Cinnamonstick-thanks again for all the help with the serein, I got it today and it is soooo lovely. Its the hardest dial to,photograph though, the purple is so gorgeous I could not be happier!!
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Best pic I could get....I think it would be best with a all rose gold bracelet instead of two tone bc you can't see any silver.
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Ohh so good to know! It does appear as a more feminine watch overall for 6:40. That makes complete sense. I like a heavier feel.....I do not dress up often. Thank you for asking.
These are all such informative posts!
I must say...darn gorgeous! That is a fact! Love the color combo! I will have to look at another Serein 16 next time I can. Maybe more of an open mind this time.
Two tone *may* pick up the diamonds? I bet they're set in "white gold" vs rose? It would make them look bigger so I'm sure they did. Looks like it in the photograph. You'll just have to see it both ways to figure it out. Totally different looks. If they have any left on Michele.com you can "build your own" and Visually trying on different bracelets and colored straps. Michele.com may be put of the purple now which is why it is popping up at the outlets.
This is true, I might have to pay full price for this bracelet (blasphemy I know lol) I am so excited about this piece. Maybe the two tone will make it pop I will see soon
Thank you Balto, I like that saying.
Ladies-went to watch station on lunch bc the manager called me bc they had new styles and to look at straps....I got there they had one of the new bracelets Michele is introducing that fits all styles with the same shape and size. They will have a gap and it didn't look good at all (looked cheap), in addition the young lady was saying the plan is to stop making specific bracelets for styles, some may think this is good but I didn't like the gap I saw, it made it look cheap.
Sounds like the dumbing down of Michele, unless they are only making these bracelets for the outlets. I'm sure if these bracelets are company-wide, they will be marketed as "the latest greatest, we listened to your demands, a bracelet for all of your heads."
I'm glad that I have extra straps for my decos
Oh, please, give me a break.
Last year, they doubled the price of the deco 16 two-tone bracelet at Nordstrom to $400. It was the first bracelet I ever had to buy. Oh, my, what sticker shock.
I'm going to go to Shinola. I believe I am over Michele.
My background is marketing. It is too easy to see what they are doing to their demographic.
Too bad they don't have leather straps to fit smaller wrist sizes.
I emailed Michele about it last week and got a pert, boilerplate reply :
Thank you for contacting MICHELE. We are sorry to hear about the trouble you are having with your watch straps. We would be more than happy to pass this information along to our team for future considerations. Please know MICHELE watch heads are only compatible with MICHELE watch straps and bracelets so we cannot advise any other brand/designer. Again, we do apologize about the trouble you are having with your watch bands.
If you have any additional questions or concerns please feel free to contact us. Have a great day.
Best Regards,
Lashay
MICHELE Customer Care
[email protected]
http://www.michele.com
What a email is the only thing I will say and we can all read between the lines. Yes this is going to be advertised as they listened however I think the bigger concern was the PRICE, yes it was ridiculous to have a different bracelet for each model but if the prices were reasonable it would be more doable.....I haven't looked at Shinola.....yeah I know I'm going to get my bracelets for the watches I have before it's like a fight to get the original bracelets (not literally but you know what I mean). I was pretty disappointed on the drive back to work, I hope this was just misconstrued info but I'm going to call Michele to see what they say as well.
Interesting email. Wow. That's terrible.
They did the same thing with the deco XL bracelets in the steel and two tone versions back. But that was after the price decrease and then they raised the prices back up. Because I only paid 199.00 for the two tone strap.
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Yes $200 for the two tone is reasonable. So I asked for the deck bracelet and silly me I didn't check it, they gave me the universal, at second glance it isn't the worse look it's like the strap where it has that gap, it just looks funny with the metal. Now I have to return it, honestly I don't need a deco bracelet since I have one just wanted a second one that has 5-7 links instead of the three I currently have.
speaking of expensive bracelets, the rose gold solid bracelets are the most expensive- the serein and caber rose gold bracelet are $600, and the CSX rose gold (solid) bracelet was even more if I recall- but there aren't any more around that I can see.
The 2 tone CSX bracelets were $400 originally but marked down to $240 on the michele site now.
For the life of me, I don't know why a gold plated bracelet needs to be so expensive for a michele watch. Its not like these things are solid gold.