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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Someone paid 52,000 for the red abomination.
$52K for a watch the collector community are laughing at and Omega themselves disavow. Wow, sharp practice by the auctioneers it seems.
EXTRACT UPDATE!! Interesting Speedmaster Prototype at Monaco Legend Auctions
$52K for a watch the collector community are laughing at and Omega themselves disavow. Wow, sharp practice by the auctioneers it seems.
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zoohannover
·Donate +1
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wsfarrell
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentDonate mine, please.
And thanks for taking this on. I feel sorry for the buyer.
And thanks for taking this on. I feel sorry for the buyer.
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zoohannover
·"Damn it, having spent so much money on the watch, I thought I'd at least save on the Extract and get it here." 
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DLT222
··Double D @ ΩF"Damn it, having spent so much money on the watch, I thought I'd at least save on the Extract and get it here."
DOH! 😀
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DLT222
··Double D @ ΩFOk donate to charity it is! I will look at what came in and send on and post from the guys at The Omegaforums!
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lexieb007
·Before we get too much in the face of Omega or the parties selling this piece over poor taste, let's not forget there's a gift shop in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in NYC.
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lexieb007
·...what a great thread is there any way to track down the poor unfortunate buyer?
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Charlemagne1333
·If the vast majority decide to go down the donate route I will donate it to cancer charity McMillan as my sister is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
At least something good will come out of this clusterfuck
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BlackTalon
··This Space for Rent
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be..."SPEEDMASTER PROTOTYPE - This special red-dialed Speedmaster was built for the sole purpose of commemorating a donation to a cancer charity. There may be 57 or 58 of them, but this is the one that matters. The Omega Museum has confirmed. Auction begins Friday at 4:00 pm."
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asrnj77
·I didn’t see if this was covered already but why not reach out to the museum and ask specifically about the 2008 extract. I mean you paid for a current extract that says they can’t obtain information. If I knew another EOA with conflicting information existed, I would send them a copy and ask if this was legitimate since it conflicts with the EOA that you were prepared to pay for.
Either they’ll state that the previous one is inauthentic or they’ll say something else. It matters towards the integrity of the EOA. I paid for an EOA that has a date and location of where my Speedmaster was shipped to. If another person ordered an EOA with my serial and got something else or was told that no data exists, it would force me to question whether any of the information is valid. I’ve got to believe that they would be amenable to responding to the 2008 extract.
Either they’ll state that the previous one is inauthentic or they’ll say something else. It matters towards the integrity of the EOA. I paid for an EOA that has a date and location of where my Speedmaster was shipped to. If another person ordered an EOA with my serial and got something else or was told that no data exists, it would force me to question whether any of the information is valid. I’ve got to believe that they would be amenable to responding to the 2008 extract.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI didn’t see if this was covered already but why not reach out to the museum and ask specifically about the 2008 extract. I mean you paid for a current extract that says they can’t obtain information. If I knew another EOA with conflicting information existed, I would send them a copy and ask if this was legitimate since it conflicts with the EOA that you were prepared to pay for.
Either they’ll state that the previous one is inauthentic or they’ll say something else. It matters towards the integrity of the EOA. I paid for an EOA that has a date and location of where my Speedmaster was shipped to. If another person ordered an EOA with my serial and got something else or was told that no data exists, it would force me to question whether any of the information is valid. I’ve got to believe that they would be amenable to responding to the 2008 extract.
I certainly hope this gets done. This would tell us a lot about the extract process IMO...
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MaiLollo
·I certainly hope this gets done. This would tell us a lot about the extract process IMO...
At first I was glad since I knew the watch was kosher (bought from the first owner), but then I realized that EOAs are only useful to determine if a movement was born in x or y reference, but worthless when it comes to authenticating dials & other special features
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerTo be honest, I learned everything I needed to know about EOA last year, when I requested an extract for a racing 69 Speedy. They asked for pictures as they told me the archives don't mention dial information. My extract was issued with the "correct" racing dial mention.
At first I was glad since I knew the watch was kosher (bought from the first owner), but then I realized that EOAs are only useful to determine if a movement was born in x or y reference, but worthless when it comes to authenticating dials & other special features
I agree, and to me the minute they started asking for photos, it was no longer an extract from an archive. All they should need is the serial number - nothing else.
