Well, this article certainly is good fun. First all the speculation on what it would look like, the price, the quantity and all the associated details, then the long and passionate discussion of the pros and cons of the actual watch and the two camps that formed (Like/Hate), then all the kerfuffle when the first one was flipped here on OF last week, now down to arguing when the bulk of the watches will be delivered. Omega never hinted that these would be delivered by July 20th, and the OB's and AD's still know little about delivery plans, yet many believe this will happen. Omega now seems to be in some sort of D-Day stance, ready to deploy 6,000 or so watches all over the world in the next two weeks because they have stockpiled all these watches in secure locations ready to push the button tomorrow, July 8th, to start the delivery process. We'll have to see what comes about over the next couple of weeks. I'd love to get a call from my OB manager this month saying it's ready to be collected, but yesterday she told me delivery would start later this month and continue through the end of the year. Maybe she's wrong and she'll get inundated with 20 or so watches this week from the USA mothership. If so, I'll be happy, but I don't expect it to happen.
From what I have understood from several Omega sources,
at least for the USA, is that the boutiques will get served first with watches going to the buyer's with 100% deposits, based on order date. There is one individual at Omega USA who has the master list containing the buyer, the boutique, payment status and date. This list is based on their electronic sales system, when you bought the watch the boutique notified this planner of your purchase and your electronic receipt was captured so they know your customer number, name, address, phone number, amount paid and the date. As the watches are parceled out they will be sent to the boutique (or AD) with the client's name attached to that particular watch. Then the agent will contact the buyer for collection or mailing. If a boutique has sold 25 pieces over a period of time they will NOT get all of those in bulk, the distribution will be based on order date and full payment status on a USA wide basis. So an LA boutique may get one, then the next one to Houston, then Dallas, then NYC, etc. It's all based on the master list, which seems the fair way to do it. It's a first come, first full paid basis.
I'm not sure how Omega works but most limited edition watches are NOT sent out in any type of numeric order, it's all randomized. One batch may contain 556/6969 and another watch in the same batch may be 6895/6969. So I wouldn't put much stock in how the numbers are falling out to gauge delivery status of the edition.
I'm sure many people will argue and dispute this based on their own assumptions. Have at it.
May you live in interesting times ..............
