do you know schit - when you see it?

[Mike Mercury]

[snide]

Nice watches.

[DukeAllen]

Meh. I prefer Timex. I want a watch that's like my women. It can take a licking.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by DukeAllen

Meh. I prefer Timex. I want a watch that's like my women. It can take a licking.

You stole that from BB.

[DukeAllen]

I've said it for years, although I'm glad I'm not the only one with good taste

[snide]

Originally Posted by DukeAllen

I've said it for years, although I'm glad I'm not the only one with good taste

It helps when she has a good taste...

[DukeAllen]

Originally Posted by snide

It helps when she has a good taste...

If she ever gives me the chance I'll let you know

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by from wiki-pee

Today, save for a few exceptions and technicalities, every Shinola product is made in the United States of America. At the time of the company's founding in 2011, no American watchmaker had produced watches at scale since the late 1960s, with U.S.-based watchmaking relegated to select specialty companies.

Most of the workers assembling watches are local Detroiters, and many of them come from the auto business. Since the company's founding in 2011, it has grown to over 230 people.

Shinola's first watch was released in March 2013. Produced in an edition of 2,500 and available in two sizes, The Runwell Limited Edition 47mm sold out in one week, with the last 40mm watch selling out in under two weeks. The watches sold for $550, and approximately 35% of the sales came from Michigan.

In October of 2013, Shinola released their second limited edition watch, The Wright Brothers Limited Edition watch, the first watch in the Great Americans Series, which was released in conjunction with a limited edition bicycle. The watch was produced in two sizes, 40mm and 46mm, with each size available in a limited edition of 500. Purchase included a leather-bound coffee table book about the Wright Brothers, as well as enrollment in The Foundry, the brand's collectors club.

The next limited edition watch Shinola will make is a pocket watch honoring Henry Ford.

In September of 2014, Shinola released The Lattice, a limited edition wristwatch created in partnership with Oscar de La Renta. The 36mm women’s watch was manufactured in Detroit in a limited edition of 250. Purchase included a hardcover book created exclusively for the project, which compliments the timepiece and offers an in-depth look at Oscar de la Renta and his work.

In 2014, Shinola will release The Black Blizzard titanium wristwatch in 48mm and 42mm as well as the next Signature Series limited editions watch, The Henry Ford Pocket Watch. The company also produces a number of different watch styles on a non-limited edition basis, including The Birdy, The Gomelsky, The Runwell Chronograph, The Runwell Sport, The Runwell Sport Chrono and The Brakeman.

Shinola bicycles include two flagship models, The Bixby and The Runwell. Both bikes were designed by Sky Yaeger, formerly of Swobo, Spot, and Bianchi. The chromoly steel frames and forks are made by Richard Schwinn's Waterford Precision Cycles in Waterford, WI, with complete assembly taking place at Shinola's flagship retail store at 144 W. Canfield Street in Detroit.

In addition to The Bixby and The Runwell, Shinola produced two limited edition bicycles, including the The Wright Brothers Limited Edition Bicycle and The Shinola Runwell Di2 Limited Edition, as well as a one-off Twinn Tandem bicycle and brass-plated Runwell bicycle.

[Barn Babe]

Originally Posted by datawiz

You stole that from BB.

Originally Posted by snide

It helps when she has a good taste...

Originally Posted by DukeAllen

If she ever gives me the chance I'll let you know

[Mike Mercury]

[jaxgator]

I always thought that this was Shinola...

[Olustee bus]

had to share that one! Thanks

[Kerrmudgeon]

wasn't the term Shinola to do with kick backs in the recording/radio business in the early days? similar to payola....

[Black94lt1]

Detroit style