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Love em or hate em, they've grown into the go-to watch resource and one-stop shop with new watches as an AD for several brands, used and vintage buying/selling, accessories, and services like insurance. No one else comes close, and I'd bet they have ambitions to offer all of that globally.
Their collections generally are not interesting because they are composed of the "greatest hits." "Here's my Royal Oak, my Nautilus, and my vintage Rolex Daytona."
So what do you wanna see? They're classics for a reason, and it's not just about the watches. Most of the time, there's a story attached that make it more interesting than just a greatest hit.
Agreed. I think something like this is bound to happen when you want to grow the audience and have to go from niche to more mass.
I'm slowly lowering my sleeve to cover up my Royal Oak... in my defense though I bought my Royal Oak right before they become really popular and was able to get a 22% discount on mine.
Lol lucky. I’d love to have a royal oak.
1200 meter dives ? Forget 1200 meters, do people actually dive 10-30m wearing their Rolex ?
Supposedly the model I am interested in is forecasted to come in March and I am at the top of the list. I have a feeling that is what they tell everyone.
I agree, but the question becomes, what would you want to see instead? Personally, I have almost no interest in seeing a TW full of watches I could buy myself. I want to see unique, high end stuff, not pedestrian watches that "anyone" could buy. Nor do I want to see a bunch of vintage junk. That stuff just doesn't interest me.
Even historically when the SD was 40mm. its additional thickness and cost over a Sub Date always resulted in a stronger demand for Subs (or GMTs), and that was when the price difference in the 90's was only $300 more. Demand for Subs has continued to be stronger than for modern SDs particularly as diameter and price increased significantly. The SD is a great watch, but not everyone can wear a 43mm watch and not everyone wants to spend what it costs for additional water resistance, since it probably won't see anything deeper than a swimming pool.
I agree, I really like to hear the background stories about the watches. I've seen classics, and I've grand complications and watches from independents in person. Seeing them in a video certainly isn't going to be better than having seen them in person - so it's really only interesting to me if the owner shares an interesting story as to why he bought it, what it means to him, or if he has an amusing story about how he acquired it if it is difficult to get.
Love mine, don't care if they are popular or not. Bought my Jumbo with a 15% discount. Then again, when I went to Vegas a year or two later, and one could also still walk into any of the Patek ADs there and walk out with any model of Nautilus.
I think the trick with HODINKEE is to view them first and foremost as an e-commerce site. An e-commerce site that occasionally posts an interesting article.
I'm more interested in people's thought patterns on things. If I want to see pics of pretty independent brand watches, there are plenty of sources online for that. I'm most interested in people who collect with intention, who can explain with reason why they've gone after something (assuming its something other than just because they knew it was a cool piece to have), even if it's some more pedestrian pieces.
This is my view exactly. One of my favorite TW episodes features now-retired baseball player Howie Kendrick, whose collection is composed of modern and vintage, heavy hitters and more pedestrian watches, all of which support his interest in tool watches.
