• _skapo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    It’s sold out already? I didn’t even get the email. Damn I was really looking forward to getting this one.

  • NovemRivers@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Their mailing system broke and over half of the watches probably went to bots. I pity those who paid full price instead of using a discount coupon though.

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    1 year ago

    Im really surprised this is so popular. Its a 43 mm, 51 lug to lug diver with 51 ghosts randomly on the dial? I dont get it

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      1 year ago

      It’s a hype watch. Cute kitschy theme, limited edition. You’ll see flippers hocking them on ebay and /r/Watchexchange soon after release for an inflated price.

      I’m sure plenty of people who bought it did so with the intention to keep it, but plenty of others try to capitalize on other people’s FOMO when these kind of limited release watches come out.

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      1 year ago

      It is a joke “pun intended” inpired from the “fifty phatoms” by blancpain. Honestly i think it is funny and clever. The also made the Pain blanc,it is in french and it mean white bread, another of their “pun intended” watch

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        1 year ago

        I wear watches from 36 mm to 42, I dont have a problem with the size. But on this sub there are so many bitching about oversized divers that Im surprised this one sold out so quick. I guess theres a silent majority

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          1 year ago

          Why don’t we compare it to the Fifty Fathoms which the design is inspired by… There is a 40.3mm, a 42.3mm and a 45mm version. I would say that this watch fits purely in the middle of the actual Blancpain dimensions and I don’t think you need to compare it to any other diver imo…

  • oeanon1@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    i had it in my cart it sold out before my CC processed. i got an error and a pending charge.

  • ac_s2k@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I registered for priority access over a week ago. Got the email bang on 11. Opened it straight away. All.somd.out.

    Really disappointed.

    Scam? Not at all. Have some.scalpers bought up 2 and will sell them.on ebay? 100%

  • eryien@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The mail popped up for a millisecond, the moment I opened it it disappeared. Not in spam, nowhere. Fuck me… and of course sold out when it went live at 12:07 or something

  • 2_Spo0ky@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Good thing I didn’t pursue it then. I initially wanted to get one, but one of my grails suddenly came up for a good deal and I changed plans.

    But it sucks that the promised prioritize acces didn’t work. Maybe they weren’t prepared for the demand and couldn’t handle it?

  • YoutubeRewind2024@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I bought one, and I didn’t have any issues with it. They sent me the email as soon as it hit 5:55. Maybe your email filtered it as spam?