OMEGA 1957 Trilogy Limited Editions complete set - advice needed...

Hans the Wolf

Hi guys,

Looks like I will be able to buy a complete Trilogy set directly from an AD. It costs quite a lot of money and to be honest I am only interested in the Speedy (I could not get a Speedy from the AD so they offered me the complete set after I turned down an offer to buy the Seamaster). So what do you think, will I get back my money (or at least the most of them) if I keep the set for a couple of years (until I get tired of the watches) and then sell it? I know it is almost impossible to foresee the future but some of you might have a better picture of the demand for the set? I have seen it on Chrono24 and the asked price is almost $29k.

Cheers,
Hans

Tiny Iota

I've seen loads of the speedmasters for sale on this forum (check both sales sections; private and dealer). Why get the whole set when you can get exactly what you want for a lot less money?

Hans the Wolf

Yes you are right 😀 I have now found a Speedy on this forum so I can forget about the whole set 😁

hotwheels

I think the trilogy will appreciate better over time as it's a limited edition and very small run, these are 3 amazing watches that until recently would have been only a dream, and in my opinion very good value(ceramic Daytona currently £15k) the individual watches are also a great purchase however I think having 3 rare matching numbered watches in a set with box etc....has more appeal.

B BLAUGRANA

And since we're talking numbers, I will reiterate that Omega should have only made 1957 of each piece with maybe 57 or 157 trilogy sets.

Ninja2789

Wait, are we talking about the special Trilogy set that includes the numbers on the dial? Because I seem to recall people hating that. In fact, wasn't there a forum member who went out of his way to order three separate trilogy watches to avoid the weird dial?

Theognosis

I don't understand why anyone would want to limit the production of these majestic pieces so that less people can obtain them. In my opinion at 3,557 pieces each, the high volume discourages the speculators from gobbling up the watches and selling them at a high premium, and it's just enough for many Omega enthusiasts to buy and enjoy them at retail prices with discount to boot. Just my 2 cents there. 😀

Kmart

Agreed. I think Omega saw what happened with the Silver Snoopy and wanted to avoid that scenario happening again. Of course they basically went the complete opposite direction this time -- 11,000 watches! -- but it's certainly preferable to each watch going for 50% over retail on the secondary market.

B BLAUGRANA

You should be able to get a Speedmaster and as others noted I'd definitely go that route over the trilogy. In fact I'd go after all three individually rather than the trilogy and even if you had to pay over above MSRP for the Speedmaster you could still probably come out ahead in the end when compared to just buying the trilogy.

Theognosis

I don't understand why anyone would want to limit the production of these majestic pieces so that less people can obtain them. In my opinion at 3,557 pieces each, the high volume discourages the speculators from gobbling up the watches and selling them at a high premium, and it's just enough for many Omega enthusiasts to buy and enjoy them at retail prices with discount to boot. Just my 2 cents there. 😀