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20 July 2019, 02:48 AM | #211 |
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They really arrived quickly. The watch looks good on your wrists and it does seem to wear larger than 38mm. It's also good to know the bezel is black in person, as it looked grey in Hodinkee's pictures. Congrats to all who got one.
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20 July 2019, 03:39 AM | #212 |
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If the seller has an eBay store, then for an $11,700 sales price they'd be looking at about a $700 margin before factoring in shipping to the buyer (if it was offered with free s/h) and the sales tax they'd have paid when they bought it from Hodinkee, which could've been sizable. So at best, call it $600 of profit if no sales tax was paid, and at worst, probably just barely above break even.
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20 July 2019, 03:59 AM | #213 |
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Who cares. I refuse to believe the majority went to dealers. Dealers want a better margin than that and history has not shown big gains on hodinkee collabs.
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I don’t think dealers would buy these because like you say the margin is too low. The three on eBay I think are just private sellers. Was just interesting to see how much markup is needed just to cover transactional costs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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20 July 2019, 06:44 AM | #215 |
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On green mil spec strap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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20 July 2019, 08:40 AM | #216 |
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Pics look great everyone, congrats to those who were in before they sold out!
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20 July 2019, 09:34 AM | #217 |
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20 July 2019, 10:39 AM | #218 |
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Looks killer with the military green.
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This is one from eBay. Pretty nice quality and single pass which I like more than the ones w extra hardware. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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20 July 2019, 11:01 AM | #220 |
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Yes, this is my main gripe against (and why I don't wear) NATO. Too much material. Perlon I dig (and wear if not on a bracelet), but I'm always on the lookout for something interesting.
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20 July 2019, 11:47 AM | #221 |
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Here’s a cool pic from IG of a vintage Technisub. Pretty clear that this reference was a big inspiration for the Dink watch.
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is this true? you heard this today? I’d thought they were sold out of it a week ago—do you have a specific contact at the store you‘d be willing to message me? |
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23 July 2019, 10:51 AM | #226 |
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Thanks Fred! Not coming off my wrist anytime soon. +10s after 4 days. Not bad.
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Would be worth it to give them a call first thing tomorrow morning if interested. From my experience, the people at the NYC Blancpain boutique are pretty forthcoming and honest. You should have no problem getting a straight answer even without a contact.
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23 July 2019, 12:40 PM | #229 |
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I like it more than I expected. Annoyed but unexpected that European watch already has 2 of them
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24 July 2019, 12:19 AM | #230 |
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I liked the piece, but in the end I returned it.
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24 July 2019, 02:59 AM | #231 |
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Love it so far. Put my pepsi on yesterday and came back 2 hours later to switch back to the bathy. That is a good sign.
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Same here. Wore Speedy yesterday and quickly switched back. The size makes it really easy to wear. Looking to get a beads of rice for it...think it would look fantastic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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they told me like an hour ago they are getting one more but don't have it in the store yet from switzerland--apparently a few people are pondering putting the deposit down (100% of the price), which few people now includes me. I really wanted to see it in the metal so now I'm debating whether I have cold feet or not/trying to make my mind up.
I may already be too late as they said the deposit could come in any minute... if you're interested I'd pounce now (I won't hold it against you since I'm hesitating and the early bird gets the worm and all that...) |
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Driving home with it now :). It is 43mm and my wrist is 7”. It fits perfect and does not wear large at all. The brushed dial is nothing short of superb, the detail and waynthebdialnchanges based on how the light hits it, with the perfect brushed strokes outward from the middle, it is by far, in my opinion the most impressive dial of any of the watches in my collection and beats out the AP tappisiere dial, my Patek dials, and VC tappisiere dial. The detail and craftsmanship of the dial is something that it’s be appreciated in person, I tried my best to take photos showing it.
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Blancpaon x Hodinkee- any guesses ?
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Great looking Bathy, but...this isn’t the model we are talking about. This one... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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