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Omega + Swatch = The Moonswatch
March 30, 2022, 05:17 PM
Oz_ShadowOmega + Swatch = The Moonswatch
Are they selling them at the Omega boutique stores?
March 30, 2022, 05:22 PM
r0gueEverything I've read is that it's only the Swatch boutiques.
March 30, 2022, 06:29 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by r0gue:
Everything I've read is that it's only the Swatch boutiques.
Rumor is soon to be available for online sales as well.
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NRA Life Member March 30, 2022, 07:48 PM
Black92LXquote:
Originally posted by r0gue:
I wonder, are they flavored? Scratch and sniff?
As we've seen that the nonsense eco-material they make them out of has a tendency to melt on one's wrist, I'm curious why anyone (other than perhaps a child) would still want one?
The color staining aside. We’ll see if this is a true issue in time. Though you were tongue and cheek with the child comment you are somewhat spot on.
Not sure how old you are but I am a child of the 80s and 90s when Swatches were the super in thing. Now those of us who grew up then and loved Swatches have some spending money. While I could arguably go out and spend 2-$4k on an Omega it would not be the wisest financial decision. Though if I were to spend the coin I would likely sway towards a Longines personally.
But the fact is the 80s and 90s kids have some money to spend and I think it’s a pretty cool colab (think that is what the kids call it these days).
But just like Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and lots of things 80s and 90s folks like me are flocking to them in droves because we get to relive a bit of our past with a new twist on it.
Do I hope they get the color transfer issue taken care of if it is actually an issue yup.
Because as I stated earlier I would really like a Mission to Mercury for the nostalgia with a twist.
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March 31, 2022, 05:33 AM
r0guequote:
Originally posted by Black92LX:
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Originally posted by r0gue:
I wonder, are they flavored? Scratch and sniff?
As we've seen that the nonsense eco-material they make them out of has a tendency to melt on one's wrist, I'm curious why anyone (other than perhaps a child) would still want one?
The color staining aside. We’ll see if this is a true issue in time. Though you were tongue and cheek with the child comment you are somewhat spot on.
Not sure how old you are but I am a child of the 80s and 90s when Swatches were the super in thing. Now those of us who grew up then and loved Swatches have some spending money. While I could arguably go out and spend 2-$4k on an Omega it would not be the wisest financial decision. Though if I were to spend the coin I would likely sway towards a Longines personally.
But the fact is the 80s and 90s kids have some money to spend and I think it’s a pretty cool colab (think that is what the kids call it these days).
But just like Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and lots of things 80s and 90s folks like me are flocking to them in droves because we get to relive a bit of our past with a new twist on it.
Do I hope they get the color transfer issue taken care of if it is actually an issue yup.
Because as I stated earlier I would really like a Mission to Mercury for the nostalgia with a twist.
Totally! I'm an 80's kid. The kids with any kind of scratch had a SwatchWatch (or several). I wasn't one of those kids, and I really don't recall being all that bent out of shape about not being able to get one. None of my friends had one, but the Benetton and Op crowd had them.
March 31, 2022, 07:48 AM
trapper189I give you the 1987 Swatch GK104, the only Swatch I’ve ever owned:
Wore it often with my gray linen sport coat, pink shirt, white pants, and loafers with no socks.
March 31, 2022, 09:24 AM
6gunsquote:
Wore it often with my gray linen sport coat, pink shirt, white pants, and loafers with no socks
Stylin'!
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March 31, 2022, 10:18 AM
r0guequote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
Wore it often with my gray linen sport coat, pink shirt, white pants, and loafers with no socks.
Popped collar!?
March 31, 2022, 11:04 AM
trapper189No collar. I was going for the Don Johnson, Miami Vice look rather than the Andrew McCarthy, Pretty in Pink look.
I still wear boat shoes and dig two-tone watches. Long live the 80s!
March 31, 2022, 11:25 AM
redstoneWait, you only wore ONE swatch?
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March 31, 2022, 12:38 PM
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March 31, 2022, 12:43 PM
bigdealMy brother was poking around on Facebook Marketplace last night and sent me a screen grab showing one of these watches offered for the one time price of....
$1,450. Absolute insanity. Wonder if you get a pet rock with it.
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March 31, 2022, 01:25 PM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by r0gue:
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
Wore it often with my gray linen sport coat, pink shirt, white pants, and loafers with no socks.
Popped collar!?
Don't forget the Ray Bans (or similar)
Regarding the watch, nobody here is even trying to compare a real Speedy to the Moonswatch.
I got a text from a friend yesterday, he's a minor collector and watch snob into dive watches; has a Submariner, a Seamaster, Aquaracer, different Seiko Monsters, etc.
He wouldn't touch this watch with a 10 ft pole, but then he dislikes G-Shocks also. I have three of 'em, including a Casioak, and I like them just as much as my Seamaster.
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March 31, 2022, 05:36 PM
r0gueIn all honestly, I like the Moon and Mercury versions. If it's found that only the blue one weeps color, I'll probably own at least those two at some point.
April 02, 2022, 06:55 AM
stickman428There are definitely some hits and some misses.
The Mission to Uranus (bottom left) will be mine once the hysteria dies down. Mission to Jupiter is a good looking watch too. (Right above Mission to Uranus)
I can see Swatch gluing chalk together and coloring it with food dye and someone saying “let’s call it bioceramic the watch nerds will love that…we can’t really call it chalk glued epoxy…”
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April 02, 2022, 07:04 AM
r0guequote:
Originally posted by stickman428:
I can see Swatch gluing chalk together and coloring it with food dye and someone saying “let’s call it bioceramic the watch nerds will love that…we can’t really call it chalk glued epoxy…”
I hadn't really considered it, but that might be rather close to the mark! I was thinking recently that maybe it was the little planet (sticker?) that covered the battery hatch that might have been what was running. I'm not following any of the watch forums anymore, so it may have been noted. I pretty much only use SF anymore. Watch forums are boring to me.
April 02, 2022, 07:08 AM
Black92LXquote:
Originally posted by r0gue:
quote:
Originally posted by stickman428:
I can see Swatch gluing chalk together and coloring it with food dye and someone saying “let’s call it bioceramic the watch nerds will love that…we can’t really call it chalk glued epoxy…”
I hadn't really considered it, but that might be rather close to the mark! I was thinking recently that maybe it was the little planet (sticker?) that covered the battery hatch that might have been what was running. I'm not following any of the watch forums anymore, so it may have been noted. I pretty much only use SF anymore. Watch forums are boring to me.
Saw a YouTuber who thought the same. He put water on a Qtip and rubbed the sticker nothing.
He rubbed the watch it self and after a bit and a few dunks in water rerubbing the watch the qtip was starting to turn blue slightly.
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The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad.
If we got each other, and that's all we have.
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand.
You should know I'll be there for you!
April 02, 2022, 07:41 AM
trapper189I wish they all had space capsule hands on the upper subdials like the Mars one.