Rolex Collab How Would You Feel

[RolexPD]

Originally Posted by crew

Appreciate the info, but I’d say that they’re asking US $ 4k, who knows what they will sell for.
I don’t see anyone paying that kind of premium for this watch. Sure hope I’m not wrong about that.

They’re selling for $800-$1000 on StockX

Hardly the same premium, and lots of people will feel dumb for paying that in a few weeks.

[arche3]

It's also a plastic watch correct? It great for kids. Or a beater.

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[francoamerican]

It’s weird to me that some posters feel critical this or by hype - maybe because it hits too close to home?. A Rolex is not a rare object. It will be years before one of these moonswatches is more common than a Rolex. Also the FOMO driving interest is identical to the FOMO in the current Rolex climate. There are at minimum equal amounts of non watch people who think spending $10k on watch is a waste of money and a sign of insecurity as there are people who appreciate them. The appreciation comes from the fine finishing and the mechanical qualities, not the brand and resell value.

But since we know so much of it is about “flexing” you are worried that the same community who pays 10x for a different stripe on an air Jordan is not going to perceive how expensive a steel mechanical moonwatch is with it’s obvious finer qualities?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by arche3

It's also a plastic watch correct? It great for kids. Or a beater.

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Bioceramic.

[arche3]

Originally Posted by francoamerican

It’s weird to me that some posters feel critical this or by hype - maybe because it hits too close to home?. A Rolex is not a rare object. It will be years before one of these moonswatches is more common than a Rolex. Also the FOMO driving interest is identical to the FOMO in the current Rolex climate. There are at minimum equal amounts of non watch people who think spending $10k on watch is a waste of money and a sign of insecurity as there are people who appreciate them. The appreciation comes from the fine finishing and the mechanical qualities, not the brand and resell value.

But since we know so much of it is about “flexing” you are worried that the same community who pays 10x for a different stripe on an air Jordan is not going to perceive how expensive a steel mechanical moonwatch is with it’s obvious finer qualities?

I have to agree.

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[Old Expat Beast]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oonSwatch.html

[csaltphoto]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oonSwatch.html

That is madness!

[minute_man]

A blasphemy for purists and the flex culture followers. A brilliant move for others.
Call me a heretic but this is some excellent news right there: Not only does this make an icon accessible to a wider audience (without the stigma of the knock off) but it also drives demand towards actual timepieces rather than some digital gizmo... With all the educational potential that comes with this.
Of course speculation has developed quick reflexes over the past 2-3 years and there are examples going for 3K on the fleabay as we speak. But here lies the bonus: A wider audience is being made aware of the ridiculous markups of today's luxury watch market. And the kind of demographic that can't or won't pay a dime over retail...Let's see how this pans out.

[Rolexforthewin]

Originally Posted by dpt.calvin

I plan to pick up a Moonswatch as a beater. Too bad they’ll only be sold at select Swatch stores and none near me. Will have to go to the secondary market for these.

Several Swatch stores stated that they will be available online soon.

[mulberry083]

You can’t really use it as a beater. Something like this should at least have some level of waterproofing, especially considering it’s essentially a sealed watch.

It’d be funny if you get these for 20% off on Black Friday, after all these people are paying above retail.


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[francoamerican]

Originally Posted by mulberry083

You can’t really use it as a beater. Something like this should at least have some level of waterproofing, especially considering it’s essentially a sealed watch.

It’d be funny if you get these for 20% off on Black Friday, after all these people are paying above retail.


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Just like all those black friday air jordans

[dpt.calvin]

Originally Posted by mulberry083

You can’t really use it as a beater. Something like this should at least have some level of waterproofing, especially considering it’s essentially a sealed watch.

It’d be funny if you get these for 20% off on Black Friday, after all these people are paying above retail.


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3 Bar. Good enough for a beater.

[LVx2]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Bioceramic.

Exactly, the coup de grâce, a new ceramic material from the Omega parent company. Ouch 🤕

[Mystro]

Omega as a brand keeps moving farther and farther away from why I liked them years ago. They are completely off my radar.

