Anyone else annoyed these brands got new drops without delivering preorders?

[buddenfan]

Both Ming and Christopher Ward announced new watch drops today which quite annoyed me as they are still months away from delivering on previous Watch orders. Just seem to be cracking out more and more models without delivering on the older models

The Ming is apparently 8 grams making it the lightest watch ever for for 19,500 swiss franks no thanks

[enjoythemusic]

Lighter than a Richard Mille? If so, it should cost $375,000 ;-)

[Russell996]

Originally Posted by buddenfan

Both Ming and Christopher Ward announced new watch drops today which quite annoyed me as they are still months away from delivering on previous Watch orders. Just seem to be cracking out more and more models without delivering on the older models

The Ming is apparently 8 grams making it the lightest watch ever for for 19,500 swiss franks no thanks

Brands can’t stand still, they have to continually bring new products to market.

[buddenfan]

Originally Posted by Russell996

Brands can’t stand still, they have to continually bring new products to market.

Oversaturation? At least deliver on other orders before taking peoples money for preorders of new watches

[Russell996]

Originally Posted by buddenfan

Oversaturation? At least deliver on other orders before taking peoples money for preorders of new watches

CW are delivering my C1 tomorrow, these are not preorders.

[enjoythemusic]

Is the C1 purple dial delivering? Was to be July, now hopefully November.

[Russell996]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

Is the C1 purple dial delivering? Was to be July, now hopefully November.

Sorry, I’m talking about the new C1 moonphase being delivered tomorrow.

[Calatrava r]

They will probably be slow to deliver the new releases also. They need to release new watches to keep interest in the brand up, even if actual deliveries are slow.

[PhilLynott]

They have to keep their pipeline full as a company trying to grow. For them it’s a balance of catching up on preorders while keeping cash flowing in the meantime with new releases. Being “caught up” isn’t their goal right now as much as us collectors would like it to be. Until they have enough cash on hand like the more well established brands do to be able to float R&D of new models they probably want to always be playing catch up.

This is all just me thinking like a business owner I don’t actually have any inside info about either company. I can make comparisons to my own business tho which helps me relate to how they’re running theirs.

[PBJ1925]

I'm liking the CW aventurine dial / moonphase. Looks like a budget Moser in the most complementary way.

[Russell996]

Arrived first thing today.

[Yobrooks]

Looks beautiful..enjoy.

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[enjoythemusic]

Congrats Russell

[pdnb]

Originally Posted by Russell996

Arrived first thing today.

Nice! How is lume? They had a non adventurine model earlier that I liked that had crazy lume.


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[PhilLynott]

I really like that moonphase as well I almost pulled the trigger yesterday but am trying to stay focused on a few longer term grails I get distracted so easily!

[hgg43c]

wow what a watch - would love to see a lume shot of this watch

[-dustin]

generally don't like moonphase pieces, but when i saw the pictures in the Lunacy email, i was very impressed. that dial is over the top badass.

[ads75]

Originally Posted by buddenfan

Both Ming and Christopher Ward announced new watch drops today which quite annoyed me as they are still months away from delivering on previous Watch orders. Just seem to be cracking out more and more models without delivering on the older models

Did you think Rolex was the only brand that could make customers wait months or years on wait lists?

[samson66]

Originally Posted by Russell996

Arrived first thing today.

Beautiful watch. I just wish they lumed the hands. Looks hard to read. What are your thoughts?