October 5th 2020 - Snoopy Celebration

Evitzee

As I recall with the Apollo 11 unveiling, it was released early in the morning Swiss time (0600 or so), it showed up on the US website around 11pm Central Daylight Time (prior day). So those in the US will see it on Sunday evening.

M midimanwatch

Look with less than a couple of days to go -

This
1. I want to see a nice watch.
2. I want it to be priced accordingly to other Speedmasters although I don't mind paying a small premium.
3. It needs to put me off purchasing a SS Rolex Daytona.
4. I don't want it to be mass produced.
5. I want it to hold its value.
6. I don't care if it appreciates or not.
7. I would like it to be a collectors item.
8. I don't want Omega turning me over for their own gain
.

S Swup

But for me to have the amount of ex. guitars I have, I traded smart = I don't need to be the first owner.

K Karusel

All I'm waiting for is the drop on October 5th (in which time zone though?). Just placed the deposit!

H hb8745

Nice! do you mind sharing what position you were on the list?

H hb8745

Nice! do you mind sharing what position you were on the list?

K Karusel

All I'm waiting for is the drop on October 5th (in which time zone though?). Just placed the deposit!

Evitzee

In a LP environment they will never state how many watches they make per year or in total, we will never know the total made. You'll never know X, you might know Y, but that won't tell how many were made.

I think the Apollo 8 is a good example of this. It's not a numbered or limited edition, but rumors are Omega is constrained to <2,000 pieces a year because of the laser treatment of the movement. You generally don't see them in dealer stocks now, and its been 'out of stock' on the US website for about six months. So no one really knows how many have been made and how long Omega may make the watch. Yet they are readily available for close to list price on places like Chrono 24. Omega now has the companion Alinghi model which is available. So no one really knows what the status is of these watches. And that probably works fine for Omega, they can put these watches out and sell them fairly easily without a lot of discounting, this will continue until demand slackens or an internal Omega decision is made to stop production. But you won't know how many were made.

M midimanwatch

Look with less than a couple of days to go -

This
1. I want to see a nice watch.
2. I want it to be priced accordingly to other Speedmasters although I don't mind paying a small premium.
3. It needs to put me off purchasing a SS Rolex Daytona.
4. I don't want it to be mass produced.
5. I want it to hold its value.
6. I don't care if it appreciates or not.
7. I would like it to be a collectors item.
8. I don't want Omega turning me over for their own gain
.

wouter van wijk

Let me explain why I am not so excited by another LE Speedmaster and I think the LE strategy is a very thin line.

Good examples of LE
I thought the golden 50 years anniversary LE was a stunner and a home run. Thats the same kind of concept such as AP started doing recently as well with the [Re]master01. Both watches are very beautiful, smart, thoughtful and perfectly executed watches. They started with an older watch and made them contemporary and way better for today's standard. Both companies succeeded to turn a diamond into a different kind of modern cut.
Besides that particular golden Anniversary LE , Omega has made some cool LEs such as ST1, the Snoopies, Mitsukoshi, Alaska project, SpeedyMoon, Soyux and Tintin. All of those have aged very well.

Bad examples of LE
At the same release of the 50 years anniversary LE there was also the steel one with Buzz his ass and that watch to me is just a plain disaster. Most likely they all sold out anyways. Everything imho is too much and not nice. Don't get me started on that one, it's not aging well to say the least.
There are many Speedmaster(s)/ LEs that are strange, ugly and don't stick with a bigger community beside the hardcore Omega LE fanboys. The number of Apollo LEs that are so so is above 10 if you ask me. The vast majority of the Speedy LE's I would never be wearing since I think they are not serious watches but just a gimmick.

The core
When we get to the core I love it that Omega dares to introduce new things. They want to improve and most likely will next year replace the movement of the regular professional 1861 caliber with a 3861 caliber with a coaxial escapement facing the possible fury of purist. They are testing the waters Ii think and the new caliber is getting quite the approval. To balance this new caliber introduction they also made a very great re-edition of the 321 to please the old school 321 fanbase.
But at the same token I am also seriously afraid that people who are not so hardcore into Speedmasters get very much tired with all these new LE introductions and start regarding the brand as Italian instead of Swiss. This process is already happening. What sets the crown apart is that they are very consistent and only improve slowly step by step. Are these LEs improvements or just plain gimmicks?
The core is what really what makes me smile. When I put my Plain Jane birth year Speedy on my wrist and explain it to my daughters or other non WIS people that's what makes me proud. I personally don't need all the extra bits and pieces to tell a great story I rather stick with the vintage Speedmasters and every serious collector should without a doubt have one.

wouter van wijk

Let me explain why I am not so excited by another LE Speedmaster and I think the LE strategy is a very thin line.

Good examples of LE
I thought the golden 50 years anniversary LE was a stunner and a home run. Thats the same kind of concept such as AP started doing recently as well with the [Re]master01. Both watches are very beautiful, smart, thoughtful and perfectly executed watches. They started with an older watch and made them contemporary and way better for today's standard. Both companies succeeded to turn a diamond into a different kind of modern cut.
Besides that particular golden Anniversary LE , Omega has made some cool LEs such as ST1, the Snoopies, Mitsukoshi, Alaska project, SpeedyMoon, Soyux and Tintin. All of those have aged very well.

Bad examples of LE
At the same release of the 50 years anniversary LE there was also the steel one with Buzz his ass and that watch to me is just a plain disaster. Most likely they all sold out anyways. Everything imho is too much and not nice. Don't get me started on that one, it's not aging well to say the least.
There are many Speedmaster(s)/ LEs that are strange, ugly and don't stick with a bigger community beside the hardcore Omega LE fanboys. The number of Apollo LEs that are so so is above 10 if you ask me. The vast majority of the Speedy LE's I would never be wearing since I think they are not serious watches but just a gimmick.

The core
When we get to the core I love it that Omega dares to introduce new things. They want to improve and most likely will next year replace the movement of the regular professional 1861 caliber with a 3861 caliber with a coaxial escapement facing the possible fury of purist. They are testing the waters Ii think and the new caliber is getting quite the approval. To balance this new caliber introduction they also made a very great re-edition of the 321 to please the old school 321 fanbase.
But at the same token I am also seriously afraid that people who are not so hardcore into Speedmasters get very much tired with all these new LE introductions and start regarding the brand as Italian instead of Swiss. This process is already happening. What sets the crown apart is that they are very consistent and only improve slowly step by step. Are these LEs improvements or just plain gimmicks?
The core is what really what makes me smile. When I put my Plain Jane birth year Speedy on my wrist and explain it to my daughters or other non WIS people that's what makes me proud. I personally don't need all the extra bits and pieces to tell a great story I rather stick with the vintage Speedmasters and every serious collector should without a doubt have one.

8100_RPM

I’m pretty sure Karusel was last on the list when he placed his deposit. 😉

W Walw2097

I don't think they'll tell you this. I've placed my deposit last week over the phone with my Omega Boutique, and they mailed me a credit card and sales receipt. Item description is listed as "DEPOSIT APOLLO 13 50th"