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nicolamilton
·Hello, all,
Is there any rumor for a new Fois the following year for the celebration of 60years of Wally Scirra (3rd October 1962)?
First Omega In Space (2012 Speedmaster) FOIS, Roll Call
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perks713
·Took the plunge!
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perks713
·Congratulations. You wont regret it. How close to 16000 are you ?
edit: I did call around to a few places to see if I could find one new but didn’t have any luck (not shocking)
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenVery far off 😉 picked up used. Between a 10% eBay coupon and $800 cash back from the credit card I used I could turn it around tomorrow for a nice profit. LE number is in the 3000 range and got back from a service at Omega about 3 months ago.
edit: I did call around to a few places to see if I could find one new but didn’t have any luck (not shocking)
I picked mine up the at beginning of March 2020 from the duty free shop at Bangalore Airport. I paid the equivalent of about $3,500.00 for it and would have paid full retail because I fell instantly in love with it.
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perks713
·Hold on to it, the fact you got a great price makes it sweeter.
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Mot_Man
·So I picked up an FOIS from an AD back in January. I’ve wanted a Speedmaster for years and love the simpler case shape of the FOIS so was super happy to be in a position to get one before they were discontinued with a serial no. of 12735.
A week or so after it arrived I noticed a small mark on the seconds sub dial, it was quite tricky to see at first glance and only noticeable at certain angles and lighting, but once you’ve seen it. I posted some pics on here asking if it might be a mark on the crystal but the consensus was it was definitely on the dial face so off it went back to the AD (Goldsmiths in the UK).At first they tried to say that I must of opened the casebook and had voided the warrantee but after a few strongly worded emails backwards and forwards they relented and said it would need to go back to Omega to have the dial replaced.
10 weeks later I get the watch back with a perfect dial so although I had to wait a long time I was happy with the outcome. Over the summer I wore the watch everyday and it kept perfect time until one day when it suddenly lost 2 minutes in a day. I kept an eye on it over a week and set the time and wound it every morning but come the end of the day it would have lost between 1 and 3 minutes so something was not right and back to Goldsmiths it went. They initially said it would need to go back to Omega for inspection and repair but after 6 weeks they came back and said a replacement was going to be sent out rather than the original watch with no further explanation. It arrived last week and so far so good and hopefully I won't have any issues with this one and I can just enjoy wearing it.
Anyway this is a rather long winded story to say that when I received the new watch and turned it over I was surprised to see a serial number of the #16035 so must be one of the last made and the highest number that I’ve seen on here.
A week or so after it arrived I noticed a small mark on the seconds sub dial, it was quite tricky to see at first glance and only noticeable at certain angles and lighting, but once you’ve seen it. I posted some pics on here asking if it might be a mark on the crystal but the consensus was it was definitely on the dial face so off it went back to the AD (Goldsmiths in the UK).At first they tried to say that I must of opened the casebook and had voided the warrantee but after a few strongly worded emails backwards and forwards they relented and said it would need to go back to Omega to have the dial replaced.
10 weeks later I get the watch back with a perfect dial so although I had to wait a long time I was happy with the outcome. Over the summer I wore the watch everyday and it kept perfect time until one day when it suddenly lost 2 minutes in a day. I kept an eye on it over a week and set the time and wound it every morning but come the end of the day it would have lost between 1 and 3 minutes so something was not right and back to Goldsmiths it went. They initially said it would need to go back to Omega for inspection and repair but after 6 weeks they came back and said a replacement was going to be sent out rather than the original watch with no further explanation. It arrived last week and so far so good and hopefully I won't have any issues with this one and I can just enjoy wearing it.
Anyway this is a rather long winded story to say that when I received the new watch and turned it over I was surprised to see a serial number of the #16035 so must be one of the last made and the highest number that I’ve seen on here.
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SurvivingJoe
·So I picked up an FOIS from an AD back in January. I’ve wanted a Speedmaster for years and love the simpler case shape of the FOIS so was super happy to be in a position to get one before they were discontinued with a serial no. of 12735.
A week or so after it arrived I noticed a small mark on the seconds sub dial, it was quite tricky to see at first glance and only noticeable at certain angles and lighting, but once you’ve seen it. I posted some pics on here asking if it might be a mark on the crystal but the consensus was it was definitely on the dial face so off it went back to the AD (Goldsmiths in the UK).At first they tried to say that I must of opened the casebook and had voided the warrantee but after a few strongly worded emails backwards and forwards they relented and said it would need to go back to Omega to have the dial replaced.
10 weeks later I get the watch back with a perfect dial so although I had to wait a long time I was happy with the outcome. Over the summer I wore the watch everyday and it kept perfect time until one day when it suddenly lost 2 minutes in a day. I kept an eye on it over a week and set the time and wound it every morning but come the end of the day it would have lost between 1 and 3 minutes so something was not right and back to Goldsmiths it went. They initially said it would need to go back to Omega for inspection and repair but after 6 weeks they came back and said a replacement was going to be sent out rather than the original watch with no further explanation. It arrived last week and so far so good and hopefully I won't have any issues with this one and I can just enjoy wearing it.
Anyway this is a rather long winded story to say that when I received the new watch and turned it over I was surprised to see a serial number of the #16035 so must be one of the last made and the highest number that I’ve seen on here.
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perks713
·I was surprised to see a serial number of the #16035 so must be one of the last made and the highest number that I’ve seen on here.
Obviously pure speculation, but I wonder if they have a few sitting around at the mother ship to use as a replacement, or since they have the parts for service they can put one together and laser cut a new edition number.
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honinspire02
·Just bought a new one from ad in California. I’ll post number later today. I believe it’s 16069
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texasmade
·Just bought a new one from ad in California. I’ll post number later today. I believe it’s 16069
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scapa
·Very interesting to hear of these new numbers -- I do wonder if there has been some "upcyling" going on or if these are just found units that are only now making their way out into the big, wide world.
Although, we fortunate members of the club well know, a FOIS of any number is still a FOIS...
Although, we fortunate members of the club well know, a FOIS of any number is still a FOIS...
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Mot_Man
·Just bought a new one from ad in California. I’ll post number later today. I believe it’s 16069
Ha! My top spot was very short lived then. Congrats on the purchase.
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SSGMT
·Yep!
Enjoy, the FOIS is such a great watch! Mine is 15969 - exactly 100 before yours
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nicolamilton
·Is it really discontinued?
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honinspire02
·Is it really discontinued?
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maeda
·I bought mine on 12/3/21 and the number is 16026. I read on FB group that someone has 161xx number. I wonder how many total that Omega produced FOIS…
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DoctorEvil
·I bought mine on 12/3/21 and the number is 16026. I read on FB group that someone has 161xx number. I wonder how many total that Omega produced FOIS…
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nicolamilton
·I bought mine on 12/3/21 and the number is 16026. I read on FB group that someone has 161xx number. I wonder how many total that Omega produced FOIS…
