Swatch X Omega

What would happen if Swatch / Omega decided not to release anymore Moonswatchs? Would the couple of thousand in the wild warrant the inflated price?

I suppose it comes down to why Omega went along with the proposal in the first place and whether the thinking around that has changed since the launch and the public reaction.

I read somewhere how the moonswatch launch was a low key low budget affair, compared to the budgets at watches and wonders. Yet all the buzz and exposure swatch and omega received from the moonswatch.

I looked at that ad you posted on adverts, I think there are folks out there genuinely upset at the idea of a plastic watch with a quartz movement selling for a grand. That stirring people up is what marketing aims to do. When the moonswatch is readily available , I think it'll lose the spice it has at the moment.

Maybe, they will sell well, I'm picturing half a million people with blue wrists.

We'll the guy on adverts was arguing it wasn't worth 3 times retail because of the materials it was made of, plastic and quartz. A Rolex that sells for 2 or 3x retail is largely made of steel albeit with a few hundred finely machined parts. For me the moonswatch and current pricing demonstrates that any watch is worth what people are prepared to pay, it's those people/market that set the price and not the production cost of the watch. He complains about the hype, but it looks to me like Swatch or Omega didn't do much at all to drive the hype, the community seems to driving it. It's not like Oisin is doing paid reviews.

I wonder is Ed flogging the moonswatch or maybe he just likes it…You know as a high end collector maybe he appreciates cheaper watches as well…Who would of thought ?

Nothing hard to understand at all. High end watch collectors can also enjoy low end watches , even if the enjoyment is short lived .Assuming these collectors only have them to say “I’m no snob “ as opposed to having them because they want them says a lot more about those making the assumptions than the collectors.

I didn’t realise I was addressing a team effort but if the hat fits ,feel free to wear it with pride .I’m not bothered by how many people hold the opposite opinion to mine ,it doesn’t alter mine in any way , debating different points of view might hence the reason to give opinions.

Not sure in what way it came across as passive aggressive but we are all big boys here so I’m surprised if a few lines of text has offended anyone.Someone mentioned in the other thread that they were unsure to what was being debated anymore which I responded as “point taken “ as in the point of debate has been lost and has been dragged out.

I didn’t realise I have to respond comprehensively but I mean f*ck me , I didn't respond comprehensively to my leaving cert so don’t be offended if you don’t get well thought out logical responses from me on watch forum.

To clarify my point of the previous post which is now taking more effort than it’s worth.If Ed Sheeran is wearing a moons-watch , I assume he is wearing it because he wants to .Not to sell it or to be down with the affordable watch gang or to say I’m not a snob .This was the opinion offered by yourself and other posters which I disagree with .If a collectors of Ed Sheeran’s level can appreciate a cheap watch while having a collection worth high 6 figures at a minimum without feeling he is too good for a cheap watch , I think that collectors with €100k collection should be able to do the same.If you and that’s a general you so don’t get upset, don’t like cheap watches ,that’s of course perfectly fine but don’t assume that a famous collectors who has cheaper watches is only plamausing the little fellows.

Most importantly don’t be getting touchy because of a post written by a stranger on the internet ,there is no passive aggression in any of my past or future posts towards anyone.

Ermmmm I think if you someone is offended based on the general tones of your posting it you lol. You can try and wiggle all you want and pretend you weren’t bothered, but it was a snide remark. If you can’t see that or admit that………well I guess that says a lot about you. Google “gaslighting”. It’s what you just did above.

I believe my point was at least was that there is a lot of virtue signaling by some famous watch people (and half acknowledging Timeless watch channel as being famous makes me uneasy). Does that virtue signaling apply to all high end collectors which is what you are trying extrapolate that view to? Not what I meant anyway. Does it mean any collector can’t enjoy all “levels” …..of course not. I have a very nice Stowa and have my eye on several Nomos. And you enjoy Tudor clearly. We both demonstrate that you can enjoy “lower” level watches.

People will often pay over the odds for what's cool, Rolex are definitely in that position at the moment albeit at a much higher level. I guess if money is no object, or a much lesser consideration, then I could see somebody wasting money on something as hyped as this. It's a nuanced consideration, but those who follow popular trends of the day don't often worry about price vs value equations. A RM 11 03 isn't going to hold a candle to an 1815 chronograph, but which is more recognisable among those who wish to express wealth to those lacking the means to buy either? Likewise with a wildly popular quartz swatch right now, that is obviously inferior to the speedy but you can use it as an avenue to "flex", which is an unfortunate but very real aspect of watches.

oh a 1815 chrono is pretty close to the top of my list of wants. A 414.031 to be exact. Rose gold with black face! Mmmmmm not even a chance to handle one in this country sadly.

Yeah. Them c24 games of not being in the country and also not having the watch even.

two yellow the same day? 30 mins apart.

Strange.

Seeing those more 'in the flesh' pictures rather than the glossy ones on the swatch website I must say at least this yellow one looks rather tacky and cheap and plasticky. Might get a chance to see one in the flesh in the next few days but these pics wouldn't temp me at all. Even at 250.

Looks like it's made of Lego.

Yeah, it looks pretty **** in fairness. Genuinely, if I have to keep and I wasn't allowed to sell it on or give it away, I wouldn't take it for free

Balls. The Swatch boutique in the city I'm in now told me they aren't authorized to sell the moon swatches

Sigh....see this is why we can't have nice things.

I can see the moonswatches on swatch.com but the button to add to cart is greyed out.

I tried a couple of territories, UK, etc, and it seems to be the same.

Are they actually available yet?

Feckin' tease, they are.

No longer going to be available online apparently, some flippers must be delighted with that news.

Taken from reddit, this is the queue at 8.30 this morning in London apparently.

Back packs and hoodies, face down in a phone and stylish facial hair....the flipper uniform.

Where are we buying these from when the dust settles? They have an online presence in Ireland? No shops stock them here?

I am working them right now….