Shinola’s New Chronograph Is Detroit’s Answer to the Moonwatch

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Re: Shinola’s New Chronograph Is Detroit’s Answer to the Moonwatch

Post by codguy » October 18th 2024, 5:59am

What a fucking joke.
If you had concerns about the legitimacy of Shinola watches in the past, they now left no doubt they are just another non-serious wartch company in the model of Granny Lalo's Invicta.
And if your movement is that uninspiring/bland/plain looking------- put it under a solid caseback for god sake and try to salvage any resemblance of seriousness.


Leave it to "Gear Patrol" to write yet another low IQ watch review for the WiT crowd.
I should have known better than to click the link but will honestly attempt to ignore their blogs going forward.
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Post by bedlam » March 18th 2025, 2:11am

Seems pretty uninspired
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Post by 3Flushes » March 18th 2025, 6:04pm

Nice enough looking - agree with CG - certainly could have done a lot more with the movement than just the Geneva striped main plate under glass. Boxed crystal and titanium case and bracelet are nice touches. 4 G's? Ridiculous.
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Post by jason_recliner » March 18th 2025, 6:16pm

You all bitching about the The Mooncraft Monster Chrono? I reckon it looks pretty good. Nice Ti case and bracelet is a win. Dark Blue and Ti always looks hot, same for a box-domed sapphire. I do like a knurled crown, and the spear logo is a sweet detail :-)

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I really like that it's assembled in Detroit.

Cool handset.

Taking the rotor off a 7750 and calling it mechanical is a bit lame but your AUD7k is only going to go so far with a watch assembled in USA from Swiss parts. Yeah, the price is nuts but most watch retail prices still are stupid. I don't see too many Swiss/USA Ti mechanical chronos selling for much less.

All in all, I like it!
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