I was very excited when the Blancpain 2019 novelties were released and like you & others, I put in an order. A few days ago, I was ready to cancel my order with my AD. That’s how disturbed I was when I found out that Blancpain had agreed to this blog watch collaboration. I don’t have a problem with
Remember that Blancpain had made a collaboration with Revolution watch magazine 3 years ago and they made 30 Bathyscapes back then. I will be upset if Marc Hayek is selling any models to Clymer & co that overlap with the novelties that are being released later this year. Or any limited editions from
Hodnkee has done a pre-sale setup where friends of Clymer & co get to reserve/purchase the LE watch before the general public. The general public release is likely never the full lot of units available. I would guess more than a few friends are dealers and private collector guys who flip regularly.
I didn’t know that they have been selective about who they talk to. It does elevate them in my mind that they would turn down coverage from Dinkee. That bullhorn works well to gin up interest and speculators. It’s refreshing that an independent maker like them waves it away. I mean look at FP Journe
but really wished they had taken the leap with a green dial. Based on their recent history, I would expect a few more versions of this rattrapante released over the next few years as MB rides this wave. Don’t you think?
It’s lost to history now. Longines and Tissot are a shell of their former greatness. Omega has gotten most of Swatch’s investments as their flagship accessible luxury brand for the past 30 years and still they chase Rolex’s tail. Which tells you something about how far of a lead Rolex has enjoyed.