BREAKING NEWS - 50th Anniversary Apollo 11 in Steel Revealed

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These exact second threads are getting tedious. Has anyone actually sent these opinions to Omega to get their response?

@taz101 Really? Threads? I don’t see multiple threads about the issue. I shared my issue buried in two of the 15+ 50th anniversary watch threads. I have seen many more threads about less concerning things.

Have you actually read the full thread and my follow up. Yes, the question was sent and an answer received and shared.

My apologies if you are cool with spending 10k on a watch and are good with it being less than correct.

TLIGuy out.
 
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i hate to say this, but pardon me if i do it. lots of omega fans were just duped. first, omega highly hyped a reissue of 321. then, many made their deposits. but, 3861 all gold anniversary came out. another thrill and suspense for another one coming, an ss to be released. this time. unfortunately, it's 2 tone. ! anbut wait many seemed to like it. so deposits are collected. problem is, where is the 321? well, just be ready with another deposits because omega will make another secret announcement. sales will be picking up more.😡

Someone correct me if I’m wrong. The last time Omega celebrated a MOVEMENT they had a limited release of skeletonized dials in rare metals. I found an article about it here on Fratello for the 25th anniversary of a movement. I wonder if Omega would dare to attempt something like this again
https://www.fratellowatches.com/speedy-tuesday-skeleton-speedmaster/
 
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Hi all, I’m a bit of a newbie when it comes to watches despite already owning a seamaster and two LE Speedmasters.

I missed the boat on my last 2 watches and ended up paying more than RRP. I’d be keen to avoid this again. This watch is going to be available in much higher numbers than my other watches; does this mean I might be able to pick it up in a year or so less than RRP? (I don’t mind buying second hand if it will save me money). Or will it be worth more than RRP if I wait too long?

The watch will be for me to wear and not an investment; that being said we all like a bargain don’t we.

Thanks in advance.
Rob
 
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Got a crystal ball Rob? I personally think it’ll trade around RRP for a while, or even dip 10-20% under, until all are sold and maybe creep up from there. Other contributors are more sure it’ll rise in value quickly. Both patterns have been seen in recent releases. I would point out that this one is rather more expensive and rather more numerous than some others previously. Will that make a difference? Maybe, maybe not.
 
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Got a crystal ball Rob? I personally think it’ll trade around RRP for a while, or even dip 10-20% under, until all are sold and maybe creep up from there. Other contributors are more sure it’ll rise in value quickly. Both patterns have been seen in recent releases. I would point out that this one is rather more expensive and rather more numerous than some others previously. Will that make a difference? Maybe, maybe not.
They are basically all sold now. No OB will accept any more orders in the US, all spoken for with only a few cancellations, but they have waiting lists. Word from other countries, like Italy and Singapore, is the same.....all spoken for with waiting lists. No one knows the future but I believe Omega priced this well and it will hold its value for a pretty long time. Will it rise? You do indeed need a crystal ball to know that.
 
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Thanks Padders and Evitzee. Indeed no one knows exactly what will happen. I don’t mind if my watches hold their value but I’m not willing to pay £7000 for a watch to then find it’s worth half that in a year or two. If the general consensus is that it should hold well I might try and source one.

I won’t be selling any of the watches so shouldn’t really matter what the future value is, but in my head I don’t like to waste my daughters inheritance. At least if she gets my watches one day she can get the cash out of them if she wishes.

Evitzee; someone on another forum placed an order for one of these 2 days ago in the UK. I assume it was at an authorised dealer but will try and find out.
 
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Got a crystal ball Rob? I personally think it’ll trade around RRP for a while, or even dip 10-20% under, until all are sold and maybe creep up from there. Other contributors are more sure it’ll rise in value quickly. Both patterns have been seen in recent releases. I would point out that this one is rather more expensive and rather more numerous than some others previously. Will that make a difference? Maybe, maybe not.

