Swatch x Omega Moonswatch lunacy

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baldo_giovane

baldo_giovane

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What the fuck is going on with these watches? They sell for insane amounts of money, Swatch announced they won't be available for purchase online and shops are swarmed everytime a restock happens. I stumbled upon a shop with only one model (Mission to Jupiter) available just restocked and managed to buy one before 10 fucking people queued right behind me to buy the same watch. Staff even got into an argument with a man who wanted to buy more than one and asked a passerby to buy one for him since it was limited to 1 per person.
Personally I got one just to resell it and already received a couple offers for 100 francs/euros more than I paid for. Considering it's not a limited collection, what the fuck is going on, why are people so dumb to fall for the hype? I've seen on ebay the Mission to Neptune one sell for 1.750 euros. That's fucking insane, it's a quartz movement with a "bioceramic" case that's really plastic and ceramic, polycarbonate glass and a nylon strap. 250 eur for a watch with these specs is insane already as it is. Maybe I'll consider getting one 6 months from now when it's 150 eur max, but for the same amount you can already get an automatic Seiko for example, with a steel case and strap.

Are you bullish for this? Should I get more and resell them? I heard the pink and the light blue one go easily for 500 francs if not more. It's an investment as good as it sounds?
 
I'd only get one with a metal armband. I really don't like the one they come with but I like a couple of their models.
 
Epic Fail Man said:
Who even wears watches anymore?
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It's still a common thing really, high-end watches are still being worn just as much as low-end ones.
Smartwatches have decimated the market for 200 to 1k eur watches, however brands still see a profit growth. Think of fashion/minimalist watches, the demand is incredible even tho they are made as cheaply as possible, suck as watches and they cost way more than they look. Here's a video on the subject.
Related to the Moonswatch saga, I've seen crowds around Swatch stores the likes of iPhones' release day.
 
baldo_giovane said:
It's still a common thing really, high-end watches are still being worn just as much as low-end ones.
Smartwatches have decimated the market for 200 to 1k eur watches, however brands still see a profit growth. Think of fashion/minimalist watches, the demand is incredible even tho they are made as cheaply as possible, suck as watches and they cost way more than they look. Here's a video on the subject.
Related to the Moonswatch saga, I've seen crowds around Swatch stores the likes of iPhones' release day.
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Bro, I'd just use my phone to check the time.
 
Epic Fail Man said:
Bro, I'd just use my phone to check the time.
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Watches nowadays evolved past telling the time. That's why I mentioned fashion watches, as they are meant to just sit there and look nice from a distance, and higher-end watches who represent status, an investment, a gift, a nice thing to have, etc, and happen to tell the time too (sometimes, if you charge them).

Plus, a person wearing a nice watch (at least to me) adds value and tells me something about them, think of it like seeing someone wear pearl earrings versus fake pearl earrings.
 
Epic Fail Man said:
Who even wears watches anymore?
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I have an inexpensive Casio watch off ebay or Amazon (can't remember exactly) after it was discontinued so I could write down times and actions in case of a medical emergency or something like that. Really, don't buy expensive watches, the risk of them breaking or getting stolen is too high.
 
It has an omega logo for a low price so you can flex on some people who won't be able to tell a difference. Heck, most of modern people don't even recognize a difference between quartz and automatic piece. It seem to be an affordable consoomer piece to me, so it follows the same rights as luxury watches. People will pay you more to get it NOW rather than wait three months and risk not being able to GET it and consoom further.

Epic Fail Man said:
Who even wears watches anymore?
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Adults.
 
TheCuntler said:
I'd only get one with a metal armband. I really don't like the one they come with but I like a couple of their models.
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Swatch makes the all stainless "Boxengasse" model that has the same movement and costs less than the MSRP of the Moonswatch.
do you like my hat said:
Wtf does “bioceramic” even mean
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Plastic made from vegetable oil with ceramic powder mixed in it that stains your skin.
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I still wear a watch, I wear the newer Seiko Arnie because I'm still a child at heart. I wear it both out of habit and because it's useful for my job.

As for why Omega is so expensive? It's the watch that went to the moon, the watch that James Bond wears, pretty much the first/best dive watch made. They're very, very well made and the only reason they can command those prices is because the product backs it up. Your smart watch / and phone won't be worth dick in even 5 years, an Omega watch is always going to retain value. Smashed up ones can be restored and sold for thousands of dollars if it was a popular model when it released.

E: Also I don't have to charge my watch every night. If there's ever an extended power failure, good luck telling any kind of time when your shit runs out of battery because I'd bet hard cash you fucks that rely entirely on your phones couldn't read a sun dial, a compass, or judge time of day from the sky.
 
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