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The Re-Edition/Reissue Issue: Living in the Shadow of the Original

Tamim Almousa by Tamim Almousa
September 7, 2024
in Collectors and Collecting, Featured, News, Quill & Pad, reissue watches, Thoughts & Opinion
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Credits:  Article and images by Tamim Almousa @ Quill & Pad.  See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/09/07/the-re-edition-reissue-issue-living-in-the-shadow-of-the-original/

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Nonetheless, guitarists have the American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster, shutterbugs have the Leica M6, and fashionistas have the Prada 2005 Re-nylon Bag. All these are, more or less, reissues. AKA: re-editions.

The term Edition gets thrown around a lot in retail. It has been (for I don’t know how long) enjoying overwhelmingly positive connotations, alluding to exclusivity and rarity, often following flashy prefixes such as Special or Limited or Re. 

Dressed down, however, “Re-Edition” is just another way of saying “Re-Issue,” which is just another way of saying “Re-Production,” which is no good since it’s the antithesis of “Original,” which is what we like.

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s from 2018

We like a watch from the ‘70s for the story behind it and for looks that reflect the era. A 2024 release that only looks like it’s from the ‘70s has no story worth telling. Nor does it represent the times. ‘Tis not but a sterile clone, neither here nor there, dwelling in the uncanny valley of the watch world, constantly reminding you of what it’s not: the real thing.

Seeing one in the wild bumps me. “Something’s off here,” I catch myself thinking, “but I can’t quite put my finger on it.” Not on the spot, I can’t, but I’m here now and we do have another page to fill, so here goes nothing.

A reissue, I gather, is primarily worn in hopes of duping folk into thinking it’s new-old-stock. But the watch doth sparkle too much, methinks, each facet perfectly aligning with the next, wrapped around a dial coated in paint so fresh you could smell it, black levels agape.

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Credits:  Article and images by Tamim Almousa @ Quill & Pad.  See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/09/07/the-re-edition-reissue-issue-living-in-the-shadow-of-the-original/

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