How’s it ever gonna drop below rrp lol every ad in uk says wait list is over filled I just walked out of Chelmsford say s he has 7 waiting
 
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This is gonna be REALLY interesting... Shame we don't have a poll option on this forum, because this would come in handy later on to rub it in others' people face (or having it rubbed in our faces, it depends 😁 )

Thanks Padders and Evitzee. Indeed no one knows exactly what will happen. I don’t mind if my watches hold their value but I’m not willing to pay £7000 for a watch to then find it’s worth half that in a year or two. If the general consensus is that it should hold well I might try and source one.

Buy the watch because you like it and can see yourself enjoying owning and wearing. Not because someone on the internet tells you its value is going to be xyz in abc years from now - absolutely no-one here can predict this because otherwise we'd be just coming back from the Villa D'Este Concorso, and we aren't, and those who can certainly will not tell you because they're not wasting time educating others on OF.

Rule #1. Always use Rule #1.
 
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Buy the watch because you like it and can see yourself enjoying owning and wearing.

Could not agree more - if you really like and want the watch (or any watch) then what it's worth "down the line" isn't a factor.
 
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Hi all, I’m a bit of a newbie when it comes to watches despite already owning a seamaster and two LE Speedmasters.

I missed the boat on my last 2 watches and ended up paying more than RRP. I’d be keen to avoid this again. This watch is going to be available in much higher numbers than my other watches; does this mean I might be able to pick it up in a year or so less than RRP? (I don’t mind buying second hand if it will save me money). Or will it be worth more than RRP if I wait too long?

The watch will be for me to wear and not an investment; that being said we all like a bargain don’t we.

Thanks in advance.
Rob
I think you missed the boat on the watches that you mentioned before and might on this one because you are over thinking about how the watch is going to do in the future . Most people that are getting this watch decided to go for it way before it was released. No one knows the future specially in this hobby don’t think of it as trading stocks. I think you will enjoy it better.
 
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How’s it ever gonna drop below rrp lol every ad in uk says wait list is over filled I just walked out of Chelmsford say s he has 7 waiting

I just wonder what part of this is communication (not from you Taz, rest assured this is not a critic against you) and what part is true. I got told the exact same story when I gave a 2 K€ deposit for a 60th anniversary speedmaster a couple of years ago. Back then, right after Basel in April or May 2017, all 3,557 watches were supposed to be reserved. The reality is that I bought a second one (for my son when he turns 18) a couple of months ago at an OB. So, 2 years later you could still find brand new supposedly over-demanded watches. To be honest, I don't care as I enjoy this watch a lot. But I am quite skeptical when I hear that there is demand for the 50th anniversary moonlanding watch, beyond announced supply.
 
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There is no way a bunch of these are not to going to be available again -- either due to people who reserved backing out, or AD/ OBs getting their allocations and not having enough buyers when the time comes to put down their $$$.

"Fear of missing out" has been going on since the Silver Snoopy. Yet the two CK2998s and the thee 60th Anniv watches have all been available after the fact for significant discounts. People have even had trouble moving #ST2s for anything other than initial sales price.
 
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I stopped looking and buying watches as investments a couple of years ago. I decided that they were like cars. You buy new, you will loose a lot upfront. You buy use, you might get a better deal but you might loose some money later in time too. So I just buy what I like and enjoy it until it is time to trade in.
 
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I will be interested to see what Watchfinder are prepared to offer for these and what they will try to sell them on for. My guess is they will pay over rrp for the watch and stick at least £2k on top of that.
 
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I will be interested to see what Watchfinder are prepared to offer for these and what they will try to sell them on for. My guess is they will pay over rrp for the watch and stick at least £2k on top of that.

I would suspect they’d offer 5.5/6k I know for sure they’ve offered 2.8k for a CK2998.

From experience, the bid/offer from WF on omegas is bigger than that with Rolex.
 
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I will be interested to see what Watchfinder are prepared to offer for these and what they will try to sell them on for. My guess is they will pay over rrp for the watch and stick at least £2k on top of that.

I’d be surprised if watchfinder went under 12-14k selling
 
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From experience, the bid/offer from WF on omegas is bigger than that with Rolex.

Are you saying WF will pay more for their Omega's than they do for Rolex?