Thank you, OP, for an interesting and great write-up. I love this stuff, because even though I'm not an audiophile, it was written well and engaging enough to keep me interested. So thanks!
Ah, I missed these. Thanks for reposting, it was a fun read. Odd that Swatch Group still doesn't sell the MoonSwatch online, given it's supposed to be the affordable version ($260 USD) of the Speedy. Maybe they like the hype, but you'd think they prefer money.
Seconding this sentiment. HobbyDrama is one of the very few communities I missed from Reddit. I couldn’t start it myself because I’m not well versed in hobbies and they’re dramas myself, so I couldn’t have contributed. I’m so happy to have these to read again, and I’m ok with them being cross-posted from Reddit to get the ball rolling.
I never understood the watch thing. Mechanical watches are a Rube Goldberg way of timekeeping in the age of electronics. I was always hell on watches, so kept to cheap Timex or Casio watches. After I started carrying a mobile phone, I stopped wearing them entirely.
I do get cars and motorcycles though, at least to a point. Even something as simple as accelerating onto the highway is a vastly different experience in a Mitsubishi Mirage compared to doing the same in a V6 Camry, Z06 Corvette, or Tesla Model S.
After a certain point though, you're well into rapidly diminishing returns in terms of performance /dollar, and it just becomes another financial dick swinging contest.
I wouldn’t say that I’m a watch collector. But a watch enthusiast? Definitely. I love watches of all types even though I have my own personal taste.
So what was it about the whole Omega x Swatch debacle that upset me? The fact they were basically gatekeeping a plastic watch that was a homage to the moon watch.
I stand by the fact that the price of a watch doesn’t really matter in terms of true value. Which is why budget timepieces have a high place on the list of many watch enthusiasts (see Timex or Casio).
This watch should have joined that list. It should have been a catalyst to introduce more people into the hobby of collecting or simply admiring these wrist worn works of art (occasionally lol). Instead, it’s another case of fomo and splintering of a community of people who already find ridiculous reasons to gatekeep each other (the write up points to this fact very clearly).
I might have gotten one, if you could have just easily ordered one online. Even though it’s overpriced for what it is. Because I like the speedy, but I’m not spending thousands on a watch, personally.
So instead, I didn’t feel bad at all about getting a $20 fake one from DHGate
You didn’t mention about how they said all the MoonSwatch models would be available for purchase online and then later pulled that back and none of them are available online.
Also, many of those who were pissed about the MoonSwatch ripping off Omega were also pissed about not being able to buy one.
That was a hell of a ride. I got to the point that the CEO was slapping a table and screeching at a dude in public and thought surely that was as batshit as things were going to get. By the time we got to the Wikipedia talk page and doxxing a youtuber all bets were off on the level of batshit possible here.
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