October 5th 2020 - Snoopy Celebration

M midimanwatch

No OB were taking serious orders for this item in the UK - OB's are getting serious as of Wednesday 7th
They were only taking your details
None of them were supposed to be taking deposits. - 10% paid this morning, now the watch is announced deposits can be taken
The only time that you were eligible to get on the list was when the watch was announced for sale ie Oct 5th. - OB was evasive on this and whether it was my e-mail months ago or my spending history at the store that generated the call yesterday but either way I have been given the chance to buy the watch early 2021 (and allocation is on a first come first serve basis - I believe but cannot substantiate that the OB may be doing VIPS and contacting them and not taking deposits based on walk-in, phone or e-mail requests) not on a date of rumour!!
You should have received a confirmation email of your interest from the OB not long after that with the T&Cs. - No confirmation to my e-mail from months ago, received call yesterday saying that if I want the watch I needed to say yes and pay my deposit ASAP or sooner so this was paid this morning
OB's are still not taking deposits. - As of yesterday (Wed 7th) they are
OB's are in place to get the first shipments and ADs may get some. - Nothing until 2021 according to my OB

Atab2870

First time posting but a lot of time beeing a reader. I m located in Usa. OB told me that by December should have mine, no deposit. Number 3 on the list. Check out Ebay, there are 2 already for sale from flippers! Amazing. $18,000 and $38,000

Capt Cave Man

ROLEX RANT (sorry)
Register my interest... wait... vetting stage... you already have my details, purchase history etc... added to a waiting list... wait... place a deposit at somepoint... annnnd wait... I may just stick with Omega for a diver as honestly, I can't be arsed with jumping through this many hoops for a friggin mass produced watch, Jesus wept!

Capt Cave Man

... and to add to @Martin_J_N comments...

I had been politely chatting on and off with my AD since the initial message back in April. They always stated they were not compiling a waitlist until something was announced but I maintained my interest.

On the 5th they confirmed I was #2 but that all UK ADs had no information from Omega at that time.

I was contacted yesterday to place a deposit if I still wanted the watch. I was informed they expect deliveries to start late in Q1 2021, possibly running into Q2.

In a roundabout way I've been informed the A11 bracelet does fit so I'm also debating on buying another or using the existing one between the two.

I had just received my rail season ticket refund (since the covid lock-down in March) so simply flipped the money without worrying about transferring any from elsewhere.

Confirmation via email that my deposit was received came through today and I will be regularly kept informed of progress relating to my order. A wonderful experience throughout and in general chatting about various watches etc... downside was when I brought up the possibility of buying a Rolex Sub for err my 50th....


ROLEX RANT (sorry)
Register my interest... wait... vetting stage... you already have my details, purchase history etc... added to a waiting list... wait... place a deposit at somepoint... annnnd wait... I may just stick with Omega for a diver as honestly, I can't be arsed with jumping through this many hoops for a friggin mass produced watch, Jesus wept!

M midimanwatch

I hope flippers get turned over.
I hope Omega keep these watches to OB's only.
I hope Ebay takes out those sellers using those stock photos.

Martin_J_N

Registered my interest, got a call 12 days later and collected the watch 8 days after that, and its a beauty. Sorreee 🙄

Martin_J_N

Not sure if you want to update this list but what happened to me this morning is in bold and I am UK based.

Gossip from the store - Massive interest, phone didn't stop all day Tuesday and Wednesday, staff have done nothing but talk about Snoopy, lots of walk-ins and e-mails asking for the watch. Store is somewhat shocked by the reaction, they are now trying to establish who is genuine and who is not so lots of calls and vetting going on. The store has a limit on the number of deposits that they are taking, they wouldn't tell me what that limit was but did say that if they are taking the deposit then you are going to get a watch, at some point.

Deposits are completely refundable, so if the number of watches required doesn't materialise or you have a change of mind you will get your deposit back.

