Regarding the price of these in secondary, "asking price" does not equal "sale price". The only confirmed sale I see is this. Subtract ebay's 10% commission and the seller made a few hundred pounds profit. Not bad, but that's it.

Look at this on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/143317040484

 

i bet the buyer of that has slapped it straight on Chrono 24!

 

Mine created it Monday when I asked

 

Nicely done sir, i am in the Penang OB tomorrow so will get on that.

 

Yeah as soon as i got wind that they were in the country I rushed to the AD knowing they'd soon be gone!

 

This was probably someone just hedging their bets on an early delivery watch. These watches will at least in the short term be bought and sold for way over the rrp, I have a firm dealer offer of £10k on mine which I'm likely to take next week.

 

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Wow, thanks for sharing. I will be calling my OB immediately to ensure that they don't take mine out and let people wear it. In what country is this?

 

I don’t think that the OB would let just anyone see and handle a fully paid watch by a customer. If they are waiting for payment is another story, it is still theirs. I happened to see one of the Seamaster 300 that was waiting to be picked up and paid for when they just came out. My OB called me when they got mine but couldn’t pick it up until the next day so I just trust that they didn’t let anyone touch it.

 

What number range was the watch in, curious how far along omega is with deliveries?

 

Im on a list for the Apollo 13
I you get to chose from number 743 or 1120 which one would you have choose??

 

I agree it is completely wrong to let someone try on someone elses watch. I was lucky enough to hold a gold 50th but they were clear it couldnt come out of the plastic bag it was in and I respected that.

 

On various occasions I've had an AD or OB offer to bring out a hard to get watch reserved for someone so I could look at it, but I'd never remove any plastic, wind it, play with the functions or even try it on. Just a look-see.

 

Same here, and while wearing gloves.
Don't do to others....

 

To be clear, I do not know if that particular watch was sold/reserved. I meant that the ones they had ordered were all sold/reserved (Just realized the mistake on my previous post).
This one was on display with a few other watches.

BTW I read here about people already flipping these immediately, what about the moonshine gold one on the Watch Sales right now for what appears to be a handsome premium?

 

Same here. Never tried to remove any plastic or play with the buttons. It is someone else's property!

 

If I am reading this right there was an A11 50th anniversary just on display, not ordered by anyone, where was that?

 

i think was Zurich airport , I don’t think you can buy it though ..

 

Location? I am surprised they had one out on display. OBs are fully allocated. They should remain in the safe until they go through their list.

 

Yes - my friend got a good snap (see photo below)