Swatch X Blancpain

It's only select boutiques. The nearest ones to where I'm going are Düsseldorf, Brussels and Amsterdam. Unlikely I will go to any of them.

I only managed to read the first few paragraphs of that hodinkee article before having to close it out. Absolute cringy upselling shite.

Obviously they did their homework and know this is going to make the money, but for me it cheapens the brand. It would turn me off a swatch group brand knowing any other model will be next. People will be wearing plastic seamasters next year.

I said the same with the moonswatch that it cheapens the real deal.It’s great for money making but has to do damage to the brand status for some people.Theres a reason you’ll never see Rolex doing a collaboration with a cheap brand despite how hyped it would be if they did.Swatch are looking at money signs only .

Paul Thorpe is on the ball

Ah you're no fun. It's only a bit of craic, buy one and you will easily sell for more than you paid (so a free watch), and like the last time it will bring new blood into the hobby, which isn't a bad thing, or is it?

I agree the watch market is stale, same as many other markets out there now. But I'd be near certain that if you picked one of these up within the next week, you could sell within days on eBay, even adverts, for at least a couple hundred profit. Lot of people will want them on their insta 🙄

Edit: just did a search on adverts for blancpain, zero results. Let's try that again exactly a week from now 😁

Oh and I feel the price is pretty fair. Last time you got a plastic quartz for €250, at least now you got a plastic automatic from a far more prestigious brand for €400. It's better value!

1) if these sell over list then that would mean I would need to que to buy and I value my time more than the wait in the que.

2) I don’t think this will bring new blood to the “hobby”.

3) If it did, I am not sure it’s a good thing. By their in store only strategy they are purposely trying to build hype which only raises prices and attracts the wrong attention.

Its a plastic shitter. But agree that it’s a better value proposition than the Omega swatch which was/is a cheap looking and feeling monstrosity. But a plastic shitter none the less. Maybe I will change my mind if/when I handle one.

Plastic shitter it most likely is, we'll agree on that 😂

I have no intention to queue for one and I am going to a place very near a sales point anyway, so I'll have a gander and if handy, I'll pick one up. So no queuing, no paying over list for me. Rather the opposite, I expect I'd be bored with it rather quickly, will as usual then put it up for sale. For more than I paid for it. So zero waste of my time or money here. As yourself, I value my time too 😉

The last "collab" brought a load of people into the watch world, maybe less so now as Blancpain is far less known outside WIS circles

Its not about the watch, its about the hype. People want to buy into the hype and then appear to be real smart fellows when they make 100 euro profit. The watch itself is almost irrelevant and by the look of it swatch know that.

You’re being too kind to it . There’s no value proposition in either this or the moonswatch .A Seiko 5 for a 100 quid is value.

There won’t be sustained hype with this one , yeah day 1 is going to be hyped for the flippers but with the moonswatch even my kids were telling me about the watch cause they thought it was a cool young version of my moonwatch . Unless you’re into watches you’re not going to know who Blancpain is .

I unsubscribed from Frederico's channel as he seemed to be unaware of the origins of the 50 fathoms. Kept saying he had no idea why these collab watches are 91m water resistant. Basic stuff, he exposed himself there. Another self-appointed watch expert who knows very little about watches.

LOL . I first heard about them when I bought a seiko 5 , can’t remember the model but it’s used to mod as a Seiko “fifty five fathoms “ and it got me wondering what was fifty fathoms about .As a watch brand it doesn’t seem to have anything unique going for it .

unsubbing from fredrico but watching Paul Thorpe does not compute.

My daughter picked up 2 * Swatch X Omega last year on her travels. Zero wait time and she passed the shop anyway so took no more than a couple minutes. I sold both for a decent profit after wearing it for a day or two (novelty wears off quickly as you know)

I'd expect the same to happen with this Swatch X Blancpain. But maybe I'm wrong and you are right, we shall see.

They have done their homework. at this price sell a **** load of these as compared to the FF.

Folks will happily drop $400 for a homage compared to several grand for the original.

From my buddy in Edinburgh this avo. The Gen Z_ombies have commenced queuing. All avid dive fans seemingly lol.

I bet there isn't a PADI licence among the whole lot of them.

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There's lots of nice things I could buy or do with 400 quid, the posh swatch ain't one but ymmv.

Well you call them zombies. But the last time around these young entrepreneurs (you see, I respect them, unlike must of you in here) made €1000 in easy profit from selling to real zombies - the lazy insta addicts that must show the very latest gimmick to their followers.

I see unkel in the que…………$$$$$$$

I just saw someone over on TZ call these the "Thrifty Fathoms" and now? I want to elect him leader 🤣

I call them gougers.. but gobshites will supper them .