NOT AGAIN... New Swatch X Blancpain Ocean of Storms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- NOT AGAIN... New Swatch X Blancapain Ocean of Storms... oh Gosh... Swatch collab time is BACK. In the summer Swatch X Blancpain released the Scuba Fifty nodding to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. They released 5 different watches in a wild, funky colour palette. But they are BACK with a slightly more subdued model: Ocean of Storms.
Now I don't want to be too much of a hater - on the one hands, there are soe great things about this. I love that more people will know about the Fifty Fathoms and it is getting people excited about a fantastic model. But on the other hand, I feel like... The messaging of these is a bit off for me, and I am worried Swatch is doing what Disney is doing - taking an amazing IP and milking it further than it should have ever been milked.
Anyways! Just some of my thoughts! I'd love to know what YOU think to this new release!
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00-0:37 - Intro
0:38-1:32 - The Good
1:33-2:00 - Why is it called "Ocean of Storms"
2:01-2:42 - Specifications
2:43-5:41 - Me being a hater for 3 minutes straight
5:42-6:03 - Price
6:04-6:18 - Outro
6:19-6:45 - Thank You Patrons! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Everyone hating on these needs to actually try one on. Great dimensions, fantastic power reserve, well within CSOC accuracy and a fun color? And the lume is second to none.
Serious question, I was told these can’t be serviced/basically when they’re fucked, they’re fucked. True?
The relationship between diving and the Moon is that the Moon's gravitational pull affects the tidal waves of the oceans on Earth. Perhaps Swatch should have used this as a marketing speil. Also a fun fact is that astronauts perform their training underwater in their spacesuits to simulate zero gravity. Scott Carpenter was famously both an Astronaut and an Aquanaut involved in SEALAB.
I think this is a GREAT idea for these high end brands and their collaborations. How else would you go about drawing in a new crowd to become a possible pretentious watch collector... look at the many fields of everything going away..
I don't mind this one, though i would almost certainly go for a different strap. One thing I will say, this collection has made me look a lot more closely at Blancpain so from that perspective I believe it has served a purpose for the master brand.
No, no it hasn't, for had you looked at dive watch history you'd have looked anyway.
Finally an Astronaut Diver!! My collection can be complete
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Everyone is eye rolling this watch. This is the only one I would buy.
Until the point you actually buy it, it’s exactly the same as all the other colours.
I DID buy the Blue 😉
The difference between you would buy if it wasn't a total and utter rip-off and find quite appealing all things being equal. Which they aren't.
@@dermotbarry-murphy9451 I find it visually appealing. I appreciate what Blancpain brings to the table but I don’t have the wrist for it. This watch can give some of that Blancpain experience without being a design ripoff.
@@dermotbarry-murphy9451 It’s not a total and utter rip off lol.
Just don’t buy it if you don’t want, or cannot afford one.
Go buy some Chinese slave/child labour sweat shop crime funding fake/fakagé instead 😉
This and the Antarctic/white one.
Love what you do, so thanks! Minor moon facts: the lunar 'seas' aren't remnants, they're just called oceans because ancient astronomers thought that's what the dark patches were. And if you've heard of Procul Harum (they did Whiter Shade of Pale), that's more like how you pronounce this sea, because that's where the band got their name (at least some say, anyway). And lastly, the moon really is made of cheese. True story.
Good stuff my man 👌
If there was no moon we wouldn't have changes of tides on our oceans. Kind of like having no Sun which affects our existence and harvests.
@@terryl7749 that’s not true (about the moon and tides). It’s a lovely romantic notion but nonsense if you thought about it.
It's a genius move for both brands. BP gets to expand their audience while it's a sales boon for Swatch Group.
I'm so glad you did an episode on this! I actually quite like this one! Swatch is usually all about popping colours for me, but this black one just seems to work. At least visually. I agree about the poor messaging.
I was so close in buying one over Christmas but held off, I might pick this model one up
I was thinking of making a dumbass comment but I feel the watch speaks for itself...
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Having seen the watches, i have two issues.
One is the texture of the bioceramic plastic. But most importantly, the price difference. 390 euros when the standard System 51 is sold from 180 to 220 euros at the Swatch stores.
Best Regards
It weird how everyone has jumped on the bandwagon about this watch not being serviceable when indeed it is. I watched another TH-cam who decided to do his own research and contacted swatch to enquire about that fact what every other TH-cam I've watched has said. They came back to hime and said the watch is indeed serviceable, the slots on the back of the watch are placements where the watch dack is screwed off. Please TH-camrs do your reasearch
I literately just watched Watch Yourself Jorge's video on this (i know you two are friends!!). I'd actually consider getting this. Much better than the other colourful versions.