Hope this helps. 😀

M midimanwatch

Hi Marc,

This is what I have been trying to tell some people and from what you have said all I can say it this ---


No OB were taking serious orders for this item in the UK.
They were only taking your details.
None of them were supposed to be taking deposits.
The only time that you were eligible to get on the waiting list was when the watch was announced for general sale ie. Oct 5th (and allocation is on a first come first serve basis) not on a date of rumour!!
You should have received a confirmation email of your interest from the OB not long after that with the T&Cs of sale.
OB's are still not taking deposits. (Well they shouldn't be)
OB's are in place to get the first shipments and ADs may get some at a later stage.

I will be taking them up on this too if the situation changes but they have assured me that there will be supply for me and others.

C Cabinetman

My first post as well.

My local Omega Boutique told me I had to pay in full upfront for guaranteed delivery. I was also told that they would be distributing watches based on previous purchase history and not the order in which payments were received. I was one of the last to make a payment before they closed the list, but about half the people ahead of me have no purchase history so I will go ahead of them in the distribution order.

My friend is also interested in the watch and I asked yesterday if he could call and place an order. I was told the prepayment list was closed, but he could get on the waitlist. If someone who prepays decides to drop out the OB will contact the people on the waiting list and ask for full payment to take the vacated spot. My friend is number 7 on the waitlist.

It is interesting how different US OBs are handling the order process. Maybe some of the boutiques are corporately owned while others are privately held which would allow them to make their own rules.

bobby shankit

midimanwatch said: ↑
No OB were taking serious orders for this item in the UK - OB's are getting serious as of Wednesday 7th
They were only taking your details
None of them were supposed to be taking deposits. - 10% paid this morning, now the watch is announced deposits can be taken
The only time that you were eligible to get on the list was when the watch was announced for sale ie Oct 5th. - OB was evasive on this and whether it was my e-mail months ago or my spending history at the store that generated the call yesterday but either way I have been given the chance to buy the watch early 2021 (and allocation is on a first come first serve basis - I believe but cannot substantiate that the OB may be doing VIPS and contacting them and not taking deposits based on walk-in, phone or e-mail requests) not on a date of rumour!!
You should have received a confirmation email of your interest from the OB not long after that with the T&Cs. - No confirmation to my e-mail from months ago, received call yesterday saying that if I want the watch I needed to say yes and pay my deposit ASAP or sooner so this was paid this morning
OB's are still not taking deposits. - As of yesterday (Wed 7th) they are
OB's are in place to get the first shipments and ADs may get some. - Nothing until 2021 according to my OB



This is what happened to me on Tuesday evening, opened up my emails to an email from the OB to say they were now in a position to take a deposit for the watch in order to secure one which i paid and have had a order confirmation today with a receipt of deposit paid, however someone on here was quick enough to doubt what i was saying and wanted proof that i'd paid 🙄 glad someone else has had the same experience as me from expressing interest in the watch with the OB through to the paying of a deposit to secure one 👍 just to prove others wrong in their know it all comments at times

WatchNurse

Planning on putting down $5k deposit at my OB tomorrow. They estimated I should get one by April 2021 lolol.

Martin_J_N

Registered my interest, got a call 12 days later and collected the watch 8 days after that, and its a beauty. Sorreee 🙄

R Ryan1122

That doesn't seem too bad considering it's a few days after release and others have said they aren't expecting watches until mid to late 2021! Where are you located if you don't mind sharing?

WatchNurse

I'm in Miami, FL. I'm not a VIP by any means at this OB. I've just been very honest about my intentions of owning this timepiece for the last 2+ months. I guess they can sense I'm not a flipper or do they have some way of verifying that? I did provide them my name, email address, other contact info.

EricCsN

For a rookie to omega, you sure hit the bulleye and got VIP like treatment.

WatchNurse

Really? Well, never know how long it'll actually take. They said they may receive one earlier or later. They said they would give me a call once they have one for me, and if I'm not ready to purchase for whatever reason, they will give it to the next person on the list.

EricCsN

compared to what i got (and you can trail my quest for this piece back to april), no deposit, no news yet, it sure does.