockX are hovering around £300 now for several versions. Tempting...
What is odd is the seeming lack of Neptunes. Lots of most of the others, but none of these. Shame, as it's my favourite. Possibly the colour leaching issue?
Saw a mission to mars and one of the others (can't remember which) up for sale in a shop (not swatch) Sunday not over impressed with the look at all, looked a bit cheap overall IMO
Oxford St, 8.15am
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^^^ Amazing, still going on. Still an opportunity to make money, I guess.
There's an equation to be done to calculate at what stage the eBay profit margin will no longer warrant queuing like this.
There are whispers of severe production difficulties with the Neptune. As you say, the colour leeching issue.
See this from May earlier in the thread: #1000: Neptune to be suspended/discontinued. Allegedly.
I think the Neptune has been discontinued due to the colour issue. May return when fixed.
Can’t see a single pair of red wings or a Belstaff in that queue
Barbour/Belstaff jacket in either XS or XXXL. MX-5 key ring, tactical manbag (containing a Faberge egg, 3 pairs of sunglasses, part used fragrance plus some second hand shoes and a Mont Blanc pen)
Likely to be wearing either jeans from Primark or £350 obscure Japanese selvedge denim that creaks like a Victorian staircase and haven’t been washed. Ever. And a pair of Church’s.
Has this thread had a haircut? Was there not an email response from the Oxford Street store detailed or did I read that somewhere else?