Go get one and get back to me.
Then we can talk further about it being better than my Blue 😂
@@alfieakaronaldogblack all the way!!
@@Xaiyala Got yours yet?
@@Xaiyala It’s a watch buddy, not a football team.
Get in on your wrist first 😉
An 18 month life expectancy? Maybe you can throw it in the ocean and it can be recycled into a better watch haha
They can now be “repaired” (movement replaced) at one of Swatch’s centers in Swiss.
400€ is hilarious for a watch built to last 2 years
Just shows how stupid they think their customers are.
Mines going straight back into the ocean when it stops working 😂
The seas and oceans have tides, the tides are caused by the Moon (and the Sun to a lesser degree). Perhaps it's a bit of a stretch, but there's connection between the Moon and the seas. I give them the benefit of the doubt that that was the thought process.
"Omega is the moon... so add a moon and it will sell..."... :P
LOL! The messaging is a wee bit off to me! 😅 but what do I know!
@@BrittPearceWatches I am pretty sure what they thought they learned was that anything with a moon affiliation will sell and they went for it. 😆
That's the best looking one. Usage of the moon kinda makes sense for a "scuba" watch as it affects the tides...and werewolves.
What next? Scuba diving on Europa edition!
It’s nice looking but the price is too much!
You nailed it. “Bioceramic” but disposable. Wildly overpriced vs even a Seiko SRPD. Swatch is just seeing what they can get away with these days.
Plastic
You're paying for brand, marketing, research & development. But the real FF costs $20k so $400 for a replica is cheating out on a luxury item that has already been well established. You can view it as a scam or bargain depending on your value for the Blancpain brand. If this was branded Rolex I'm certain a lot of haters would be buying it.
@@terryl7749 If other idiots bought a ripoff rolex, it doesn't make you any less of an idiot for buying this watch.
Just about all watch companies. Limited edition everything.
@@terryl7749Rolex would never put their name on a watch with a cheap generic plastic mech.
Awesome, I can finally wear my spacesuite in the sea! Or is it my aqualung on the moon? Either way, history is made, as 2024 marks the year of the Astro diver. ( let's see if Rolex release one and claim they did it first with the MoonMariner.)
Hi Britt!
This is the version I’ve waited for! And I remember many reviewers who mentioned that it is a pity because there is no black version.
Okay, the Swatch Scuba probably isn’t the watch you’re going to give to your child in 30 years from now. But my Sistem51 Swatch is 10 years old and still works fine. The Bioceramic is basically made from castor oil and is fully recyclable. The movement isn’t serviceable - yes. But a Powermatic 80 has the same issue. And who is going to serve a simple Seiko or Miyota movement when you could get a brand new one for half the price of a service?
My only complaint is the availability. The next Swatch flagship stores are a two hour drive away from my hometown. So, it’s nearly impossible for me to get one for the normal price.
Best wishes,
Claus
Very nice pieces. Next one is with a gold seconds hand I guess. Humour aside, the 1960s no-date NoRad remains one of my top 6 unattainable grails, at the same level as a Rolex 5517 or 6542.
I love this black version❤
Next we could have the Blancpain X Swatch Mission to Mars "Mare Ertyhraeum". And green men on the rotor that glow in the dark. Or a gold plated seconds hand that glows in the dark. With green men on it, no strawberries.
Good Review, covered most of what needed to be said with regards to this watch, one thing though, if you do get one and then decide to change the strap, be aware that it's not going to be an easy fix. As you have to buy a strap with the tools to remove the bars. (Not a great idea, as these are Allen keys?) And very fine at that, I busted one of them trying to remove the bar, but lucky, the place where I got the strap from, included two more, otherwise the "watch" would have been shelved.
As for the watch, they (Swatch) should have just released this along with the rest, as it was shown in the original ad, on the date of release last year?
As for the price and the way Swatch sells these to the markets, they are not doing watch enthusiasts any favours by still going through their store, especially since they are closing them?
(In Melbourne, Chadstone shopping centre) for example, do they take us as fools.
As that only leaves the one in the center of Melbourne, and that is unacceptable as the distance to travel, it great.
(I got mine, paying through the nose from a guy on Ebay?)
While I like this version more than the moon one (I have both) it's mostly for the movement more than anything else.
I know it's got a limited life-span, and I'm pretty sure, that by the time it does fail, something else will take its place.
Final thought, do not buy, as it's not worth it.
