Swatch X Omega

Totaly, once you hold you you just smirk and laugh it off. The hype was not deserved, and was a storm in a tea cup really. In hindsight Omega and Swatch will both get a lot of good out of it, swatch will shift a bunch of really expensive swatches, and Omega may creat a bunch of people that like their aesthetic and once they have the dosh upgrade to the real deal.

Given the economies of scale available to Swatch? That honestly would not surprise me at all. They have really managed to drive a demand for it in a way I've not seen in low end watches since the 90's Swatch craze.

When you consider a fake (bad fake obviously) steel Rolex with an automatic movement can be sold for 30-40. Assume cost of product for a steel automatic watch would be higher then I wouldn’t be surprised if the COGs on this is less than 10 euro ea.

Think swatches are 100% machine made, not human hand involved. Thats their stick. Think they had a automatic movement in house that was 100% machine made and assembled there a while back a world first. I think its the human hands cost the money with other brand although I am sure they too have very healthy margins.

There’s in excess of a thousand of them in Europe on Chrono24 starting at €290 new so they are not exactly hard to get

Vaguely remember it next the bottom of Grafton street.

Walked past a swatch store and got lucky that they had just been delivered. Limited styles, however I got the Earth and Saturn which would have not been my choices. Downside my OH says they are my Christmas present so haven't put them on. Bit of a novelty.

In the land of the blind the one eyed man with seiko mecaquartz, sapphire, stainless case and 10atm is god, or sorta anyhow. Less than half the price of the plastic fantastic:)

The thinking man's moonwatch, whereas mines the cheap ass thinking man's moonwatch:) Its very nice! How's she behaving? Didnt think they were sub 500. The pvd scares me mind you.

I plan on getting langballed and walking about my garden slowly with a goldfish bowl on my head whilst wearing my omEgo speedPlaster. Ergo mine shall be a moon watch too.

Still yet to lose a solitary second since I set it and for a meagre hundred squid I shall use it digging ditches.

Only criticism is not levelled at pagani but seiko. The meca quartz minute counter sweeps rather than ticks over unlike my 7t32 and 7t62 of old.

45mm diameter x 14mm height x 52.5mm lug to lug.

Yikes, that's too big for my 8.2 inch wrist, it's a dinner plate!

Hi Jude! Where did you get these? I’ve been trying to get one since release and no joy. Thanks I’m advance

Finally got mine. My daughter bought it in the Swatch Boutique on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. All of them were available, except Mission to Neptune, my favourite (the navy one). The sales guy said it was discontinued because of paint problems leaving a mark on people's skin. The demo watch still in the shop though.

I don't mind really as I got the Mission to Uranus. That's right, the turquoise colour that I have personally helped make super trendy over the last few years 😂

Actually quite pleased with it. It is more or less what I expected. The strap is crap. The watch wears well, a bit bigger than its size would suggest although I kinda expected that as I'd seen pics of girls and lads with small wrists wearing them and the lugs stuck out beyond their wrists. I guess the bezel is very slim so there is a good bit of dial. Is it a coincidence or is the case the exact same dimensions as real speedy?

Bit of fun watch, but it's ridiculously light. I just read that it has a waterproofing rating of 50m, which means you can swim with it, but I guess if you accidentally press one of the chrono buttons, it will be toast

Not sure if I will still like it after wearing it a few times, but it is still essentially a free watch, could sell it anytime for at least what I paid for it. For now anyway. Which is remarkable and no one of us predicted that when the watch was launched the guts of a year ago

You will need every penny profit on it again this time given what Elon has done (assuming you still have a Tesla).