Mondaine 'Stop to Go' making a return!

Mondaine 'Stop to Go' making a return!

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Chicane-UK

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Thursday 18th April 2013
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I read this on TZ-UK the other day but know not everyone on here is on there.. and I know there are a few Mondaine enthusiasts on here!

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&go...

Very exciting news and the new movement sounds interesting. The only interesting / concerning thing is a lack of a price on the press release even when other Mondaine models that have been announced ahead of Basel2013 have been priced...

Can't wait!

Chicane-UK

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Friday 19th April 2013
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Think there's going to be a bit of a queue at Mondaine dealers for this one.. as I say though, just concerned about the price...

Chicane-UK

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Monday 13th May 2013
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Some more details emerging about this watch - such as it being a limited production run with each one individually numbered. I've been waiting for Mondaine to release a new Stop2Go for a few years and then they go make it a special edition. Makes me think it really won't be cheap.

I've posted questions on the Mondaine Facebook page but they only seem interested in using that for self promotion, and not answering questions about price / date of availability from would be customers.

Chicane-UK

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Tuesday 14th May 2013
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No it's quartz.. the original Stop2Go was mechanical I believe? Apparently the new movement is some special in house design that was developed over 4 years, and has in fact two quartz units.. to make the Stop2Go function work properly.

Chicane-UK

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Thursday 16th May 2013
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I'd probably pay that to be honest. I'll wait and see then!

Chicane-UK

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Thursday 16th May 2013
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Mr Happy said:
Me too, even if it does set off my "a lot of money to spend on a Quartz" alarm!

It's a special quartz, that's my reasoning!
Well the bespoke twin quartz movement at least makes it pretty unique. And I've wanted a Mondaine with Stop2Go for ages.

I suspect it'll be more than the price that's been floated around here though - not with any factual basis, but my usual pessimism smile

Chicane-UK

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Thursday 28th November 2013
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Blown2CV said:
no i'm not defending the price... however i think there are more expensive quartz watches. Most Mondaines are down under £200.
Quite. You can even spend into the thousands for some quartz models. At least the movement used in the new Stop-2-Go is bespoke to that watch, and something a bit unique.

I do wonder how easy they'll be to fix in the future, and what Mondaine will be like to deal with. My limited experiences of getting anything out of Mondaine (marketing information, and a watch I tried to order a few years ago) was rather less than stellar. Enough that it's made me very reluctant to buy from them despite loving some of their designs.