Let's Start The Day With A Piece Of Crap...

[WillFly]

http://watchguy.co.u...m51-eta-c10111/

 

Makes you want to rush out and buy one, doesn't it?

[Geo]

Crap first thing in the morning.....................there's nothing quite like it.

The amazing thing is, there are five people bidding on the remains?

Edited September 18, 2014 by Geo

[autowind]

The mind boggles, what a piece of junk, the clever bit is selling it at £108.  When there are many good quality reasonably priced movements available one has to wonder why Swatch went to all the trouble of developing it, just to save a buck or two.  My Chinese Rolex look alike @ £14.95 from Ebay is a proper 21 Jewel? automatic and twice the watch the Swatch will ever be.

[Geo]

£108, you've got to be kidding!

[autowind]

Geo the guy paid £108 for it, follow Wills link for full info,  fools and money comes to mind.

[mwilkes]

LOL at his comment:

 

"The winding stem can’t be removed as there is no need to do that. You just buy the watch, and put it straight into the bin. No need to wear it."

[colinh]

Weird. I wonder why any of the rest of the watch uses metal, if the most important part is made of plastic.

 

Perhaps it's a joke? Maybe they're making fun of someone or something? If so, of whom or what? And why?

 

 

Of course, there might be a technical reason for it. Perhaps it's pure teflon (see wikipedia article) with its extremely low coefficient of friction?

[bobm12]

Well, all it takes is some very bad corporate decisions to sink an industry. Let's hope Swatch is not pushing it too far with the prices, product quality and over all crappy politics for their products...I really like some of the brands under their umbrella.

[ash145]

Hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, I feel like sending the guy a couple of quid to go towards the somewhat priceless info we've got after dismantling what can only be described as a proper piece of crap!. Have swatch really lost the plot with this.?....do watches really need to be made this way?. Totally understand the need to challenge new materials and techniques but this is so far off the mark it's a joke.

[colinh]

Perhaps it's revenge? After all, it wasn't the Japanese or the quartz or digital watches that virtually destroyed the Swiss (and others) watch industry. It was "us", the people that stopped buying Swiss watches.

[ash145]

I just hope "us" are abit more wiser than we were in the late 70's early 80's!!!....after all plastic movement parts is not nothing new....

[frenchie]

Why the escapement and the pallet for in plastic, but the wheels in metal? Are they really saving that much money.....

[bobm12]

I don't think they will be as successful as Seiko with mixing plastic and metal (ex. 7S26 et al). And then, Seiko knew where to push the plastic parts in the movement.

[Blacklab]

Are Swatch Group in trouble? This is very reminiscent of the dying days of the British motor & motorcycle industries - churning out desperate designs like the Austin Allegro & Ariel 3. What a piece of...

[PadraicB]

Reading about this Swatch was disturbing. It's basically unserviceable. I wonder what it's designed lifetime is?

[WillFly]

The most disturbing thing for me was the fact that it can't be serviced owing to its design - and the article started by showing defects in timing. It's a no-brainer!

[Geo]

The remnants of the watch sold for £20 on Fleabay, someone must have needed a strap!

Edited September 25, 2014 by Geo

[Lawson]

Who is in charge of the Swatch Group at the moment?!  Because presently its an insane asylum being run by the inmates!

Firstly the Swatch Group announces they are no longer supplying spare parts to independent watchmakers, and now they're hyping a caliber with designed obsolesce.

 

Is this the future of Swiss watchmaking?  If it is, then they have no future.

[Blacklab]

Not lunatics Lawson, just this bunch:

[Lawson]

ROFL!

Just posted what I think of this piece of rubbish on Swatches advert for it, on their Utube Channel, with a link to the very informative article Will posted here ... and guess what?

 

They pulled my comment within 2minutes of me posting it ... ha ha ha ha, typical!

[bobm12]

There goes freedom of speech for you Lawson....ooops, did I say that too loud? :)

[Blacklab]

Just taken a brief look at U toob and it appears that this watch does seem to be reasonably well received by a fair number of mugs err people, or have Smersh err Spectre err Swatch (thats right isnt it) deleted all the bad posts? Careful what you say or the new CEO may come round and make you uncomfortable.

 

[bobm12]

I thought 007 had done away with him! :)

[Blacklab]

No still around I'm affraid, changed his name to that of a well known British high street bank & currently residing with his clone on the island of Brechou in the Channel Islands. First order of business - take over the neighbouring island of Sark & then the world!

Edited October 8, 2014 by Blacklab

[bobm12]

Shoot! for what you are saying the cat has controlled his mind! :) Something has to be done!!