These come up every now and then. Contrary to most peoples belief of 40 made, there was actually 5 made in total. 40 for public sale, 5 marked Hors Commerce and 5 marked Epreuves d'artiste. The additional 10 were not for sale but some very lucky people have one of these 10. Link to the ad HEREPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network In addition - This is case 34/40 which has been pushed around for a very long time. It was for sale a while ago for $97000 Starting bid with no bidders from a different seller.
Seems the market has decided the price is around $80,000 USD. For me, a basic valuation is that most watches in the case are worth around $3000, with probably two exceptions (Apollo XI, and Apollo XIII). That's where I come out on the case... $3000 * 21 + $8000 + $5000, give or take. The case is cool, but $200k is absurd.
Yes i agree John If you have the time and patience to search for the singular pieces they are all obtainable.
One was actually posted in an auction but WITH reserve... and it was case number 34! It reached 37k IIRC
" . . . THE HINGES OF THE CASE ARE SHAPED AS ALIENS. WHAT AN EXCITING WAY TO SHOW YOUR WATCHES!" omg, aliens... must. have. this. case. /sarcasm
My Speedmaster Missions Collection comes in a much smaller case I do have to say though, I love the Speedmaster mission dials.
I may be the only one with this opinion but this mission set does nothing for me. Aside from the price and the fact that I don't love the mission watches generally speaking. I think it's because I enjoy the hunt of a vintage piece. I couldn't imagine buying 23 VERY similar watches all at the same time. Where's the fun in that?
Nothing Omega makes is really worth more than 50K US... I nearly laughed water through my nose the first time I saw the central tourbillon and found out how much they wanted for it. Unique sure, worth it = no... Max
The one I like a lot is Apollo 13, which has limited caseback and is not part of the missions edition. Kringkily had a few for sale, probably all gone by now!