And we just know they probably have another collaboration in the works. 😬😂
I don't get it either, as a marketing tool to lure folk towards the original its quite clever perhaps. Not for me, but a friend collector bought and is happy with the swatch Moon Omega thing. Im happy they're happy.
omg you are so good. what a great opener :)
If you wash the dishes wearing this, there'll be an Ocean of Tears Before Bedtime 😢.
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I just bought this. This is just exceptionally good. Never mind you didnt get any one from previous collaboration. But this one it is a killer
I wanna sell all my previous color after getting this in black. Thus is the best
@@Bryan-hr1il i feel the same 😂
The nice safe boring option is by far the best looking but still not worth the money they are asking ❤❤
Canadian watch monkey! Here in the comments saying exactly what I’m thinking!
Worth every Penny (Blue one anyway) 😂
What other £300 watch gets its own video the day after it’s announced? 😂😂
@@alfieakaronaldogyeah that sounds like a shitty reason to spend 300 quid.
@@valebliz There are far worse way of spending £300 on watches.
What’s a better one?
I feel this release is the way how Swatch keeps trolling the community by subliminally saying “you’ll never forget the MoonSwatch”
@Britt What's on your wrist?
Your expression in the thumbnail is hilarious!
Thats a great looking watch,,, id love a proper blancpain!
This will sell big time!!!!
You don't remember when we went diving on the moon?
I actually think the white and grey, or black and blue, is the "boring one". I'm not getting any but I think I'd get the white and grey one if I did.
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The connection between diving and the moon isn't so far unrelated. The ocean tides on Earth are affected by the moon and astronauts do their training under water in their spacesuits to simulate zero gravity in space. Also there are several astronauts that were certified dive instructors or pioneers of SEALAB experimentation.
@terryl7749 hunh that's pretty interesting. The tides I knew of course but the training under water and certified divers I didn't know. Thanks
Also the moon was thought to have oceans by early astronomers- they co time to call many sections of the darker surface of the moon seas - in homage to those early pioneers.
So the link is pretty obvious and actually quite cool. People just want to hate to look like they are better watch enthusiasts than others and to get attention or views.
I want one. And it makes me feel dirty to admit that. Anyways, thanks for the fun video!
I love the new Blancpain x Swatch Fifty Fathoms. I want the new Ocean of Storms.
The quality of the Blancpain x Swatch is much better than the MoonSwatch. I have a few of them already. The dial is really the same as the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, and the Blancpain x Swatch is affordable.
I love the look of this watch but if the movement only lasts 5 years I'm out.
It’s really not expensive to make a steel case. Just make a steel version and this would be cool.
It’s the best looking of the lot. But that’s like saying the prettiest burns victim!
In 30 years, these could be like pokemon cards in value to certain collectors... just an idea lol
I don't mind this one. As you say, a sensible colour. I agree about the System 51 movement. Will try to get it. Totally agree about Disney. I've given up on those franchises a long time ago.
This model will sell well, for aesthetics if anything.
Random question, watch gringa, so sorry- what brand/model mic boom arm is that?
I mean imo it looks better then the other ones. That black really camouflages the cheap plastic look of it
Why you hate it ? Im a proud owner of the real blancpain fifty fathoms 45mm, and i owned it because i love it even though only some people (the real watches enthusiast) knows BP. And when swatch make the collabs, im ok with it, and it make many more generations knows BP. Thats a good thing. And of course Swatch will not stop (as your title that said "swatch dont know when to stop ?") Because it is a brilliant move. More people knows about BP... plus swatch get sales... why should they stop ?
I was about to get this before the galling realisation that it’s movement is disposable?! I mean I almost want to see how long it can be eked out.
I'll buy a broken one for peanuts in 5 years and put the dial in a NH35 FF homage case
Good job being honest and 100% true with the “unrepairable” watch that is going to be trash. This is fast consumerism at it’s best, very wrong and bad from a company like Blancpain, tho… Swatch does this forever.
Ouch! I feel attacked! I've worked with Disney/Marvel folks. LOL
If I didn't already have an Atlantic Ocean model I'd definitely get this one in black. I could wear a disposable plastic watch under the radar. 😂
I already decided when my Fifty Fathoms stops running it's just going to be a Christmas ornament I put on the tree each year.
OH NOOOO JOBER!!! 🤣🤣🤣 obviously YOUR WORK IS PERFECT! 🤣🙈🙈🙈🎉🎉👻
You KNOW! I keep toying with the idea of buying one of these! I’ve been so scathing but I haven’t been hands on with one! So I’m not sure I have the right to be such a hater! 😝
OMG. THATS A BRILLIANT IDEA LOL!! Making it into a Christmas tree decoration!!! Absolutely brilliant!!! I’m going to do that with my MoonSwatch now!
