ArnieZ Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 New product from a company that makes watches and ? bicycles in Motor City https://edgecdn.shinola.com/productimage/index/index/sku/20054628-sdt-000010900/type/gallery/index/0/width/1920/height/1080/quality/90/bg/f7f7f7/store/36
MCChris Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Won't be going down the vinyl rabbit hole at this stage of my life, but being a Detroit native I'm proud to own a Shinola Brakeman watch. A fine piece of kit indeed. Cool company IMO.
HAMERMAN Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Ah - they don't know shit form shinola! 'cause it had to be said. :-)
Hbom Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Good to see more of the good things that are going on in Detroit. When the auto guys bailed it went from a cesspool to a stagnant cesspool. Just so much bad things happening there. Really happy to see more about the new startups that are trying to make it a better place. https://www.shinola.com/our-story?_ga=1.201931729.1977417635.1485448935
sonic1974 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 18 minutes ago, MCChris said: Won't be going down the vinyl rabbit hole at this stage of my life, but being a Detroit native I'm proud to own a Shinola Brakeman watch. A fine piece of kit indeed. Cool company IMO. Is that where the expression came from, the company? (I mean, not invented by the company, but in reference to the company.)
cynic Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 There are some really good turntable options at $2500. A watch company that also brands bicycles, purses, clothing, jewelry, etc, has an uphill climb at that price.
veatch Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, HAMERMAN said: Ah - they don't know shit form shinola! 'cause it had to be said. :-) In this case, they do.
ArnieZ Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, MCChris said: Won't be going down the vinyl rabbit hole at this stage of my life, but being a Detroit native I'm proud to own a Shinola Brakeman watch. A fine piece of kit indeed. Cool company IMO. Detroit native myself, hence the interest. Don't see myself spending that kind of $ on a turntable, have 2 I hardly use! ArnieZ
MCChris Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 33 minutes ago, cynic said: There are some really good turntable options at $2500. A watch company that also brands bicycles, purses, clothing, jewelry, etc, has an uphill climb at that price. Well the former president of the Detroit Lions was recently appointed CEO, so if anyone can make poor decisions to send an operation into the toilet, it's him.
django49 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, MCChris said: Well the former president of the Detroit Lions was recently appointed CEO, so if anyone can make poor decisions to send an operation into the toilet, it's him. I'd be careful about investing in a company like that......You could get wiped out.
crunchee Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 3 hours ago, HAMERMAN said: Ah - they don't know shit form shinola! 'cause it had to be said. :-) 3 hours ago, sonic1974 said: Is that where the expression came from, the company? (I mean, not invented by the company, but in reference to the company.) It was a now-defunct brand of shoe polish, the saying's been around at least since World War II, says Wikipedia. I know I've heard and used the expression since forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinola Wikipedia calls it a 'lifestyle brand', which means 'not inexpensive', IMO.
sonic1974 Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 1 hour ago, crunchee said: It was a now-defunct brand of shoe polish, the saying's been around at least since World War II, says Wikipedia. I know I've heard and used the expression since forever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinola Wikipedia calls it a 'lifestyle brand', which means 'not inexpensive', IMO. Cool, thanks. Had no idea where it came from.
velorush Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 21 hours ago, sonic1974 said: Cool, thanks. Had no idea where it came from. 'Cause it looked like... well...
MCChris Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Looks like they're getting into the hotel business as well: https://www.shinola.com/shinola-hotel
Lockbody Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 I know since clicking on this link last week that Shinloa turntable shows up in about 75% of the Google ads I see.
HSB0531 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 11:07 AM, ArnieZ said: New product from a company that makes watches and ? bicycles in Motor City https://edgecdn.shinola.com/productimage/index/index/sku/20054628-sdt-000010900/type/gallery/index/0/width/1920/height/1080/quality/90/bg/f7f7f7/store/36 That's very cool looking.
ArnieZ Posted February 1, 2017 Author Posted February 1, 2017 kinda of thought JohnnyB would have weighed in on this, especially the hotel 2 hours ago, HSB0531 said: That's very cool looking.
HSB0531 Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, ArnieZ said: kinda of thought JohnnyB would have weighed in on this, especially the hotel I enthusiastically await his response. (I'm serious)
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