Omega Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/tag/omega/ Fully Independent Watch Website Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:16:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://i0.wp.com/thetruthaboutwatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-TTAW-logo-4-e1602814010673.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Omega Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/tag/omega/ 32 32 17944636 Time to Buy Louis Vuitton Watches? https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/10/time-to-buy-louis-vuitton-watches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-buy-louis-vuitton-watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/10/time-to-buy-louis-vuitton-watches/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:34:15 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20824 Louis Vuitton watches have been something of a joke. Quartz-powered fripperies for people who wouldn’t think twice about buying a sub-$400 Armani-branded watch, but could never afford an Armani suit. LMVH heir Jean Arnault number five is determined to change that. Will he be successful? Louis Vuitton’s style is often described as classic, elegant and […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/10/time-to-buy-louis-vuitton-watches/feed/ 1 20824 Bucherer is Rolex. Now What? https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/bucherer-is-rolex-now-what/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bucherer-is-rolex-now-what https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/bucherer-is-rolex-now-what/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:54:56 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20689 Sorry I was out for a bit, chasing Substack glory. My absence left a LOT of comments in moderation, although most of them were immoderate. Passionate, you might say. All released. The delay won’t happen again. So, now that I have/had your attention, what are we to make of Rolex getting into retail by buying […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/bucherer-is-rolex-now-what/feed/ 0 20689 New Swatch X Blancpain – A Fathomable Brand Betrayal https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:08:23 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20670 Swatch X Blancpain Fifty Fathoms? A bioceramic cheap mechanical or quartz-powered copy of the legendary diving watch (first edition above), currently selling for $14k and up? Yup. watchpro.com’s Rob Corder explains… “Swatch and Omega’s partnership to create the MoonSwatch in 2022 was heralded as one of the greatest marketing stunts of the decade among watch […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/feed/ 29 20670 Mechanical Watches – Dead Technology Walking? https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/mechanical-watches-dead-technology-walking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mechanical-watches-dead-technology-walking https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/mechanical-watches-dead-technology-walking/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:32:44 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20665 [This article on mechanical watches first appeared on Robert Farago’s substack.] My friend Jon has a very specific idea of fun. “If it doesn’t involve the threat of death, it’s not fun.” Good point. Motorcycling wouldn’t be half as much fun if I wasn’t aware that every ride could be my last. Motorcycling, shooting, skiing, […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/mechanical-watches-dead-technology-walking/feed/ 3 20665 Bucherer Sale: Rolex Wants to Rule the World! https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/bucherer-sale-rolex-wants-to-rule-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bucherer-sale-rolex-wants-to-rule-the-world https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/bucherer-sale-rolex-wants-to-rule-the-world/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:12:48 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20611 Re: the Bucherer sale to Rolex, TTAW commentator SPQR writes… Rolex never buys anything to keep things at “arm’s length.” It buys things to integrate them into the Rolex monolith, like the purchase of Aegler. The acquisition of Bucherer probably means that Rolex will now run a “vertically integrated” retail business as well as a […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/bucherer-sale-rolex-wants-to-rule-the-world/feed/ 0 20611 Can You Spot A High End Counterfeit Watch? Nope! https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/07/can-you-spot-a-high-end-counterfeit-watch-nope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-you-spot-a-high-end-counterfeit-watch-nope https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/07/can-you-spot-a-high-end-counterfeit-watch-nope/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:34:31 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20161 The counterfeit watch is out there, somewhere. “With continued advancements in tech, the quality of these fake watches is getting better and better,” Watchfinder & Co.’s intro to their “spot the fake” quiz asserts. How good are they? Never mind all that stuff about “a fool and his money are soon parted.” High-end fake watches […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/07/can-you-spot-a-high-end-counterfeit-watch-nope/feed/ 0 20161 OMEGA Reveals the Ugliest James Bond Watch, Ever https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2022/11/omega-reveals-the-ugliest-james-bond-watch-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=omega-reveals-the-ugliest-james-bond-watch-ever https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2022/11/omega-reveals-the-ugliest-james-bond-watch-ever/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2022 19:25:48 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=19047 If it seems like I’m picking on OMEGA, it’s because I am. If not me, who? And by God they’re making it easy. There I was about to eviscerate OMEGA’s new Seamaster Diver 300M 60 Years of James Bond – which I will get to in a moment – when I caught sight of the […]

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