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Thanks for sharing your insight from the brands‘ perspective
Sep 12, 2020,03:38 AM
Great info! I‘ve never thought about this. It makes perfect sense for the strongest ones to pursue this road, and the followers imitate them cause they want to copy the leaders of the pack.
Thanks, Brandon
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How About a Win-Win for Buyers and Manufacturers?
By: mdg : September 10th, 2020-12:49
I've been thinking about this for a long time. It first came to me when I realized I couldn't buy a Rolex OEM rubber strap (or any strap) for my son's 2020 SS Daytona. Then again when I was contemplating buying an ALS watch in a certain metal but with han...
VC American 1921
By: mahesh : September 10th, 2020-13:38
I wear my watch on right hand, so I’ll buy if the dial is tilted to left (which was the original configuration apparently)... Best, mahesh.,
And it would be pricey for a one-off....
By: mdg : September 10th, 2020-15:13
...but if VC did the research they might find they could sell 20% more watches with a different dial. At that point they are making money and you are happy. Win-win.
To reply to my own post...
By: mdg : September 10th, 2020-15:37
...I love two-tone watches, especially white gold/platinum/steel cases with yellow or rose gold hands and/or markers/numerals. Pretty much any manufacturer could build their watches like this with little effort.
I would love that.
By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : September 10th, 2020-16:43
I think the possible loss of economies of scale as more choices are offered, and increased complexity of construction processes, leading to increased manufacturing costs, are the real reason for not having this. The reuse of generic white date wheels poin...
Some brands already do this
By: nwk00 : September 10th, 2020-17:03
Kari Voutilainen with the bespoke dial program Armin Strom offers a configurator on their site. Not sure it's always a good idea because brands need to have a consistent image. And taste is a subjective thing. I have seen ugly creations from customization...
Frustrating as it may be, this is the reaction they want (apparently)
By: brandon1 : September 11th, 2020-13:22
The Open Caseback had an interesting article earlier this year discussing the textbook The Luxury Strategy , which is apparently taught at MBA programs (not the one I attended, but to be fair I didn't opt for the types of classes where this would have bee...
Really good info...
By: mdg : September 11th, 2020-19:48
...thank you. It seems like the days of 'The customer is always right' are long gone. Odd in that we are the ones keeping their lights on...
Thanks for sharing your insight from the brands‘ perspective
By: mrds : September 12th, 2020-03:38
Great info! I‘ve never thought about this. It makes perfect sense for the strongest ones to pursue this road, and the followers imitate them cause they want to copy the leaders of the pack. Thanks, Brandon
Very insightful!
By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : September 12th, 2020-13:38
Made me think of some watch companies' behavior.