Monochrome's Rolex predictions are scary accurate, will they be right again in 2020 / 2021?
The most common, and irresistible, grist for the watch industry rumour mill each year is what new models Rolex and, to more of an extent than ever before, Tudor, will unveil each year at Baselworld. Further proof of this is the fairly fresh flurry of speculation around this little possibility right here. A blue Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight This prediction hasn’t come from Monochrome, who we worked with on the video with this post, but the image has been doing the rounds on Instagram (if you are the original creator, please let us know) and it’s a smash with the internet in terms of its appeal. Not only is the Fifty-Eight already the best watch that Tudor currently makes, it’s the best value watch for $5000 AUD that money can buy. In my opinion, this is incontestable. And adding a blue dial and bezel option is the very definition of a no-brainer. So, while we don’t mention Tudor in the following clip, the speculation is definitely building, and while Tudor might be out of sight in terms of new models thus far in 2020, the brand is certainly not out of mind. Why are we doing a post about Rolex…
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You’ve screwed up. Big time. Worse still, your partner has found out and they mad as all hell. To get their own back, said partner embarks on a demented spending spree on your joint credit card in order to punish you for your (latest) transgression. That’s what most people think “revenge spending” means. But they’re wrong and probably have a guilty conscience about something (BTW, your wife will find out in the end). In fact, revenge spending is actually the phenomenon of hyperactive consumer spending after some sort of barrier has been removed. The notion of revenge buying was first seen in China in the 1980s after the Open Door Policy was implemented, allowing previously banned Western businesses to move in, enabling Chinese consumers to buy products — Walkmans, Levi’s Jeans, Rolex watches — they had previously been unable to obtain. Western companies flocked to take advantage of the enormous new market and their products were enthusiastically embraced by Chinese locals, excited to spend in ways they had never been able to before. Today, analysts of the luxury sector are hoping that revenge spending will help the market recover after the violent downturn caused by the coronavirus. The thought is that after…
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