So what's the new thing gonna be?

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by jtbenson » Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:16 am

<goes back to f5-n sinn 9/1 thread for shorty's leak>
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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Bob1035 » Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:19 am

jtbenson wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:16 am
<goes back to f5-n sinn 9/1 thread for shorty's leak>
I was thinking the exact same thing! :cheers:

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by justsellbrgs » Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:56 am

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Ryeguy » Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:13 am

Well, my credit card is safe from that thing...

I'll be seeing it at JomaShop I suspect, real soon.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by aikiman44 » Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:16 am

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Ryeguy » Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:43 am

The black text on black background date wheel makes it look like the 3 o'clock indice fell off.

I mentioned this over on WUS, but it seems to me Doxa is trying copy the Seiko "Street Series" design play, taking a dive watch and making it more "street" oriented by using darker colors, etc.

The difference to me is:
1) The Seiko watches are still functional and legible
2) Seiko chose to pursue this fashion-oriented market using lower end watch models (solar movements, $400 price point).

I don't see any urban youth wanting this Doxa, and I'm not sure urban elites would even consider a Doxa when there are so many other options available at this price point.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by logan2z » Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:05 am

Doxa desperately need Rick Marei back. They seem to have seriously lost their way since his departure.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Ryeguy » Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:10 am

logan2z wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:05 am
Doxa desperately need Rick Marei back. They seem to have seriously lost their way since his departure.
I was just thinking this.

My guess is, if this keeps up, pretty soon Rick will be able to simply buy the brand from the Jenny family.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by hoppyjr » Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:14 am

Seven thousand dollars?!! I wouldn’t buy that ugly thing for $700!

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by tmw » Tue Aug 29, 2023 8:55 am

There are no words.
Stan, don’t you know the first law of physics? Anything that’s fun costs at least eight dollars”
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I bought a cheap watch from a crazy man
Floating down canal
It doesn't use numbers or moving hands
It always just says now
Now you may be thinking that I was had
But this watch is never wrong
And If I have trouble the warranty said
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by sub600 » Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:23 am

DOXA goes their own traditional way :lol:

Bravo :clap:
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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by hoppyjr » Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:56 am

tmw wrote:There are no words.
I think “fugly” applies here

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by tmw » Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:44 am

hoppyjr wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:56 am
tmw wrote:There are no words.
I think “fugly” applies here
"Fugly" is a compliment here.

Maybe Butt Fugly would work better.
Stan, don’t you know the first law of physics? Anything that’s fun costs at least eight dollars”
-- Eric Cartman

“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.”
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I bought a cheap watch from a crazy man
Floating down canal
It doesn't use numbers or moving hands
It always just says now
Now you may be thinking that I was had
But this watch is never wrong
And If I have trouble the warranty said
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by CGSshorty » Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:38 am

I have this Seiko for sale. Less than $7k, I promise.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Chocodove » Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:42 am

CGSshorty wrote:I have this Seiko for sale. Less than $7k, I promise.

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Needs more urban, too easy to tell the date and time.
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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Joeprez » Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:56 pm

CGSshorty wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:38 am
I have this Seiko for sale. Less than $7k, I promise.

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I was going to post this photo :cheers:
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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Ryeguy » Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:59 am

A guy on WUS photoshopped up what the folks there were suggesting and actually came up with a decent looking watch. Not my style, but not bad.
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Another user made the astute observation that to cater to the fashionista market, the brand must be aspirational. Given no one outside of a niche of the watch enthusiast community knows the Doxa brand, this may be a challenge for them.

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Bob1035 » Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:12 am

I've never heard "doxa" mentioned in a lyric, unless I'm missing something :lol:

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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by Joeprez » Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:41 am

Ryeguy wrote:
Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:59 am
A guy on WUS photoshopped up what the folks there were suggesting and actually came up with a decent looking watch. Not my style, but not bad.
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Another user made the astute observation that to cater to the fashionista market, the brand must be aspirational. Given no one outside of a niche of the watch enthusiast community knows the Doxa brand, this may be a challenge for them.
Looks less hideous :lol:

Doxa should do a run of Sub300T with black PVD cases, on rubber. Similar to the Carbon but way less expensive (SS case). Pretty sure that would sell ton.

And then a Sub300T GMT. And then they could do a LE run in Titanium. And there it is, business plan for the next two-three years :cheers:

Annnnnnnd, why not a Hodinkee or Grey Nato colab?!?
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Re: So what's the new thing gonna be?

Post by dnslater » Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:43 am

Joeprez wrote:
Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:41 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:59 am
A guy on WUS photoshopped up what the folks there were suggesting and actually came up with a decent looking watch. Not my style, but not bad.
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Another user made the astute observation that to cater to the fashionista market, the brand must be aspirational. Given no one outside of a niche of the watch enthusiast community knows the Doxa brand, this may be a challenge for them.
Looks less hideous :lol:

Doxa should do a run of Sub300T with black PVD cases, on rubber. Similar to the Carbon but way less expensive (SS case). Pretty sure that would sell ton.

And then a Sub300T GMT. And then they could do a LE run in Titanium. And there it is, business plan for the next two-three years :cheers:

Annnnnnnd, why not a Hodinkee or Grey Nato colab?!?
Follows the color scheme of the OG Golden Tuna which was the first commercial saturation diver?
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