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[Swatch] X Blancpain seems to be a dud (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by greyblacknavytan@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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I was walking by the San Francisco Swatch store and dropped in to take a look at the Blancpain collaboration. The Swatch employee said they still only had limited colors of the MoonSwatch available but every color of the Blancpain was in stock. I’m not interested in either but it confirmed my suspicions that the Blancpain isn’t nearly as popular as the MoonSwatch, especially at the higher price point.

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[–] SammyGreen@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

lol yeah pretty much only watch nerds realize what a massive JUGGERNAUT the SWATCH group is. SWATCH made some great acquisitions in the 80s/90s/00s when a lot of watchmakers were struggling to stay afloat.

Kinda comparable to how billionaires love recessions because they can scoop up a ton of assets for pennies in the dollar while most people are just trying to survive.

Volkswagen Group is also a good example of a conglomerate wherein most people don’t realize they own brands like Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Ducati motorcycles.