McBeardy
·Reminds me of my fiddy bay, the bracelet looks like it was an afterthought after finding a box of available bracelets they introduced for an entirely different watch
Really?
Reminds me of my fiddy bay, the bracelet looks like it was an afterthought after finding a box of available bracelets they introduced for an entirely different watch
@bpsmith…as far as digital goes a 42mm Breitling Aerospace Blue or Black dial has been on my radar for years, keep looking but never pulling the trigger
My apologies. I am highly uneducated and ignorant. Rob can attest to this.
The square style like that is my favorite G-Shock style. I had a DW5600 for ages, it never died after years of abuse and still hasn’t gone out of style. I wish I would have picked up a Bamford a while back. I dig the colors on it.
Don’t believe that for a moment, you’ve just fallen the trap. In the UK all 4 countries ( Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England use the £Sterling, Isle of Man uses the £ too but like the rest of the UK have banks which produce their own banknotes, after that it gets complex but let’s not go there.
We all speak English-of a sort anyway- which seems to suggest that is the principal of the UK.
I agree that the younger generation are more drawn to the here and now and why wouldn’t they be when many of these historical companies are so far out of reach. I disagree that all of these startups act in the manner you set out above though.
My personal view is that just because a company has been around for over 100 years, it doesn’t mean we are honour bound to respect them for ever more and to try to keep them in business at all costs. Why don’t we give new companies the same respect by giving them a chance to be in business for 100 years too? We wouldn’t have re-issues or homage pieces without the new companies, as the old school ones would still be churning out the same stuff as they have done for many many years.
I didn't say they all do that, I was talking about companies like Uber. Young people love Uber. But there's a perfect example of a company that's 'valued' at £billions but took ten years to make a profit, meanwhile driving other companies out of business whilst exploiting its drivers. Deliveroo is another example.
I agree, and many long standing companies have gone out of business recently as young people simply won't shop there as they are old fashioned and fail to change and adapt to the modern world. I guess the problem is the watch industry has made such a big deal about their 'history' being the reason why they should be respected, way more than any other business I can think of honestly and suddenly an awful lot of potential customers really couldn't care less about that anymore. So do you stick to your guns and keep pushing 'heritage' as your angle or do you go after the younger buyers? Perhaps this is why Frederic is kind of moving away from the heritage reissue side of things and trying to incorporate old designs in 'new' watches?