another Hodinkee collaboration: seiko alpinist
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Hey a heads up for you all who missed out, it looks like the Seiko boutique in Miami is going to be offering the rest of the batch. Apparently Hodinkee only got a portion of the 1959 unit run.
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What am I missing with this watch? Looks OK, but $600?
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The Miami boutique are good people. If for whatever reason they’re not able to ship or they can only hold at the store I’ll be happy to help someone out and get it out to them3migo wrote:Hey a heads up for you all who missed out, it looks like the Seiko boutique in Miami is going to be offering the rest of the batch. Apparently Hodinkee only got a portion of the 1959 unit run.
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Hipsters have destroyed everything they put their paws on. I can no longer afford my birthyear Rolex (or Tudor) or my beloved Yamazaki 18
We should get in on the vintage phone market. Pack all the technology of the latest iphones and samsungs into block-style Zack Morris cell phones. We'll make millions.
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Not what I expected.
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I was excepting A: a lighter shade of blue and B: it to be slightly more matte.CGSshorty wrote:Not what I expected.
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sierra11b wrote:Hipsters have destroyed everything they put their paws on.....
Except for poon. Seems to be an endless ocean of it.
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How do you place the pre-order?r.palace wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:03 pmThe Miami boutique are good people. If for whatever reason they’re not able to ship or they can only hold at the store I’ll be happy to help someone out and get it out to them3migo wrote:Hey a heads up for you all who missed out, it looks like the Seiko boutique in Miami is going to be offering the rest of the batch. Apparently Hodinkee only got a portion of the 1959 unit run.
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Call them. They are taking preorders. They knew all about it and just started taking preorder deposits this afternoon.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:17 pmHow do you place the pre-order?r.palace wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:03 pmThe Miami boutique are good people. If for whatever reason they’re not able to ship or they can only hold at the store I’ll be happy to help someone out and get it out to them3migo wrote:Hey a heads up for you all who missed out, it looks like the Seiko boutique in Miami is going to be offering the rest of the batch. Apparently Hodinkee only got a portion of the 1959 unit run.
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Have to say that doesn't look like the Hodinkee pictures at all. I didn't think it was a polished case either.CGSshorty wrote:Not what I expected.
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Weird I called them the day hodokee dropped theirs and they had no idea if they would get any. good to hear they aretmw wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:18 pmCall them. They are taking preorders. They knew all about it and just started taking preorder deposits this afternoon.toxicavenger wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:17 pmHow do you place the pre-order?r.palace wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:03 pmThe Miami boutique are good people. If for whatever reason they’re not able to ship or they can only hold at the store I’ll be happy to help someone out and get it out to them3migo wrote:Hey a heads up for you all who missed out, it looks like the Seiko boutique in Miami is going to be offering the rest of the batch. Apparently Hodinkee only got a portion of the 1959 unit run.
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In the hodonkee pics it looks like had a brushed bezel.
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Haha. Looks totally different.
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CGSshorty wrote:Not what I expected.
That can’t be the same watch
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Not a flattering pic.
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Here's another owner pic
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So much better than the green.
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-- 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.”
― 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
- Jimmy Buffett
-- 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.”
― 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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Looks like the same watch to me...
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Yah I thought it would be brushed. I don't really align with the shiny. No longer interested.
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That second pic looks a lot better.
another Hodinkee collaboration: seiko alpinist
matt.wu wrote:Looks like the same watch to me...
This looks brushed with a matte dial
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3migo wrote:Saw some folks already got theirs today.
Just got this email from the dinkster. Guess I'll just go fuck myself over here.
If this is reference to my post- I have nothing against the watch or owning one. It’s about Seiko’s choices. And Hodinkee ruining shit.
If this was a regular model I would probably pick this up.
Maybe Seiko will release with another dial color soon? Who knows, but they’ll probably slap a big X on the dial just to make sure they fuck that up too.
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I actually meant that it looks like the original. So I don’t quite get the hype for it. If this was regular production and not a Hodinkee LE, I guarantee it’d be gathering dust on the shelves.
Maybe the Hodinkee effect is just bringing it to everyone’s attention, but I swear I never saw much love for the original version.
Maybe the Hodinkee effect is just bringing it to everyone’s attention, but I swear I never saw much love for the original version.
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matt.wu wrote:I actually meant that it looks like the original. So I don’t quite get the hype for it. If this was regular production and not a Hodinkee LE, I guarantee it’d be gathering dust on the shelves.
Maybe the Hodinkee effect is just bringing it to everyone’s attention, but I swear I never saw much love for the original version.
It’s one of those watches that I always wanted to try but hated the dial color.
If Seiko did blue or black it would be a lot more popular than it ever was.
Yes- I think the Hodinkee hype does just that.
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Maybe Seiko will see this fast sell-out and bring the model back, but with different (new) dial colors.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
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