No longer following this thread to read about speculation or which OB/AD is taking deposits and which isn't - I just want to see the pics
did you miss his j/k (as in just kidding) on the bottom?
I’m in UK. Have bought the 60th 2915, 50th moonshine gold and 321 all from one OB. Of course I told them I’m interested in the SS and they said they will call when they have one. For both the latter watches I purchased, they told me they have a list but it was omega that stated who the watch should be offered to first. Seems therefore once your name is down, all you can do is sit tight.
I am really surprised that outside of the UK people appear happy to pay large deposits on what are fundamentally rumours and even if the rumour becomes fact the item may not appear for many many months.
In this thread there are people who paid a large chunk of money early in 2020 on what was no more than an inspired guess yet may not get a watch until 2021, I am really shocked by this.
Is this how the system works elsewhere in the world, the deposit is required and if you don’t submit one you won’t get anything? Therefore are we in the UK spoilt by the way our system works, just register our interest and then pay when the watch comes in?
Concern now, only had a 4k deposit in January thinking I need to call to pay the difference.
I’m in UK. Have bought the 60th 2915, 50th moonshine gold and 321 all from one OB. Of course I told them I’m interested in the SS and they said they will call when they have one. For both the latter watches I purchased, they told me they have a list but it was omega that stated who the watch should be offered to first. Seems therefore once your name is down, all you can do is sit tight.
So I got the call from OB for a deposit. I gave them my info, and then I followed up the following day. She informed me that my info was sent to Corporate, but I am on their list. Can anyone else confirm this happened? I'm wondering if this is an attempt to keep track of customers who will resell?
I still remember, what an outcry I read at various fora after 2015 Snoopy came out.
It was a big issue that cartoon character was on the dial. Then so many sentences were written on the dial as if it was a book. And finally a sapphire crystal on top of it, instead of holy haselite glass.
The worst was that it was on some rubber coated strap with silver thread!!
It was finally decreed to be a childish watch, at best.
Rest is history. ..
I still remember, what an outcry I read at various fora after 2015 Snoopy came out.
It was a big issue that cartoon character was on the dial. Then so many sentences were written on the dial as if it was a book. And finally a sapphire crystal on top of it, instead of holy haselite glass.
The worst was that it was on some rubber coated strap with silver thread!!
It was finally decreed to be a childish watch, at best.
Rest is history. ..
It was finally decreed to be a childish watch, at best.
Just not in the market for another Speedmaster of any kind at present.
I wasn’t as in tune in the watch community for prior releases so my perspective is more individualized than a collective thought. In 2003/4 sometime I was in HK visiting my uncle who was into watches. He and I both had opportunity to get an Eyes on the Stars but each passed.
He thought “no way I’d pay this much for a cartoon dog on such a nice watch”. I thought “I cannot afford time pay this much right now for my beloved Snoopy on an amazing watch. Maybe one day...”
I am one of the few oddballs to this release in that I admire the lineage, the history, and the watch...but I am most excited about Snoopy. To be in a position to buy an “expensive” watch now (especially one that is playful and fun, not a safe-dweller) when I couldn’t do so years ago is a gratifying and humbling experience for me. Would love to get this next one but if I don’t, I will still be glad that my watch collecting journey has led me this far.
