Swatch X Omega

Ok take balenciaga, they have done a colab with crocs, crocs with heels and balenciaga branding essentially, price? £450. Crocs are £40? Balenciaga slides £500? So we have swatch at £50 for cheapest and omega moon watch £4000? Resulting in a colab costing €250, yes it’s a cheap piece of tat but that’s what the market wants. I met a swatch collector in Italy last year, I doubt she even had omega on her radar, but as a result of the colab she may do now. In her eyes it hasn’t cheapened omega, just opened her eyes to it.

I could have purchased one but honestly did not like despite the branding. Does not feel special.

I decided to purchase a real Omega Moon Watch….now that feels special on my wrist.

I was in the Swatch shop in Florence/IT over the weekend.

They let me try on the black one that was their display model and while it looked good at a glance it really felt cheap on the wrist and did not bear close scrutiny. There are so many other watches out there that would give me more satisfaction for the money.

The only one they had in stock was the pink one...so nah.

And still way over priced😂

Was in London over weekend, check Oxford st Sat and none in. Was going by Swatch in Covent Garden Sun morning around 11.30 saw small queue and check with shop they had some in. I have 3 Omega vintage subs but still liked these, got Earth for me and Moon for son. Sold out soon after. Early impression is I like it, in same way I like a Casioak and Orient I have. Looks great on, though not sure how comfortable the strap is, will have to wait a few days on that to judge.

The carry in in the queue between the scalpers and door security "hassling" them but obviously in on the take was Oscar gold, if it wasn't so frustrating.

Utterly amazing that well over 6 months after the launch, these watches are still so desirable and in demand that people queue up for them. Nobody in this thread, lover or hater of the moonswatch, would have predicted that.

When we were in Paris there was a queue in the morning waiting for an unknown delivery time. Went back later in the afternoon and they still had the sun in stock but that was all.

Are these now going at rrp?

Seen one listed at 250 in another forum.

In San Francisco at the minute and I went into the Swatch shop yesterday and it was the same story - only the yellow ones left.

There were 8-10 people milling around the display case and the manager came out to make the announcement that only yellow was left and there was a collective groan and the shop emptied, it was very funny actually.

interesting to see what is on the way

7.3k.

You would Want to be a space cadet to pay it alright

Most likely due to my strong dislike for the moonswatch my wife decided she wanted one . Had to get her the “mission to Uranus “ because I’m a child .

€300 delivered from chrono, has original purchase receipt so assume it’s legit.I got her a white rubber strap for it as well for when the original gets too grubby.

I don’t think this will be a watch to be sold on , more a wear it till it doesn’t work and then bin it.I wouldn’t say that will be too long either going by the quality of strap and feel of it overall

Our problem is we never think we will sell a watch ever, when we buy one. But we are almost always wrong 😂

Totaly, once you hold you you just smirk and laugh it off. The hype was not deserved, and was a storm in a tea cup really. In hindsight Omega and Swatch will both get a lot of good out of it, swatch will shift a bunch of really expensive swatches, and Omega may creat a bunch of people that like their aesthetic and once they have the dosh upgrade to the real deal.

Given the economies of scale available to Swatch? That honestly would not surprise me at all. They have really managed to drive a demand for it in a way I've not seen in low end watches since the 90's Swatch craze.

When you consider a fake (bad fake obviously) steel Rolex with an automatic movement can be sold for 30-40. Assume cost of product for a steel automatic watch would be higher then I wouldn’t be surprised if the COGs on this is less than 10 euro ea.

Think swatches are 100% machine made, not human hand involved. Thats their stick. Think they had a automatic movement in house that was 100% machine made and assembled there a while back a world first. I think its the human hands cost the money with other brand although I am sure they too have very healthy margins.

There’s in excess of a thousand of them in Europe on Chrono24 starting at €290 new so they are not exactly hard to get

Vaguely remember it next the bottom of Grafton street.

Walked past a swatch store and got lucky that they had just been delivered. Limited styles, however I got the Earth and Saturn which would have not been my choices. Downside my OH says they are my Christmas present so haven't put them on. Bit of a novelty.

In the land of the blind the one eyed man with seiko mecaquartz, sapphire, stainless case and 10atm is god, or sorta anyhow. Less than half the price of the plastic fantastic:)

The thinking man's moonwatch, whereas mines the cheap ass thinking man's moonwatch:) Its very nice! How's she behaving? Didnt think they were sub 500. The pvd scares me mind you.

I plan on getting langballed and walking about my garden slowly with a goldfish bowl on my head whilst wearing my omEgo speedPlaster. Ergo mine shall be a moon watch too.

Still yet to lose a solitary second since I set it and for a meagre hundred squid I shall use it digging ditches.

Only criticism is not levelled at pagani but seiko. The meca quartz minute counter sweeps rather than ticks over unlike my 7t32 and 7t62 of old.