I think turning it into an ornament is truly recycling 😂
moonswatch is an iconic move for watch industry! Only a Rolex collab can beat this and i think never gonna happened!
Would definitely never happen because Swatch Group doesn't own Rolex. The next big target would likely be Breguet and of that, the only one that makes any sense would be the XX series. The rest of the breguet lineup is far too dressy to turn into a happy meal watch. The Breguet XX could easily be played around with to have some fun colors and still be a tool watch.
The moon controls ocean tides. So that's the connection between moon and ocean. I'd consider one but as there's no swatch store around, oh well. 😂
Swatch are like Dr Frankenstein, and we're the angry villagers rushing up the paths to storm his castle gates with burning torches.
There's sea slugs on the moon?
This one is definately the best, but I'm so far past caring now, lol
I was looking at these a few days ago and thinking, the only one i'd want is a black one, the most like an original, but that was the one they didn't do. Maybe they had a lot of complaints - Hey Blancpain, Omega have done it with the black one, why haven't you!?
I think it could be interesting if Swatch did it with other watch group brands, like Richemont's Panerai or Louis Vuitton's Heuer, A Panerai Swatch Radiomir, a Heuer Swatch Monaco.
They should have called it the Mariana Trench or something like that.
Cool idea
Although I guess a 50 fathoms Mariana Trench would be odd as well
its a very nice looking watch- this is probably my pick on the blancpain swatch watches…but the price…for that money, i would have a seiko baby tuna save the ocean and dinner with my wife.
Can’t wait for when they change the colour of the seconds hand so they can flog the dead horse one more time.
In other Words in good old german language ICH FINDE DIE NEUE BLANCPAIN GEIL!
I like this one! The way of getting a sixth ocean is a bit whacky but I'm glad they didn't just give it a gold hand... again. They were really starting to p*** me off.
Head canon: this is Swatch’s attempt to link up this line to the MoonSwatch level of success. Because the Ocean of Storms was the area where Apollo 12 landed in December 1969.
This is also set up to compete with the Seiko 5 Sports “5KX” line of watches, mechanical movement watches about the same price, but with more Euro-heritage and none of the “SKX fanboy” baggage.
FYI, Typo in title. Blancapain?
As for the watch.. I like the look. Ignore the marketing crap. Best "affordable" BPFF homage because it's actually from the brand, technically. But, I'm not getting a disposable watch for $400+.
Better that the Omega and the breitling endurance pro
Swartch Timex next?
👻 who knows!
Hi Britt, sorry to be a stickler here but the case size is 42.3mm and not 42.4mm!!!!!!!
you are right swatch will never stop i guess is omega seamaster 300m is next
Enjoying the watch, about one hour queue on the 11th. One per customer. Someone else had an issue with the seconds hand..
This watch is like Cousin Oliver moving in with the Bradys.
Thanks Britt spot on .
02:57 I don't know if the backstory is stupid, but do you not realise that tides oscillate between neaps and springs? That means tides with a small range and tides with a large one. Divers need to watch out for strong tidal currents which could carry them off the dive site and will often choose to dive across slack water when the tide is turning. I imagine in a neap (a time twice a lunar cycle when tidal range is at a minimum and therefore so is the flow) they have longer before the current reaches concerning speeds. IN THEORY then the display of a moon phase on a dive watch is not silly at all, apart from cluttering up the face. That doesn't stop people embracing dive chronographs, even though they've a rotating bezel as well!
Edit: I forgot to mention the crucial part. The phase of the moon is caused by the position of the sun and moon relative to earth, determining how much of the side of the moon permanently facing us is illuminated.
Spring tides are caused by the gravity of the sun and moon either pulling on opposite or the same sides of the earth since the tides are an ellipse of water pulled out by those bodies and sloshing around the earth rotating underneath/through it. When sun and moon are at right-angles to the earth they try to pull out elipses across each other, partially cancelling out and resulting in a more circular shape of water and thus less movement of water from low to high tide: a 'neap' tide. Obviously I mean more spherical form of water lying around the globe, when I say circular I am thinking of a cross-section.
Since they both depend on the relative position of the sun and moon, the oscillation between strong and weak tides is in sync with the moonphase. In a strong (spring) tide the tidal currents will pick up faster after slack water and have more chance to catch a diver out.
Whoa….. that’s a whole lot of mansplaning just to miss the point Britt’s making. These aren’t watches based on the oceans of Earth (which you go into great detail to explain) they’re based on the marias or “seas” on the moon.
@@watchpapi I was reacting to 'a dive watch and the moon...what?!' because I think there is a link via tides.
