The modular concept has been terminated. It is clear that you can just buy the mechanical watch and use the detachable straps between different models including smartwatch.
Yes, the modular concept is a huge lost for Gen3. TH is not taking care of their Gen3 customers as they did with Gen1 and Gen2 with the “Connected to Eternity” future proof programs (full mechanical watch exchange for Gen1, mechanical modules for Gen2), so Gen3 is the first TH smartwatch with a serious obsolescence problem. Previous TH management did a great effort to beat this problem in such expensive device, but new management seems to only take care of Gen3 costs and benefits, not of their Gen3 customers. It’s sad
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They have also introduced the recycle program for smartwatches (astonishing 100 bucks) which may change over time (like 200 bucks or something), but there is no business case for them to introduce "mechanical heads" at a discounted rate, makes much more sense to increase recycle cash back.
This “recycle program” is another bad joke from the current TH management, because Gen1 and Gen2 don’t need to be recycled (only Gen3 will need to be recycled!): Gen1 and Gen2 already had future proof programs, and moreover, their prices in the second hand market are many times over the 100 or 200$. The modular system allows to keep value and selling Gen2 per parts, even taking more profit from it... and just a heavily used titanium buckle is being sold for more than 100$! So offering just 100$ for the complete watch is insulting!
And TH can’t offer “mechanical heads” for Gen3 at a discounted rate because Gen3 has no separate lugs, so there’s no way to balance the price as they did with Gen2 Modular lugs, so there’s no way to offer an advantage just to Gen3 owners. Offering a mechanical head just 100$ cheaper (because 100$ is the price for the Gen3 straps) than a complete mechanical watch doesn’t make sense, and it’s not an advantage for a Gen3 owner either. So the only way for TH to redress this, would be another exchange program for the Gen3 as they did with Gen1: so returning the full Gen3 watch after two/three years of use (or at least the Gen3 head) and receiving a complete mechanical watch (or the mechanical head) in exchange, for a reasonable amount
Thus I don't see any reason to speculate on here. Just wait till they get their stock up to date with non changeable pins for most of their general product lines and new straps. I hope also that they will come up with more mechanical watches instead rather than spending resources on seasonal "modules".
For Gen3 customers is sad that TH are not spending resources in their obsolescence problem. If there’s no future proof program, when Gen3 becomes obsolete, the full investment from the customer will be lost and it will be just a very expensive paperweight
Being a Gen2 Modular owner, I’m very happy that TH spent resources in the mechanical modules, because these modules keep the value of the watch and the Modular collection (because you can use the watch and all the expensive and high-end accessories with heads unaffected by obsolescence). I’m fully enjoying two of these mechanical modules, which are not “seasonal” at all, because both are “Connected to Eternity”
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