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Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega.

Omega are climbing the luxury hierarchy with their shiny this and shiny that. Longines has a new assignment despite the years of neglect and suspect d...
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Will The Omega Seamaster Look Dated In 10 Years?

I'm saving for the Omega Seamaster 300 but after seeing a photo of a random Franck Muller, I'm worried. Franck Mullers were popular in the 90s/00s, to...
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Have Affordable Watches Forgotten How To Have Fun?

The watch enthusiast community rightly defend the collectability of affordable watches but it's become harder lately as Seiko raise their prices leavi...
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Recent Comments

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Preach! I could wear so many more models if they shortened the lug to lug but at this stage I think they're sticking to their guns and calling it, design language

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

When I tried on the current model of the hydroconquest it was priced at 1,300, believe it or not. If I pulled the trigger, I reckon I could have talked them down to below 1k - simpler times.

commented on 2023 Black Bay 36 ·

This BB36 and a luxury dive watch would make a great two watch collection

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

I didn't know Omega discounts were back on the table, maybe a below 5k Omega sports isn't a pip dream!

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Thanks, I've not tried negotiating on any of the new Longines models but I'm just wondering because I'm eyeing up a zulu time and it wasn't too long ago when Omega decided there would be no more discounts.

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Ah yeah I can see it being model dependant. I'm eyeing up the all black one which luckily is not as popular. The upshot is that discounts still seem possible. It was a sad day, not too long ago, when Omega ended discounts out right.

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Agreed! When I first got into watches I wanted a luxury diver around £1k and one of the watches I tried on was the hydroconquest. I'm hoping the new £2k-ish hydroconquest GMT comes in a non-GMT version for a price closer to the £1k-ish mark.

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