A lot of folks on here and the other forums, and watch enthusiasts I have talked to speculate that the 105.012-65 speedmasters (the one Aldrin wore on the moon) are going to skyrocket in value in 2019 due to the hype about the moon landing and it being the 50th anniversary of that event. I am wondering who all plans on selling in 2019? are you holding more than one? I think the market will be flooded with those watches and the values will not increase much. Anyway what do you all think?

 

Worst WTB thread ever.

 

Points for creativity.

 

I don’t wanna buy anything

 

Do you have a 105.012?

I don't think I will be selling mine. It was the last one added to my collection, and to sell it would be to break the streak.

I do think speedmasters will continue to rise in the zeitgeist of the western world as the 50th approaches and attention is drawn to the moon landing. That may drive up prices a bit, though I think it will be more of the novel collections that really shoot through the roof.

For example, @TLIGuy's Signature Collection. https://omegaforums.net/threads/spe...pollo-15-al-worden-sets-a-world-record.25887/

...or if some (more) of the missing NASA watches appear... https://omegaforums.net/threads/found-donn-eisele’s-apollo-7-speedmaster.66673/

 

I have one, but I don’t plan on selling. I just want to hear some opinions on the rumors of price jumps, people selling stuff like that.

 

It's a difficult one to guess and very subjective. Bubbles do burst. Just look what happened to the vintage guitar market in 2012.
Vintage Speedy prices are climbing steadily all the time. In the couple of years I've been looking I'd guess at at around 15-30 % across the board on "Apollo" era moonwatches....Obviously I'm not talking about 1965-67..they're just mental!! More an average example from the era. I think we might see a price jump around the 50th Anniversary with those folks who have serious cash and want to jump on the band wagon.
No doubt Omega will be jumping all over the marketing opportunity .. and many of these affluent buyers may not be actual watch enthusiasts and and as such might only want an actual 1969 production year not really understanding the time spans between manufacture, export, and sale. It'll be a golden opportunity for all those unscrupulous Peruvian Dr Frankenstein sellers out there!!
Where I expect more dramatic relative price hikes will be in the more common, less collectable, and consequently less valuable vintage Speedies ( Mark II's and Mark III's (the chunky monkey) and possibly IV's up to about 1974. I don't know what they are actually currently selling for, but you can't seem to see a half decent Mark II under and asking price of 1800- 2000 USD at the moment, significantly more than I bought mine for 12 months ago.
I would imagine that anybody here who is lucky enough to have a moon era period Speedy won't be parting with it anytime soon.....

 

It will be the 1969 watches that will be crazy money.
Most non WIS will want the 69s and not even know or stop by to realise the earlier models have any connection

I have noticed how many newer to the game and first posters asking for opinions on 1969 watches compared to others.

 

BTW this thread seriously lacks pictures. We’re talking 105.012s aren’t we?

Btw the average value of a nice ‘69 has already doubled in the last 18 months.

 

It also is, and has been, the most looked-up reference in ilovemyspeedmaster, currently standing at 18% of all queries...fwiw...

 

i thought the interest in the '69's was because they are the cheapeast of the "pre-moon"'s, not necessarily because of the connection to the moon landing.

 

That, and the serviceability compared to earlier references.
A nice -69

 

The prices are constantly going up, every month Speedmaster101 increases the estimated values $100 based on recent sales. I’m hoping the moon landing hype will cause actual watch collectors to get ants in their pants and start buying them up.

 

If only people could google “which model speedmaster went to the moon”

 

Iv not watches the 69’s as they’re not as cool as my 321 /s

 

I assumed this as well, I think Hodinkee needs to straighten this out before 2019 comes.

 

It must be pointed out that 69s must be a big percentage of all the existing premoon speedmasters, so maybe we're in line with the inquiries on ilovemyspeedmaster ?
I won't be selling my 105.012, that's for sure. My 145.022-69 neither

 

I don‘t have a 105.012, only a 145.012-67 which I‘m not planning to sell. However I‘ve sold lots if watches in the past soon after deciding that they were keepers

 

Collins and Aldrin were wearing 145.012 ,and they are on the same boat!

 

I think it was the 105.012-65