New wooden Omega box is coming

sailingchamp · Jan 20, 2016

vadimo
Think it will be expensive to do in natural wood, as you say you have to cut it and then wastage from imperfect parts been cut away, it could turn out to be an expensive process and then watch price increases.

I like new box and perhaps it is a little to big for a single watch as mentioned earlier but i am not complaining.

I like to disagree. Some sorts of wood - beech or cherry tree - are inexpensive and easy to machine. A CAM process is required to make the manufacturing cheap. The cost of the wood for the box is less than one dollar. In fact all the material involved is cheap. The costly process of the assembly matters most. Should be made in China, air cargo flown to Switzerland. There is no way a massive wood box would increase the price of the watch. Other than Omega marketing thinks the watch has more value because of the nicer box.

alecela · Jan 20, 2016

sailingchamp
I like to disagree. Some sorts of wood - beech or cherry tree - are inexpensive and easy to machine. A CAM process is required to make the manufacturing cheap. The cost of the wood for the box is less than one dollar. In fact all the material involved is cheap. The costly process of the assembly matters most. Should be made in China, air cargo flown to Switzerland. There is no way a massive wood box would increase the price of the watch. Other than Omega marketing thinks the watch has more value because of the nicer box.

I tend to agree. Case in point: Panerai has been using nice wooden box right from the start and back then they were USD$2-2.5k list price so I doubt the wooden box adds THAT much to the price.

speedy57 · Jan 20, 2016

I like the box, doesn't feel cheap to me. Just my .02.

vadimo · Jan 21, 2016

I think at the end of the day, you buy watch to wear watch not box, omega probably as far as concerned created a flashy box, you put watch on your wrist and you put the box away or sell it in ebay 😀

ConElPueblo · Jan 21, 2016

A alecela
I tend to agree. Case in point: Panerai has been using nice wooden box right from the start and back then they were USD$2-2.5k list price so I doubt the wooden box adds THAT much to the price.

A number of the Panerai boxes I've seen are, in fact, veneer. Also, how many watches do Panerai sell a year? Omega moves roughly 700,000 pieces...

sailingchamp
I like to disagree. Some sorts of wood - beech or cherry tree - are inexpensive and easy to machine. A CAM process is required to make the manufacturing cheap. The cost of the wood for the box is less than one dollar. In fact all the material involved is cheap. The costly process of the assembly matters most. Should be made in China, air cargo flown to Switzerland. There is no way a massive wood box would increase the price of the watch. Other than Omega marketing thinks the watch has more value because of the nicer box.

I guarantee you that if you were to produce 700,000 boxes a year with the same, high, quality of solid wood used for producing the boxes, it will be costly! but it's not only the price and dificulty of producing them, it is also because of the demand for homogenous quality and because of the sheer number required. It really isn't a case of just multiplying the cost of a single box with the amount needed.

Archer · Jan 21, 2016

sailingchamp
I like to disagree. Some sorts of wood - beech or cherry tree - are inexpensive and easy to machine. A CAM process is required to make the manufacturing cheap. The cost of the wood for the box is less than one dollar. In fact all the material involved is cheap. The costly process of the assembly matters most. Should be made in China, air cargo flown to Switzerland. There is no way a massive wood box would increase the price of the watch. Other than Omega marketing thinks the watch has more value because of the nicer box.

I like to disagree. Some sorts of metal - brass or steel - are inexpensive and easy to machine. A CAM process is required to make the manufacturing cheap. The cost of the metal for the watch is less than one hundred dollars. In fact all the material involved is cheap. The costly process of the assembly matters most. Should be made in China, air cargo flown to Switzerland. There is no way a watch should be this expensive. Other than Omega marketing thinks the watch has such value because of the name...

😀

sailingchamp · Jan 21, 2016

vadimo
I think at the end of the day, you buy watch to wear watch not box, omega probably as far as concerned created a flashy box, you put watch on your wrist and you put the box away or sell it in ebay 😀

Many watsches are bought as a present and in those cases a nice wooden box is important.

ConElPueblo · Jan 21, 2016

sailingchamp
Many watsches are bought as a present and in those cases a nice wooden box is important.

Which is why Rolex doesn't sell any watches. They just can't seem to understand this!

sailingchamp · Jan 21, 2016

Rolex sells watches as the buyers don't loose money on the watch. 😀

MC88 · Jan 21, 2016

I got this box when I bought my Seamaster 300 last year in Nobember. Box quality is very good. Quite heavy. Beautifully constructed, I was very impressed! Btw this was my first luxury watch and my dream watch as a kid. Haha

jkarakasinio · Jan 29, 2016

i bought the planet ocean 42mm 4300€ cash just three months before and i got the red box!!can i order the wooden box and also how would be the price???

watchme · Jan 29, 2016

jkarakasinio
i bought the planet ocean 42mm 4300€ cash just three months before and i got the red box!!can i order the wooden box and also how would be the price???

I think you can't order these boxes. You might try Ebay or you ask the fellows at the boutique.

vadimo · Jan 29, 2016

watchme
I think you can't order these boxes. You might try Ebay or you ask the fellows at the boutique.

no i think you can, there was another post somewhere here where guy purchased box at omega store in london, regent st, not sure what box it was.

New wooden Omega box is coming

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