I rarely comment without watching most or all of a video, but I did in this instance so I guess I should suck up the response. I even did see her mention a lunar map with 'mare' this and that marked without realising they were trying to suggest a link with seas on earth (which was stupid of me, I was tired and should have gone to sleep instead of commenting).
No need to be sexist though: 'mansplaining' is sex based dig which my comment is free of. I didn't design, purchase, or intend to purchase this watch so I am not defending it, just pointing out there could be a link, as you say poorly connected in this watch.
Edit, rereading my comment, OK so the backstory is stupid then.
Edit 2: read the Blancpain marketing now. These X Swatch models are more extensive than I thought. 'The fifth' isn't fifth Swatch X brand collaboration, it's fifth in this Blancpain series already, and the others have real ocean names not lunar mare names. Apologies I'm sure that was all explained in the video.
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I like the aesthetic, the story is inane.
I would buy it for the design actually but that it is not possible to repair it and the fact that you get a proper diver from e.g. VAER for the same price changes my opinion a bit ;)
They should have called it the mariana trench version. At least the trench is under water and its all black.
As someone who can never afford a fifty fathoms. This is right in the price range i can stomach. Watches are a want, not a need. Buy within your means. Happy collecting!
I’m looking forward to the motor trade to follow suit and Lamborghini collaborate with Little Tikes and bring out a really cheap plastic Aventador!
Sorry for earlier typos. This is currently advertised with MGB Watches for £695.00!
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I can't help but crack-up when I hear Anglophones pronounce "Blancpain". I'm primarily Anglophone myself but, being from Quebec, I'm bilingual and "blanc pain" means "white bread" in French. To pronounce it properly (at least as properly as an Anglophone can), say "Blon-Pay" because "Blon-Pon" isn't even close. 😁
Having said that, I roasted the Fauxmega MoonSwatch because it was a serious insult to the Omega name. I never thought that it could be worse, but, here we are with Blancpain being crucified on a plastic cross. What's next, Breguet? Sheeeeshh....
Wait and see what happens when one of these washes up on the beach. 😮
I agree with you completely Brit.
I just recently got into watches, and Ive never really looked into Blancpain before until the Swatch collaboration!
Maybe the Swatch collab is a two-strategy thing? Selling plastic watches with branding markups because money of course, but also putting Blancpain on the minds of people who dont even know about the brand. I know about Blancpain now, so theres bound to be other people who are like me that also have lots of cash laying around. Either way, the Swatch Group makes money, either from their collab watch or from the real Fifty Fathoms.
A dive watch on the moon? Like a moon watch?
Still, at least there’s something interesting with the Blancpain name on it, finally. How many bigger and bigger Fifty Fathoms models can live in the Submariner’s shadow for 50% more money? I still want the white BlancSwatch, but since it’s the perfect summer watch, I’m happy to wait, just like I’m waiting for my Mission to Mars.
I actually just bought one at a little premium from a flipper.... I have to say this model is REALLY cool! I personally like this collaboration concept, I have the real moon watch but I bought the moon swatch just for fun. I always wanted to buy the genuine 50 fathoms, but the regular model is too big (45mm) and the limited editions are too expensive. IMO this Swatch 50 fathoms is a much better watch than the Moon Swatch, the system 51 movement is giving it a sweeping second hand, the bezel action is crisp, sun burst dial, decent quality nato strap.... no regret at all even I paid more than retail.
How much was it?
@@melissasmess2773I paid about us$500 for it.
They should have launched this black color. And ONLY black color 😄
I love it
5:06.....Gringa, Brittany...Please never change ❤❤❤❤❤❤
There are plenty of oceans left they could have drawn from. The BLACK SEA comes to mind...
If it was $200-$250 I would buy it.
I don’t sweat the contradiction of product versus message with Swatch Watch; Their whole thing is about impulse buying, not about making thoughtful choices.
Blancpain = 50 Fathoms
Swatch = 50 Millimetres
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Maybe this watch is suppose to be “Moo-uff Diving” version? 🤔 😂
i don’t understand why you say its a disposable piece of plastic, how can you predict how long is going to last this watch?
At least they are doing something to entice a younger crowd into wearing and enjoying watches. A lot more than can be said for some.
really what the hey was the critter? ?
Swatch overplayed the concept. This Swatch/Blancpain collab offers a lot less mass appeal than that with Omega. The colorful and playful colors of the first batch overcame some of that - but this traditional/safe colorway is just going to be "meh" to many consumers.
Gah! SALTY! You’re saying exactly what I’m thinking!!!!
Definitely wear my Omega over this 😂