Any requests from an Omega Board Director?

kaplan · Oct 23, 2024

Recently acquired this ancient artifact which grants me directorial powers, any requests for the betterment of the brand?

I'm going to make them sell wear and tear parts like crystals, gaskets and crowns to anyone. While I'm at it, looking for other ideas

PatinaPete · Oct 23, 2024

50% discount for OF members on new products and priority position

Dsloan · Oct 23, 2024

Please give us a 1:1 remake of the SM 300.

JwRosenthal · Oct 23, 2024

Stop issuing 50 different Speedmasters a year

Enough of this 50 shades of Seamaster 300 Heritage, but with a modern twist bullshit and just bring back the 16X.024 which is the one everyone wants anyway.

Give us a Constellation that is worthy of the name please.

Bring back the 36mm 3-handed sport watch. Not 38, not 37, not 36.5…just 36mm. Anyone who says nobody wants watches that small anymore should go talk to Rolex- they don’t seem to have a problem selling them.

ahartfie · Oct 23, 2024

Increase the number of ADs in smaller, less wealthy markets.

Vercingetorix · Oct 23, 2024

Yo do know that the writing in the middle translates to “Smoking Kills” don’t you?

kaplan · Oct 23, 2024

PatinaPete
50% discount for OF members on new products and priority position

Can do a 15% discount if you come to the AD with your vintage

Dsloan
Please give us a 1:1 remake of the SM 300.

Consider it done!

JwRosenthal
Stop issuing 50 different Speedmasters a year

Enough of this 50 shades of Seamaster 300 Heritage, but with a modern twist bullshit and just bring back the 16X.024 which is the one everyone wants anyway.

Give us a Constellation that is worthy of the name please.

Bring back the 36mm 3-handed sport watch. Not 38, not 37, not 36.5…just 36mm. Anyone who says nobody wants watches that small anymore should go talk to Rolex- they don’t seem to have a problem selling them.

I'll do a 30 / 20 Speedmaster / Constellation split, churn some limited edition Constellations

ahartfie
Increase the number of ADs in smaller, less wealthy markets.

I will add a small Omega display to every Swatch boutique, not many watches, but the populars and the occasional rare watch for that walk in excitement

JwRosenthal · Oct 23, 2024

Vercingetorix
Yo do know that the writing in the middle translates to “Smoking Kills” don’t you?

That’s funny, I put it into Google translate and it came back with “Suck it, Rolex”

8100_RPM · Oct 23, 2024

Please bring back some limited editions and also release a modern interpretation of the 2254.50.

Fallout Boy · Oct 24, 2024

JwRosenthal
Bring back the 36mm 3-handed sport watch. Not 38, not 37, not 36.5…just 36mm. Anyone who says nobody wants watches that small anymore should go talk to Rolex- they don’t seem to have a problem selling them.

👍Let us agree on 38 AND 36 mm . With crown-guard, black or white dial, hand-wound, no date and max. 9mm height please, Raynald.

ghce · Oct 24, 2024

And some Invicta homages too!

Fallout Boy · Oct 24, 2024

Dsloan
Please give us a 1:1 remake of the SM 300.

depends on the year / epoch 😉

mountainunder · Oct 24, 2024

I'm going to write about something that you all probably have no interest in.

This is a decorative plate, likely made of Takaoka Copperware, produced in the area around Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

There are a few novelty plates with the same design but different company names listed on Yahoo! Auctions.

By the way, the box says '皿' and '美術鋳物' and the text on the bottom of the plate reads '日々是好日'.

Link to the Japanese Wikipedia page for '日々是好日'.
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/日日是好日

If you are interested in Takaoka copperware, please refer to link.
https://douki-takaoka.jp/

Pastorbottle · Oct 24, 2024

M mountainunder
I'm going to write about something that you all probably have no interest in.

This is a decorative plate, likely made of Takaoka Copperware, produced in the area around Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

There are a few novelty plates with the same design but different company names listed on Yahoo! Auctions.

By the way, the box says '皿' and '高級鋳物' and the text on the bottom of the plate reads '日々是好日'.

Link to the Japanese Wikipedia page for '日々是好日'.
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/日日是好日

If you are interested in Takaoka copperware, please refer to link.
https://douki-takaoka.jp/

Yeah that may well be so but that's nowhere near as much fun as Kaplan's interprtation is it

kaplan · Oct 24, 2024

M mountainunder
I'm going to write about something that you all probably have no interest in.

This is a decorative plate, likely made of Takaoka Copperware, produced in the area around Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

There are a few novelty plates with the same design but different company names listed on Yahoo! Auctions.

By the way, the box says '皿' and '高級鋳物' and the text on the bottom of the plate reads '日々是好日'.

Link to the Japanese Wikipedia page for '日々是好日'.
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/日日是好日

If you are interested in Takaoka copperware, please refer to link.
https://douki-takaoka.jp/

Thank you mountainunder! Awesome as always! I've been wondering this quite a bit.

And I guess with this information my short journey into corporate life ends. I don't know what Google Translate was smoking that day but it was definitely something fun 😀

Please message me @mountainunder if you learn more about these "Ashtrays" or plates, until then I will keep a note in the box indicating it's likely Takaoka Copperware

hen · Oct 24, 2024

Fallout Boy
👍Let us agree on 38 AND 36 mm . With crown-guard, black or white dial, hand-wound, no date and max. 9mm height please, Raynald.

Yes please 👍 A "Fieldmaster" dirty-dozen inspired watch, at a ridiculous low price. Could be solar or battery powered too.

Oh yeah, powerful lume as well.

Laneside · Oct 24, 2024

Thanks Kaplan,

As you said:

I'm going to make them sell wear and tear parts like crystals, gaskets and crowns to anyone.

As vintage Omega enthusiasts we pay very high prices for the parts to rectify and keep our watches correct. The only people who benefit from that are probably the dealers who have stockpiled these items. I would like to see your mission statement extended to include good quality crystals, pushers, bezels, crowns and hands too. Not replicas however but made to same specification and quality as the originals. E.g. I had to pay GBP320 for a pair of Ed White Pushers.

I suspect that the Board will try to maintain rarity through shutting off supply.