[dpt.calvin]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Omega as a brand keeps moving farther and farther away from why I liked them years ago. They are completely off my radar.

Good for the rest of us fans.

[asiparks]

Originally Posted by TswaneNguni

Omega just killed the Moonwatch .Sorry .

You just don't do that to a legend .

Omega also has too many models ,too easily obtainable, at too high a price,but at a huge discount .

They are chasing volume now ,just like Panerai did.

Rolex is the solid buy ,has always been .

Only in the eyes of the .00001% of the population that takes watches as seriously as some people on watch forums.
Even if you weed out the Hype flippers, this has been massively successful.
Whilst Rolex and it’s ADs make watches painfully hard and expensive to get, to the point of people saying “F*#k it”, Omega and Swatch are making watches cheerful and accessible rather than pompous and stuffy. The watch world needs a reset like this to knock it down a peg or two.
Viva la Revolution!

[francoamerican]

Most brands have tiers. Patek does. Porsche, Ralph Lauren,. Anderson and Sheppard. It doesn’t bother me

[alphadweller]

Sticking Rolex branding on the dial of a non-Rolex $260 plastic quartz watch? Just to make more money selling disposable junk and fool people in the belief they're getting something close to the real thing? I would find it despicable, truly disgusting. Might make me look elsewhere for the next watch.

[bob sims]

Wake me up when the plastic Day Date's come out!

[101031-28]

I sincerely hope Rolex never does something like this. As a Speedmaster/Moonwatch owner, I would not be too happy about a $250 release that looks like my Omega Moonwatch. But that's just me.

[HogwldFLTR]

To me it lowers the brand's value.

[subdownunder]

I guess everyone here has a passing interest in the Swatch MoonSwatch.

All the hype, and debate about a Speedie for under $300.

What Omega has done is equivalent to Rolex licensing a Rolex branded Casio Daytona or let us call it a Daytona C. A Daytona in all the desired colours with a quartz movement for everyone.

Most say this is marketing genius that will further enhance the Omega Brand, others say it is a huge mistake that will associate Omega with Swatch and associate the brand with cheap plastic watches. Others say its like Rolex launching Tudor, ( but I don't see Rolex + Tudor on any dial)


So a Casio Daytona .....A good idea?

[dlrolex]

Im good with the Casioak

[huncho]

Originally Posted by Mystro

Omega as a brand keeps moving farther and farther away from why I liked them years ago. They are completely off my radar.

yeah seems like they have no direction or vision and are just trying random things at this point

[Omarion07]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

To me it lowers the brand's value.

+1


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[RyanJ]

More Rolex collaborations that people can argue are not the same thing.... Keep telling yourself that.

Right from these forums:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=636386

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by huncho

yeah seems like they have no direction or vision and are just trying random things at this point

Omega is kinda going down the same road as Tag Heuer. We said this the last 2 years but if Omega can’t capitalize on the fact that Rolex does not have any models to sell leaving customers looking for a “plan B”, they are in serious trouble. This is like not being able to sell your bottled water in the desert for Omega. This is disparity trying to find a younger market while killing your brand for short term gains.

[Omarion07]

Originally Posted by RyanJ

More Rolex collaborations that people can argue are not the same thing.... Keep telling yourself that.

Right from these forums:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=636386

Most of these were made as a special order for Saudi royalties and you wouldn’t have been able to walk into an AD and buy them anyway. Same goes for Domino’s pizza dial Airking. This is nothing like the MoonSwatch.


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[notchview]

Originally Posted by RyanJ

More Rolex collaborations that people can argue are not the same thing.... Keep telling yourself that.

Right from these forums:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=636386

This totally misses the mark. Rolex didn't slash prices by over 30x to make these pieces.

[francoamerican]

Originally Posted by notchview

This totally misses the mark. Rolex didn't slash prices by over 30x to make these pieces.

Neither did omega.