A load of bull from hodinkee

blue5000

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/concorde-pilot-sets-world-record-for-flight-from-nyc-to-london-breitling?mc_cid=78176a2b9e&mc_eid=d04c5a4d04

Breitling have a special watch, it was worn by Captain Scott who flew Concorde on it's record breaking crossing of the Atlantic. But Captain Scott actually wore a Seiko the day he broke the record:rolleyes: Have we the makings of another 'Pogue'?

Have we more hodinkee howlers?

Wibbs

blue5000 wrote: »

Have we more hodinkee howlers?

How long have you got B?



Hodinkee Howlers could be the name of a blog. They have good articles and used to have great ones, but latterly the levels of industry BS and howlers are high. It's more and more aimed at the aspirational New York Hipster brigade with artisanal beards and disposable income carried in their man bags convincing them to buy tat from their overpriced and dubiously curated online shop.

unkel

blue5000 wrote: »

Captain Scott actually wore a Seiko the day he broke the record:rolleyes:

Did he? Any linky?

blue5000

unkel wrote: »

Did he? Any linky?

Quote from the article;

for most of his career, including the record-breaking flight he's known for, he wore a Seiko that he's lost track of.

So it's anybody's guess what he wore.

Wibbs

Breitling love to pimp their Aviation legacy, but Zenith, Helvetia and Longines have legacies in aviation that Breitling would slit their own throats to have. IWC are wont to pull the aviation legacy stuff too and pre WW2 theirs were also extremely limited. One reason why IWC watches in general are rare before WW2 is that because they were made in small numbers and they were known as much for being a movement maker well into the 1930's. Patek tried to jump on their own leaky legacy boat with their claim to having a history in pilot's watches and military ones at that. Problem being before their new lineup of same they had made(and never delivered) precisely three. And one of them was a pocket watch. And they were built to a strict pre war German air force design, so not even their own.

In short many Swiss marques "legacies" are all too often to be taken with a large pinch of salt.

banie01

IWC pumping an obscene amount of money into the round the world silver spitfire flight is an indicator of just how far some marques will go to rent aviation links.

If memory serves didn't Breitling have Travolta as a brand ambassador?
Kitted out some bespoke instruments on his 727 IIRC.

Not sure how much kudos I'd grant that one tho

emo72

Breitling, Hublot, those type guys are dodgy.

Oafley Jones

Wibbs wrote: »

How long have you got B?



Hodinkee Howlers could be the name of a blog. They have good articles and used to have great ones, but latterly the levels of industry BS and howlers are high. It's more and more aimed at the aspirational New York Hipster brigade with artisanal beards and disposable income carried in their man bags convincing them to buy tat from their overpriced and dubiously curated online shop.

Hodinkee long ago realised that if you’ve an audience of rich people, you exploit it and sell them expensive ****. They’ve been very upfront about this business model. They’ve gotten more overt with this in regard their store and AD status in particular lately.

Oafley Jones

banie01 wrote: »

IWC pumping an obscene amount of money into the round the world silver spitfire flight is an indicator of just how far some marques will go to rent aviation links.

If memory serves didn't Breitling have Travolta as a brand ambassador?
Kitted out some bespoke instruments on his 727 IIRC.

Not sure how much kudos I'd grant that one tho

In fairness IWC has that history. They’re not manufacturing heritage like Bremont.

eljono

Quite an interesting and well written article though, I enjoyed that story. Thanks for sharing

redlead

emo72 wrote: »

Breitling, Hublot, those type guys are dodgy.

With all due respect, that's absolute nonsense. Whether you like their watches or not, Breitling has a serious heritage.

Lorddrakul

One genuine heritage story that I can't believe isn't flogged more is the Bulova Accutron Astronaut.

Actually selected to be the official cockpit equipment of sled drivers - aka SR-71 pilots.

Time

I think hodinkee are often guilty of telling a good story by introducing it through the tenuous link it has to horology. The story are still good though and the watches interesting in themselves, the story just helps sell that interest

banie01

Lorddrakul wrote: »

One genuine heritage story that I can't believe isn't flogged more is the Bulova Accutron Astronaut.

Actually selected to be the official cockpit equipment of sled drivers - aka SR-71 pilots.

Balls!
There's a watch that I never knew existed but now have to own!

Thanks for that

Lorddrakul

banie01 wrote: »

Balls!
There's a watch that I never knew existed but now have to own!

Thanks for that

Not that I'm aiding or abetting by any means, but if you were to go looking, the one to have is the black face with the 'coffin link' bracelet.

Just, saying.

Wibbs

Lorddrakul wrote: »

One genuine heritage story that I can't believe isn't flogged more is the Bulova Accutron Astronaut.

I suspect L, it's because you can't buy a new one. A fair percentage of "heritage" pieces in watch journalism and not just on Hodinkee are written as ad copy for new models.

banie01

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Not that I'm aiding or abetting by any means, but if you were to go looking, the one to have is the black face with the 'coffin link' bracelet.

Just, saying.

And just to further stoke my desire...
It's a GMT!

Dammit!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Wibbs wrote: »

Hodinkee Howlers could be the name of a blog. They have good articles and used to have great ones, but latterly the levels of industry BS and howlers are high. It's more and more aimed at the aspirational New York Hipster brigade with artisanal beards and disposable income carried in their man bags convincing them to buy tat from their overpriced and dubiously curated online shop.

Come on Wibbs tell us how you really feel.

Wibbs

Lorddrakul

Wibbs wrote: »

I suspect L, it's because you can't buy a new one. A fair percentage of "heritage" pieces in watch journalism and not just on Hodinkee are written as ad copy for new models.

Very true, it is crying out for a re-issue, commemorative, yadda-yadda-yadda, version that they can make cheaply and punt on with all schmozzle.