"Switzerland in trouble"...what about our vintage?

[QueueCumber]

Originally Posted by cajuntiger

Im going dumpster diving

If you dumpster dive in the murder capital of the world, you may never climb out of the dumpster again!

[GUS SMYTHE]

I´m going with you cajuntiger...

[jmcclean40]

Originally Posted by Vincent65

Yep, and I saw this in Zurich at the weekend, so I'll use it to illustrate.

It was just parked - so not even moving, or emitting its sweet engine note - and people (including moi) were stopping to gawp, drool and take photos, but hey… it's just an old, out-dated, gas-guzzling, lumbering, smoky, heavy steel wagon, whose value must be hit so terribly hard by the (nasty) appearance of the hi-tech smart hybrids on the market, like the one in the last photo.

I've a feeling Ive is getting a bit carried away with his Apple hyperbole. Vintage watches are as far away from that gadget as, well... the Aston is from the Prius. I rest my case

Agree 100%, and the people who are lining up to buy Apple's new watch likely never had an interest in buying ANY mechanical timepiece in the first place, much less a vintage one (I can just use my iPhone to tell the time ).

As always, keep in mind that the WIS community is a very, very small one already, and the introduction of the latest "smart watch" has little, if any, impact on our interest in vintage timepieces.

[SAAS]

If they aren't bragging about battery life it's got to be pretty bad. Maybe if they put plexi on it I could get excited

[jmcclean40]

Originally Posted by SAAS

If they aren't bragging about battery life it's got to be pretty bad. Maybe if they put plexi on it I could get excited

plexi:smart watch :: lipstick:pig. ☺

[Montrealer]

Vincent definitely nailed it. The biggest issue for mechanical watches is the manufacturers ever growing appetite in increasing prices, not competition from gadget watches

[SAAS]

Originally Posted by jmcclean40

plexi:smart watch :: lipstick:pig. ☺

Lmao

[Xantiagib]

depends on the individual......

I love wearing my '67 5513 while driving my '67 Citroen - know both were predominantly hand made with the aid of some machines but not by robots...

then theres those why like to wear their apple/android smart watch whilst driving their Tesla ...

I can see the appeal from both sides but don't see a threat to either side of the market from eachother... they can complement eachother too