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Hodinkee team (Ben) provides input regarding changes to existing models.
Dec 16, 2020,15:31 PM
Remember they are not creating new models, simply tweaking existing ones. And yes, they are absolutely providing input.
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Thoughts on manufacturer collaborations with the likes of Hodinkee...
By: remarque : December 16th, 2020-08:53
Regarding yesterday's Blancpain release of a presumably true no-date caliber movement of the Milspec fifty fathoms produced with the Hodinkee brand: On yesterday's thread by joenghenry, I posed questions as to why manufacturers do these things to the chag...
One Hundred Percent....
By: elliot55 : December 16th, 2020-08:58
... Agree with you. It is lame to release the watch we all want, a 50 fathoms with no date, and allow a bunch of hodinkee guys to buy thrm up and charge 3 times the original price. Shite
very true
By: aston.db4 : December 16th, 2020-09:33
Unfortunately it's a common trend of short-sightedness by the brands/manufacturers. I believe that the powers at be making the decisions have been sleeping at the wheels for a while now. I still find it intriguing when they release the same watch model w/...
Hodinkee has a huge and loyal following.
By: als1678 : December 16th, 2020-09:44
There is no other online market place where you can dump 200 10K + watches and sell them within minutes. So it is clearly very tempting for the brands. To make it work you need to make those releases special, at least to the Hodinkee crowd. The recipe is ...
Good analysis...
By: mdg : December 16th, 2020-09:55
...but H has become more and more of a sales portal than a go-to place for honest reviews. They have too much invested in selling the products to do a totally unbiased review. I have told them this in the comments many times, even thought those types of c...
Good Point But...
By: elliot55 : December 17th, 2020-08:24
... Why not release this watch to the entire market? Blancpain's "Exec" would have a difficult time keeping up with demand, which means BIGGER BONUS. 200 watches? Pfffft.
It's part of the contract with Hodinkee...
By: patrick_y : December 17th, 2020-10:03
Hodinkee is in the business of offering good press, thus Hodinkee needs a guaranteed sell out; thus quantities are always very limited in the contract. And the brand wants the same, as they've learned that hype sells more watches than selling watches.
To me Hodinkee is just another retailer.
By: Mario : December 16th, 2020-10:03
It's been going on before Hodinkee with the likes of Bucherer, Sincere, and Watches of Switzerland to name a few. I treat it just the same as when a watch company changes 1or 2 thing from LE to LE. In Blancpains case it most likely helps them with more br...
Couldn't disagree more
By: MZHammer : December 18th, 2020-07:14
SUPREME is about name recognition and the branding, it's overt and in your face. Look at anything by SUPREME and tell me if you can't find the Box Logo emblazoned on it somewhere highly visible to every onlooker. The Hodinkee name exists solely on the bla...
Well said but no one cares about image anymore
By: India Whiskey Charlie : December 16th, 2020-12:08
Because now we have people buying just about anything (cars, watches, etc.) regardless of brand image or whatever. What was a watch collector before is now a watch buyer and the manufacturers know this.
True👍
By: ZSHSZ : December 16th, 2020-14:20
the..."long run".
By: TheMadDruid : December 16th, 2020-14:51
I don't think anyone, organization, corporation, business, or even government (PROC excepted maybe) thinks about "the long run" anymore. Maximize profits/advantage now and the future (including people} be damned.
Case And...
By: elliot55 : December 17th, 2020-08:27
... Point. All gone and now you can only find one for 3X's original price. Shite. ...
I agree with your point
By: montres1 : December 16th, 2020-11:51
To me, it is just a Marketing Dept trend... They said during their bullshit brainstorming that they have to be present on the social media where things happen. They think about where to go, what to do...??? If they provide a watch to Kim Kardashian with h...
250 x 14400 usd
By: piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1) : December 16th, 2020-14:32
I got a question. Do you think all these LE are specifically designed by hodink staff, or they simply ask how to make it to the houses?
+1
By: Mario : December 17th, 2020-18:12
Final thoughts and thanks to all for the well-considered responses...
By: remarque : December 17th, 2020-08:47
I would conclude by saying that it is obvious that Hodinkee has become a force with which to be reckoned in the watch world, for now. I would love to have a Hodinkee representative, say, Mr Jack Forster, who in the past has participated in this watch foru...