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There 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…”

Remember what I said about the YouTube channel?
Ya gotta do it!

Swatch Says Blue Dye Rubbing Off $260 Omega Watch Is ‘Harmless’



(Bloomberg) -- Days after Swatch Group AG prompted a consumer craze with a budget version of its Omega-branded watch, some users began reporting a problem with their $260 purchases: They can can leave dye marks on the wearer’s wrist.

The phenomenon has been flagged by buyers of the “Mission to Neptune” timepieces in the MoonSwatch series, in complaints on social media sites like YouTube and Reddit. The company said the dye bleeding off the watch is “harmless” and a “very, very rare experience.”

The discoloration will vanish over time, the company assured customers. The explanation is a “high amount of pigments used to achieve a strong color result,” a Swatch spokesperson wrote in a response to questions from Bloomberg News.

“The pigment is not hazardous to skin, non-toxic, so this effect is completely harmless for the wearer,” said the spokesperson based in Biel, Switzerland, adding that the color of the item will also be unchanged. “We have reported this to the quality management of our production facilities that have already taken all necessary measures on this matter.”

Demand for the item priced at around $260 -- a cheaper version of the iconic Speedmaster Professional or so-called ‘Moon Watch’ because of its use by U.S. astronauts -- sparked a global buyers’ frenzy last week, with shoppers from London to Singapore mobbing Swatch stores to purchase the product.

While not being billed as a limited-edition item, the collaboration between the Swiss company’s luxury Omega brand and more budget-friendly Swatch label is also being offered at massive premiums of as much as thirty times its original price on EBay.


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I'll admit, I kinda like the looks of the Mercury and Moon versions.

What does the penis icon at the 12 position on the dial represent? o_O



It must be the rocket for the Mission.

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This is an interesting video on the controversy this watch created in the watch world and why it is likely to happen again.

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This is an video on the controversy this watch created in the watch world and why it is likely to happen again.

"This hobby is weird!" He got that right.

Yeah I laughed and agreed when he said that. It was a pretty good video, I found myself agreeing with quite a few of his points and observations.

I’m hoping Omega/ Swatch don’t do anything like this with the Seamaster.

I like the Pluto watch but then I am an Aggie

WANT

I want one too.

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Originally posted by Paten:
What does the penis icon at the 12 position on the dial represent? o_O

Maybe you are just being silly, and already know this: that has long been the way 12 is marked on a Speedmaster.

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Wore it often with my gray linen sport coat, pink shirt, white pants, and loafers with no socks.

Popped collar!?

Two Ralph Lauren polo shirts.

^^^

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Originally posted by stickman428:

I’m hoping Omega/ Swatch don’t do anything like this with the Seamaster.

Same. If they did, please let it not be rainbow titanium.