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Why thank you for the kind words!
Mar 30, 2022,09:42 AM
Why thank you so much Richard for the kind words! That's what we strive to do! Offer a bit more depth than FB or IG. But for those who want their visual cortex stimulated, those are good places to go! Here, we try to stimulate both the visual cortex and the rest of the brain too! You made my day!
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Omega X Swatch MoonSwatch: The Master Plan
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-00:09
WatchProSite Moderator Patrick_y, was a fan of magic and illusion shows since a young age. Not only because he enjoyed watching magic shows, but he enjoyed the challenge of figuring out how a trick was done. In this article, our moderator peels back the c...
Excellent theory,
By: Juliusotto : March 26th, 2022-00:31
The only reasonable theory to explain the Rolex scarcity also,bravo !!!
Thank you for commenting!
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-07:39
The Rolex is a slightly different machine. But there are definitely some parts are from the same playbook or a similar playbook!
Wonderful write-up!
By: enjoythemusic : March 26th, 2022-00:41
I also suggest watching on YouTube "Century Of The Self".
Wow! It's 3 hours long!
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-07:38
Too bad I can't download it and watch it on the plane! Thank you for the suggestion and thank you for reading! Looks like good content!
This is brilliant analysis Patrick...
By: mdg : March 26th, 2022-01:43
...I also wonder about skipping the LA market. Also, how many watches were gifted to 'influencers' who are expected to hype them on social media. These (I assume) would not be part of the limited series...
Ignorance is bliss right?
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-07:34
Let's all be blissful sheep! Baaaa baaaa blisss! Who wants a hoof massage? Baaa? Now the question is... Is it better to be the shepherd or the sheep dog? Or is it still better to be the sheep? Hmm... If WatchProSite didn't exist, life would be a lot easie...
Fantastic - thank you for taking the time to write this!
By: als1678 : March 26th, 2022-02:53
I also think that the luxury watch market is fascinating case study for both human psychology and general market forces. Look at chrono24 for example - they are considered to be "the watch exchange" by many. But it is in fact a sort of dark pool, only ask...
Well said!
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-07:27
People definitely matter. And that's why I love the independents. You get to build such a close relationship with them! And you learn so much about the watch industry! Also, another reason why watches have gotten so expensive. So many new dealers have to ...
Yawn.....
By: Steve E : March 26th, 2022-04:17
Someone please wake me when when Rolex & Casio join up for the Subshock. Good read BTW in describing some twisted human behavior.
Sorry to have put you to sleep!
By: patrick_y : March 26th, 2022-07:24
Marketers have to eat and their hungry children demand expensive organic milk and beluga caviar! So they have to come up with these crazy ideas to get consumers to buy things!
Ahh! Well said!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:09
Bad behavior is everywhere! I wished bad behavior put me to sleep. I'd sleep really soundly on airplanes then. So much bad behavior on planes and by travelers. Why do people have to stand right behind you when you queue. Give me a full meter please, espec...
Very interesting post!
By: dte2 : March 26th, 2022-08:10
Do you think their best strategy now is to continually perpetuate scarcity (always sold out even online), maintain crazy grey market prices, and rollout the now tried and true bundling strategy in stores? I think this is what they may want to do now.
Hard to say...
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:54
Ultimately, for this particular launch, I still see that Swatch Group wants to make some money. So while I say in the beginning that "chatter" is a higher priority than revenue, ultimately, in this particular case, Swatch Group can achieve both. So I imag...
Indeed, and in Hong Kong this morning
By: Esharp : March 26th, 2022-08:16
…the cops had to be called to do crowd control outside the Swatch store! Can post a Twitter link to a video but can’t remember if that’s allowed or not. Best E.
It's allowed.
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:51
The only thing that's not allowed is telling everyone your Twitter handle or your Instagram/Facebook user name in the hopes that people from this site will subscribe. That's not cool. Imagine if I was using your home to further my business. You'd say, "Pa...
Good stuff
By: Esharp : March 28th, 2022-01:25
That’s reasonable. Well, since I posted there’s been ample press coverage of the crowds - although Hodinkee’s article didn’t mention HK. A friend in Tokyo said the shops remained closed after the police stepped in; the queue in Shibuya went around multipl...
To most people...
By: patrick_y : March 28th, 2022-23:08
To most people, the MoonSwatch will be super desirable. People love buying conversation starters and impressing the public at large. On our website though, we are less impressed, since a large percentage of the readers on our website are much more incline...
A really very fascinating and carefully thought-out article,
By: MTR : March 26th, 2022-08:19
which also led to very interesting answers. I really want to thank you for that, dear Patrick! For me, the bottom line is: we are obviously being manipulated more than we want to admit. But in the end we only lose ourselves in these relentlessly grinding ...
We are indeed fairy-tale giants!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:45
Thank you for sharing your comments and reading my long article MTR! Your thoughtful comments are very much appreciated! Hopefully our fellow consumer brothers and sisters realize that we do have a choice. But with the fact that there are millions of newl...
+1
By: MTR : March 26th, 2022-10:32
Fully agree in every point!
Thank you for reading and commeting!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:34
Your line, "don't even consider using electricity or my precious time to study it" is especially funny and very accurate! People will always have their opinions, unfounded or not. Fortunately, here, on WatchProSite, we're slightly more fact driven than op...
That too!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:25
Although... It doesn't take a lot of capital to buy two $260 USD watches... So hence, why I didn't mention the cheap money and low interest rates in this article. But you're absolutely right! It has helped the rest of the watch market as a whole.
Ahh, I understand now.
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-19:46
Yes! Lots of bubbles. Who knows if the watch bubble will ever pop. In the 2009 financial crisis, watches were still going up.
Thank you for reading!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:15
I know it was a very long article. Thank you for reading it and commenting!
Thank you for reading!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:11
Hopefully now you're armed with a little insight, so now you know a bit more about what to avoid!
Some more thought, definitely no kick back!
By: patrick_y : March 27th, 2022-18:22
Definitely no kickback from Omega nor Swatch nor SwatchGroup. They're probably slightly unhappy at me for posting their game plan! (Don't be mad at me Swatch Group, you know I like your products... I'm planning to write really nice things about the Bregue...
Omega:
By: Motty : March 27th, 2022-18:26
Moderator Patrick is gotta go 👺 he’s a whistle blower and saying al the secrets. For me I hope it goes bad their plan and this watch fails, so other big brands don’t try to do the same thing and in a year from now when I’ll find a speedmaster that I like ...
Sadly I got cooled off from omega!
By: Motty : April 6th, 2022-18:34
I was looking into the consultation and the speedmaster but I no longer have a pull for it, I lost all interest. I wouldn’t be shocked if they paid people to stand in line all day
It's possible!
By: patrick_y : April 7th, 2022-02:12
I don't know where you reside, but if you're near San Francisco, the team at the SF store is great. Ask for Andre, he's realistic, he knows it's partially a game, he'll help you navigate the game, he doesn't try to BS you, etc. I still like my Moonwatch. ...
San Francisco ran out in early am
By: Nicholas Abidi : March 27th, 2022-05:12
Patrick, you called their game plan exactly. Great prediction of social media logarithmic marketing.
Why thank you for the kind words!
By: patrick_y : March 30th, 2022-09:42
Why thank you so much Richard for the kind words! That's what we strive to do! Offer a bit more depth than FB or IG. But for those who want their visual cortex stimulated, those are good places to go! Here, we try to stimulate both the visual cortex and t...