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New Breguet coming in April
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They won't update it (as far as I understand). It is something we will have to live with..
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Do we know for a fact if the black dial SS watches were all bought up?
I've emailed my TD to see if he can source it.
I've emailed my TD to see if he can source it.
Tommy Wiseau
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I just ordered a ss blk dial from PT. So it must still be in stock.
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Tommy Wiseau
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Still shows "add to cart" for me. When did you see out of stock?
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Tommy Wiseau
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Ah, I see. Well, I'll just hope for the best. If not, I'm pretty patient [emoji6]
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Just see the puretime have list it, but they make another mistake on the black dial with SS case, the PR index is should be same dark gray color like movement, but wrong color. They spent a lot time on this watch, and make a lot mistake?? Any who know the people in the factory, please tell them fix it!
It must be an April fool joke for the sticker(wth) and delayed as well.
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Someone bought all the production run and will jack up the price? Ok....
My biggest concern right now is reliability. Considering that a screw is loose in the video makes me wonder if there are larger issues that haven't been revealed. They couldn't be bothered with a drop of loctite or something? "Oh well.."
Additionally the dimensions are off by 1mm? No one would really notice out in the wild (high society might notice) but if these guys made the movement from scratch and couldn't put it in an accurate case... what kind of people are they? It's like they gave up and said, "Oh well, good enough."
Then there's that sticker on the back. Seriously? A resourceful person could get it CNC engraved somewhere else after the fact. Again another "Oh well, good enough" moment.
Although I was super excited when this was first revealed, and almost plunked down for the preorder, the huge delays and now the problems/half assed compromises that are revealing themselves when it comes to the nitty gritty details is making me steer clear as it says the producer has potential problems with execution.
I also highly doubt they will keep it to just a run of 1000 units forever. I find it hard to believe someone went through all this trouble to make something like this to then only make a revenue of ~300k USD for that effort. That would mean they are idiots.
I don't want to give my money for a cutting edge rep watch made by half assed idiots.
Guess I'll wait for v2, if there is one.
While I agree with you on a lot of the issues you pointed out, I think we all need to remember the amount of difficulty that goes into creating a rep like this— this isn’t merely swapping a few parts to make the next “version” of a Submariner, this is a first attempt at making something entirely new in the rep world. I had high hopes for this as well, and I too am a bit disappointed that some of the relatively easy fixes were not made. The sticker in particular was an awful move, but overall, I’m pretty impressed with this as a first release.
Making something like this involves a significant amount of unnecessary risk for the maker— what if they simply can’t make it work, or no one is interesting in buying it? The maker could end up losing a lot of money—it would be infinitely easier and probably a better business decision for the factories to stick only to reps that are straightforward, easy to make and upgrade, and that they know will sell well, i.e. the standard Rolexes, Omega Planet Oceans, Royal Oaks, etc. I’m just happy to see an effort like this, and rather than calling the people who made it “Half-assed idiots”, I think we should try be a little more constructive with our comments. Let’s all remember too that this is a $400 rep of a $20,000 watch; expectations should be tempered...
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My TD said to wait until Sept 25 for the black dial in stainless steel. It's worth the wait IMO.
However Puretime just sent me a newsletter saying the black dial was available for order.
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However Puretime just sent me a newsletter saying the black dial was available for order.
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