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27 October 2019, 07:55 PM | #181 |
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AP has shown the way for an alternative form of watch distribution. Direct sales, higher prices, restricted supply and they are doing well. As a result, more and more brands will follow. I think the watch retailers, ie ADs are a dying business. In fact, it has been going on for a while.
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27 October 2019, 10:39 PM | #183 |
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1st time. Well go to the Museum of Fine arts in Boston. See if she likes it. I use to go to high school around the corner so I got to go to MFA and the Gardner museum ...
We have been to the children and science museums tho. But those are meh |
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I was planning on trying one today. Is 15% off too ambitious?
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27 October 2019, 10:48 PM | #185 |
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27 October 2019, 10:54 PM | #186 |
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27 October 2019, 10:59 PM | #187 |
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I知 thinking of trying the VC at WoS Hudson Yards...
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27 October 2019, 11:00 PM | #188 | |
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27 October 2019, 11:10 PM | #189 |
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27 October 2019, 11:12 PM | #190 | |
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The VC overseas, not Lange
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27 October 2019, 11:14 PM | #191 |
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28 October 2019, 02:26 AM | #192 | |
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... managed by Wempe. Rolex is run by WoS. I think the future will see the blurring of the lines between ADs and boutiques. |
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28 October 2019, 06:01 AM | #193 | |
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Boutiques are just dedicated showrooms. Your buyer history and cred will still stretch across the AD if you buy from the right AD managed boutiques (of which there are many) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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28 October 2019, 06:14 AM | #194 |
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30 October 2019, 07:11 PM | #195 |
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They should have just put an integrated bracelet on a Lange 1! and charge less than $20K
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30 October 2019, 07:40 PM | #196 |
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30 October 2019, 09:12 PM | #197 | |
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Why would they cut the price of a Lange one by >1/3 after adding a bracelet to it ? If anything they would charge in the upper 30s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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1 November 2019, 03:43 AM | #198 |
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i went from: ugly eww...the wristband not bad cool want one who else? |
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1 November 2019, 05:29 AM | #200 |
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This is fine if you live in large cosmopolitan cities like NYC, LA, Chicago, and the international counterparts, but this model hurts people who don't live in these cities and will rarely have a chance to try on or buy Haute horology, or even Rolex (although Rolex will likely have boutiques in more areas, affluent areas that is).
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So I tried on the Odysseus today. Initial Impressions:
• This is a very very impressive watch. In the flesh it feels Teutonic and solid, and the detailing is sublime. It is heavy, but not overly so. • It wore WAY better on my 6” wrists than I expected. I’m still not sure it isn’t too big, but it’s definitely borderline rather than ott. In size it wears similar to a professional 40mm Rolex. • The asymmetry of the pushers is invisible on the wrist, and the buttons have a deliciously positive 'clack' when pressed. • The bracelet is incredibly comfortable. Much more so than AP or PP. I think the flexibility was why it didn’t wear quite as big as I expected. • It’s thick. Thicker than I would have liked, and thicker than a 15202 or a 5711, but definitely not overly thick, or top-heavy. It's very well balanced. • The dial is gorgeous. The blue isn't a full-on blue, but a silvery, bluey grey that changes with the light. • The micro-adjustment is really very very clever, as are the easy-to-remove links. I still don't like the clasp, though. • The crown screws fully in, so it doesn't look at all awkward, unlike in photos. • The watch looks far far far better on the wrist than in photos. I talked about the watch for a while with Lange CEO Willhelm Schmidt who was an image of courtesy, despite my being generally bedraggled after a swim around the corner. He reiterated that this is the first of a family, and that exciting things are to be expected in the line's future. |
3 November 2019, 06:54 PM | #205 |
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for steel, I think Rolex is still the king. You can wear it to wedding, discuss business, doing some dirty works like debt collecting, attending to demonstrations against 1000 workers.
Patek Nautilus is more like collectible time pieces, not a watch to wear to any occasion; it is when you reached the very top and your time is almost up. Rolex steel is has over 70 years of history. Patek Nautilus, AP Royal Oak steel has over 40 years of presence. Lange steel is still a baby. |
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