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JimF
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Apr 26, 2018
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I like the looks but never heard of this brand. Can’t seems to find one anywhere else.
MadAnthonyWayne
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Apr 27, 2018
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JimFYou're looking in all the wrong places.
http://www.revuethommenwatches.com/
Revue Thommen is arguably the oldest continuous watchmaking company in Switzerland and highly respected. It is operated now by Grovana, also a Swiss watchmaking company (since 1924) in Switzerland with license from Thommen to use their trademarks. Thommen is an aviation instruments company and this arrangement in 2001 allowed them to focus on that. There are so many people in the USA that are clueless about the numerous Swiss watch companies that make excellent timepieces. Revue Thommen has considerable name recognition and respect in Europe.
JimF
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Apr 27, 2018
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MadAnthonyWayneThanks found their history and seems they are also tied to Steinhar. Reviewed a few unboxings on YouTube and they pack in the same box as a Steinhart. Blue and Gold Sub homage for me.
Emile
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Apr 29, 2018
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MadAnthonyWayneAll the Swiss watch makers do literally zero marketing in the USA. The only ones we hear about are the ultra high end brands that have good marketing budget such as Rolex, Omega, Breitling, etc. Everybody knows Apple Watch, Samsung Watch, etc. but you say Seiko and we say "say what???"
MadAnthonyWayne
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Apr 29, 2018
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EmileSeiko is a Japanese company, and the two large corporations bearing the Seiko name are among the largest in Japan. The watch company is a piece of one of them, Seiko Holdings. The other is Seiko-Epson. The Hattori family has enormous stock holdings in both. Seiko USA, the subsidiary that exports Seiko products from Japan to the USA, and is supposed to be the only wholesale distributor in the USA, doesn't export much more than Seiko's quartz watches. It's been a long held view by them that the USA mainstream market is quartz, and that any Seiko 5 mechanical or any of their their upscale mechanical lines would be pointless to sell in North America. In addition, Seiko has a significant number of watch models it considers JDM, short for Japanese Domestic Market, and you won't see those exported anywhere. Those that want one must find a Japanese dealer in Japan willing to sell one and import it themselves (I've done this). Orient Watch Company is similar, and at one time had zero official presence in North America. That has changed, but it's not much of a presence. There's no distribution network and everything I've seen is Internet based sales by the one "official" distributor in North America.
To a great extent, Seiko is right about the North American market. The overwhelming bulk of it is quartz watches priced under $150 and even that has been slowly shifting downward. That's the discounted "street" price, not MSRP. Everything else is a small niche market. The "Smart Watch" hasn't made a dent of any significant size in the traditional watch market in North America, in spite of all the "Fluff Filler" pieces appearing occasionally in newspapers and periodicals announcing the "The Death of Watches" and other such nonsense. They're written by independent authors who crank out such stuff with attention grabbing headlines to sell it by the inch, or number of words, for the amount of space it fills in the periodical. Called filler because it's just that, to keep from having empty space somewhere in the periodical after everything they want to print is organized and arranged in the galleys. Many of the same write about "The Death of Currency", or "The Death of Credit Cards", touting how everything will be electronic wallets in cell phones next year, if not next month. People may know about Apple Watch which has brand recognition, but other than the Apple Fan Boyz, how many are they selling, as compared to sub-$150 Citizen, Seiko, Pulsar (a brand owned by Seiko) and others?
Four brands within Swatch Group with near zero presence in North America are Mido, Balmain, Glashuette Original and Union. The Hamilton, Tissot, Omega and to a lesser extent Rado brands, are much better known. I don't think Flik-Flak is seen much either but their market position is at the bottom alongside Swatch. You can find Mido on Amazon and a number of other etailers, but that's about it. I could cite brands within the Richemont Group, which has about the same number of them, including Officine Panerai, but it would get redundant.
To a great extent, Seiko is right about the North American market. The overwhelming bulk of it is quartz watches priced under $150 and even that has been slowly shifting downward. That's the discounted "street" price, not MSRP. Everything else is a small niche market. The "Smart Watch" hasn't made a dent of any significant size in the traditional watch market in North America, in spite of all the "Fluff Filler" pieces appearing occasionally in newspapers and periodicals announcing the "The Death of Watches" and other such nonsense. They're written by independent authors who crank out such stuff with attention grabbing headlines to sell it by the inch, or number of words, for the amount of space it fills in the periodical. Called filler because it's just that, to keep from having empty space somewhere in the periodical after everything they want to print is organized and arranged in the galleys. Many of the same write about "The Death of Currency", or "The Death of Credit Cards", touting how everything will be electronic wallets in cell phones next year, if not next month. People may know about Apple Watch which has brand recognition, but other than the Apple Fan Boyz, how many are they selling, as compared to sub-$150 Citizen, Seiko, Pulsar (a brand owned by Seiko) and others?
Four brands within Swatch Group with near zero presence in North America are Mido, Balmain, Glashuette Original and Union. The Hamilton, Tissot, Omega and to a lesser extent Rado brands, are much better known. I don't think Flik-Flak is seen much either but their market position is at the bottom alongside Swatch. You can find Mido on Amazon and a number of other etailers, but that's about it. I could cite brands within the Richemont Group, which has about the same number of them, including Officine Panerai, but it would get redundant.
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Apr 29, 2018
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EmileReally....... Everyone knows Seiko, plus I think you'll find it's Japanese.
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Apr 29, 2018
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EmileOh.... It was a joke.....? And I suppose you find that funny do you?
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Apr 29, 2018
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EmileWell I missed the point.... Got my geek all rallied up ;)
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