another Hodinkee collaboration: seiko alpinist
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Now that was fast, all sold out! Shows you the power and reach of Hodinkee, probably lots of up market folks purchases too.
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The generation before the 6R15-powered models used the 25-jewel, 28800 bph 4S15. So, the 6R15 is kind of a downgrade from that.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:51 amnope
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Nice watch.
One weirdness is Hodinkee saying that the compass function only works in the Northern Hemisphere. WTF??
Silly me keeps assuming Hodonkee knows what it is talking about and being surprised when they clearly don't.
One weirdness is Hodinkee saying that the compass function only works in the Northern Hemisphere. WTF??
Silly me keeps assuming Hodonkee knows what it is talking about and being surprised when they clearly don't.
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Two well know facts:
1- People love this watch and size of it
2- Most people think the green looks like shit
So what does Seiko do? Let Hodinkee come up with a dial color that 95% of people like then sell it as an LE. Fuck Seiko. Fuck Hodinkee. Just when I thought Seiko couldn’t walk across the room without stepping on their own dick- Hodinkee just stepped on it for them.
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1- People love this watch and size of it
2- Most people think the green looks like shit
So what does Seiko do? Let Hodinkee come up with a dial color that 95% of people like then sell it as an LE. Fuck Seiko. Fuck Hodinkee. Just when I thought Seiko couldn’t walk across the room without stepping on their own dick- Hodinkee just stepped on it for them.
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Unbeatable value at $600? Feels wrong to me but then again I'm having trouble feeling much need to shell out more cash for more watches anyhow.
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i wonder if other seiko boutiques will get it?
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people are saying they already received tracking info
if anyone wants to dump one let me know. i will blow u for it
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You can buy it thru Seiko USA apparentlytoxicavenger wrote:i wonder if other seiko boutiques will get it?
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Works equally well in the Southern Hemisphere, with a slightly different technique (i.e. lining up the 12 o'clock marker with the Sun, and bisecting the angle between the 12 o'clock marker and the hour hand to find North).
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Way to go Seiko. As if making most dive watches too large to wear on anything other than your ankle wasn’t enough.BBK357 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:35 pmTwo well know facts:
1- People love this watch and size of it
2- Most people think the green looks like shit
So what does Seiko do? Let Hodinkee come up with a dial color that 95% of people like then sell it as an LE. Fuck Seiko. Fuck Hodinkee. Just when I thought Seiko couldn’t walk across the room without stepping on their own dick- Hodinkee just stepped on it for them.
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I don’t have one ordered but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once.toxicavenger wrote:people are saying they already received tracking info
if anyone wants to dump one let me know. i will blow u for it
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The madness begins...Theres one for £1900
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... pell_check
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... pell_check
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I like the color and size, but dang that price increase.
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Hard to find fault with this one. Its pretty much perfect.
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Some guys are already getting theirs in today.
I haven't even gotten tracking yet.
I haven't even gotten tracking yet.
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i dunno, i was just regurgitating information
Hodonkey wrote:The HODINKEE Shop is the only retailer to be offering this exciting new release other than Seiko themselves, and we don't expect our limited supply to last long.
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wow knows. I called 2 seiko boutiques and they have no idea if they can get one. hodonkee is so full of smoke and mirrors no telling with their infofour20 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:19 ami dunno, i was just regurgitating information
Hodonkey wrote:The HODINKEE Shop is the only retailer to be offering this exciting new release other than Seiko themselves, and we don't expect our limited supply to last long.
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Saw some folks already got theirs today.
Just got this email from the dinkster. Guess I'll just go fuck myself over here.
Just got this email from the dinkster. Guess I'll just go fuck myself over here.
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This.BBK357 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:35 pmTwo well know facts:
1- People love this watch and size of it
2- Most people think the green looks like shit
So what does Seiko do? Let Hodinkee come up with a dial color that 95% of people like then sell it as an LE. Fuck Seiko. Fuck Hodinkee. Just when I thought Seiko couldn’t walk across the room without stepping on their own dick- Hodinkee just stepped on it for them.
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Getting really tired of Seiko’s direction.
If it weren’t for me wanting to mod another NAFT I’d likely be purely vintage Seiko at this point.
Makes me wonder if Hodonkey has other Seiko LEs in the queue? If they didn’t I’m sure they’re thinking about one now.
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Look. Les are all the rage these days and looks like good business decisions for the seller.
Toppers. Hodinkee. Timeless. I know there are others.
This is becoming the new strategy.
Toppers. Hodinkee. Timeless. I know there are others.
This is becoming the new strategy.
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Floating down canal
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“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.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman
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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Not sure I buy that.
Ben’s right. People have been wanting a new flavor of this watch for years and could have sold a lot more than 1954 units.
All it did was give hodinkee a fat margin an Seiko some arguably insignificant brand recognition.
If I still owned an alpinist bracelet I’d list today for $300. A lot of fools with money
Ben’s right. People have been wanting a new flavor of this watch for years and could have sold a lot more than 1954 units.
All it did was give hodinkee a fat margin an Seiko some arguably insignificant brand recognition.
If I still owned an alpinist bracelet I’d list today for $300. A lot of fools with money
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sierra11b wrote:Not sure I buy that.
Ben’s right. People have been wanting a new flavor of this watch for years and could have sold a lot more than 1954 units.
All it did was give hodinkee a fat margin an Seiko some arguably insignificant brand recognition.
If I still owned an alpinist bracelet I’d list today for $300. A lot of fools with money
This is exactly it.
For those of us who have been Seiko fans for many years we are SOL for a dial color that actually looks good.
But for the Hodinkee crowd, LE lovers,blog followers they are in luck. They get a watch that the rest of us have been wanting for years, and now it’ll sell for 3X the price used.
Hodinkee has completely blown up the vintage market. Rolex and Tudor market. Now heading for Seiko. Hell, even bourbon has been effected. I hope these shits find something else to get into and ruin that I am not into.
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