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Originally Posted by AdamW
I am a marketing expert and I think this hurts Omega's brand at a time when it was prospering the most from the current Rolex situation. It was poised to really be accepted by the WIS community as a viable alternative. Ridicule by those in the know is never good. Plus, those who never thought of a luxury watch and buy it because it's $250.00, aren't exactly the target demo for Omega.
Maybe I'm just too personally biased. I hate the whole thing.
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I agree with you 100%, speaking from the standpoint of a potential consumer.
I've stopped thinking of Omega when I think of "Rolex alternative", and when the Rolex cases are empty and I contemplate a new watch, I currently look at Cartier, VC, and JLC as alternatives.
PS: Why do fan-boys always call it "marketing genius!!" when brands make terrible and stupid mistakes? Or, when random circumstance results in market conditions like shortages. A pandemic shut down the factory and there's supply shortage, must be marketing brilliance!