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Hello all, I'm new to watches and finding myself drawn to Omega, got my first AT last year. I'm now looking at a Speedmaster Racing (40 mm w/ the 3 chronos). As I do my research, I understand these are now "discontinued", no longer in production, introduced in 2012 in the US...but here's the kicker...no one (including Omega itself) will state the year it was discontinued?? Why is Omega (called their 800 line off website)- not willing to state this info?? Any feedback is welcomed as I get ready to buy another Omega very soon. Thank you!
 
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Hello all, I'm new to watches and finding myself drawn to Omega, got my first AT last year. I'm now looking at a Speedmaster Racing (40 mm w/ the 3 chronos). As I do my research, I understand these are now "discontinued", no longer in production, introduced in 2012 in the US...but here's the kicker...no one (including Omega itself) will state the year it was discontinued?? Why is Omega (called their 800 line off website)- not willing to state this info?? Any feedback is welcomed as I get ready to buy another Omega very soon. Thank you!
They never openly state the date a watch ceased production, in fact they are a bit cagey about when a model was launched also. There are several examples of models last made 5-10 years ago that are still shown as current on the website and available to buy. If they have unsold stock they try to sell it. Eventually they do bite the bullet and mark it on the website as no longer available but it can take years. Fancy a Trilogy Railmaster, made in 2017? You can have one new. The 40mm Speedmasters seem to be marked as no longer in production which suggests they have been gone a while.
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Appreciate the comment...do you feel a "discontinued" piece is not worth it vs a different piece (same cost) in current production (and a better movement)?
 
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Appreciate the comment...do you feel a "discontinued" piece is not worth it vs a different piece (same cost) in current production (and a better movement)?
Well every model sold via official channels will have a 5 year warranty from the date of sale but I’d question whether it may need a service sooner rather than later so I’d not touch an older model via a grey (unofficial) dealer such as Joma. I’d also want a discount personally but if it’s a model you prefer to the current version then why not.
 
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Appreciate the comment...do you feel a "discontinued" piece is not worth it vs a different piece (same cost) in current production (and a better movement)?
A discontinued model really doesn't mean much, other than Omega has stopped producing it. If you like a watch that has been taken out of production there is no reason not to purchase it. See if you can score some sort of discount or other compensation for that fact.
 
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ok, so the model is discontinued for several years now...if I saw it on Jomashop with a 4 year warranty (supposedly "new"), which is wild to me considering the years not in production...regardless, if it's "new" in box...what about the regular recommended service every 5-7 years? Would that piece need the service now (just due to age) or is the service needed because of regular usage on the wrist? In other words would I have another 5-7 years before it would need service?
 
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Well every model sold via official channels will have a 5 year warranty from the date of sale but I’d question whether it may need a service sooner rather than later so I’d not touch an older model via a grey (unofficial) dealer such as Joma. I’d also want a discount personally but if it’s a model you prefer to the current version then why not.
 
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Joma does have a 4 year warranty on it...but need to find out what that really means...it's more than old enough to have needed a "service" already (doubt that it has)...so if i run with it and it stops in 2 years down the road, I guess the warranty covers it?
 
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Joma does have a 4 year warranty on it...but need to find out what that really means...it's more than old enough to have needed a "service" already (doubt that it has)...so if i run with it and it stops in 2 years down the road, I guess the warranty covers it?
Joma's warranty is nowhere near as watertight as Omega's own. There are several threads on here where people have had issues with Joma supplied watches which they have not sorted to the buyer's satisfaction. Sometimes these issues are major. I'd go as far as to suggest that a better course of action is to buy as good a second hand example as you can find but budget for an immediate official service. With an Omega supplied watch, you don't need to worry really about when it was last serviced (if ever) since you have 5 years of complete peace of mind. With Joma you are relying on them to do the right thing and often it seems they don't. I imagine Joma have many thousands of satisfied customers who don't start threads on here to sing their praises so you might get on just fine if you go down that path. But then you might not, and the chances of something going awry are much higher with an older out of production model which has sat unserviced for 5 years or has been used as a shop sample or is a return.
 
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