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The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

It's a lot funny that the $20 fake is in many ways better than the $250 authorized fake. Shows just how much they are leveraging the brand name and how truly cheap they are to manufacture.

On that front "bio-ceramic" appears to be in the same vein as forged carbon. Plastic with filler sold as something space-age and cool. It's plastic with good marketing.
 
It's a lot funny that the $20 fake is in many ways better than the $250 authorized fake. Shows just how much they are leveraging the brand name and how truly cheap they are to manufacture.

On that front "bio-ceramic" appears to be in the same vein as forged carbon. Plastic with filler sold as something space-age and cool. It's plastic with good marketing.
Everything I’ve read people say that the real one feels cheap and MUCH cheaper than the price tag suggests.

They’re cool and all…but not sure I’d spend $400 on that.

Just slowly putting away pennies for a real Moonwatch.
 
Well that didn't take long (MSRP is $500).

If people pay then that’s on them. I refuse to pay anything over retail for such things.

And if I can’t find it for retail…guess that money stays in my pocket.

Is this another collaboration between SWATCH and some company for a cheapo version?
 
Is this another collaboration between SWATCH and some company for a cheapo version?

Yes. Another disposable plastic Instagram-worthy watch piece of junk.

Blancpain is "some company" that has been making timepieces for 200+ years and are generally credited with introducing the dive watch (Fifty Fathoms) in 1953.

 
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Yes. Another disposable plastic Instagram-worthy watch piece of junk.

Blancpain is "some company" that has been making timepieces for 200+ years and are generally credited with introducing the dive watch (Fifty Fathoms) in 1953.

So I assume they are now another swatch company

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Somewhat autonomous, yet the omega / swatch moonwatch got built . Wait for the Tudor/ Casio mashup at a junk shop near you soon.


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Somewhat autonomous, yet the omega / swatch moonwatch got built . Wait for the Tudor/ Casio mashup at a junk shop near you soon.


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IDK one could argue that Tudor/Rolex invented the mashup... The older ones more so than today's...same look, similar case, cheaper movement, branded Tudor and Rolex in various places on the watch.
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As for the new Swatch, the Speedmaster hit a magic point I am not sure they have other brands outside of Omega that will have the same general recognition to the uninitiated (non-watch crowd). My guess is a Bond Swatch/Omega would be much more popular than a Blancpain/Swatch just because the general public don't know much about Blancpain.
 
Saw an (ironically?) poorly photoshopped Swatcheron Constantin this morning on one of my FB groups. I went to link to it just now but it was removed.
 
I wasn't upset. It just wasn't the picture I was expecting. It's much nicer.

Pretty sure the Swatcheron Constantin was a bel canto, so no.
 

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