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Omega Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Moonwatch Gold and Steel. Any in the wild yet?

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Picked mine up right before lunch! A quick pic will have to do for now; not going to unwrap it until I get home. This was from an AD in San Francisco. They were allotted and have received three watches - two sequential numbers in the 0-50 range (so I have one of them now), and another in the 300 range.

This is an AD not an Omega Boutique, but they sell only Swatch Group brands. So I think they're on the same footing as an OB. I put down ~20% in May when someone else relinquished their slot after the watch was released.

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Don’t you mean ‘poodle’
No, piddle is what I meant. Also known here in the former colonies as a "pissing match". 😁

pid·dle
/ˈpidl/

informal
verb
  1. 1.
    urinate.
noun
noun: piddle
1.
an act of urinating.

Oh no! I think I am getting roped in. 😲
 
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Nice watch, I have to say I am gutted that I didn't get on the list, I wonder if my OB will have a spare at the end, I'll ask tomorrow, maybe I can get on the ever hopeful reserve list

I hope you can find one at your local AD\OB. What I will say it the watch can look very different depending on the light. At times the gold really shines and everything is turned up to 10, then other times the dial can look flat and lifeless and a little hard to read, but it's not very easy to catch on camera.
 
clockyg
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... A quick pic will have to do for now; not going to unwrap it until I get home...

F that. Had to put it on. I was sort of doubtful of people saying it's better in person, but I have to agree. Really surprised by the bracelet too, I didn't like the pictures I had seen of it but it works wonderfully. The gold on the piece is understated, just enough to glitter in the right light, but not so much I look like a rapper.

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Stufflers Mom Stufflers Mom
I hope you can find one at your local AD\OB. What I will say it the watch can look very different depending on the light. At times the gold really shines and everything is turned up to 10, then other times the dial can look flat and lifeless and a little hard to read, but it's not very easy to catch on camera.

I went to one of the Omega events at my local store, managed to try both the SS and Moonshine versions, both were awesome but the Moonshine is for when i win the lottery. You're so right about the shine depending on the angle of the light on the SS version. A really nice watch IMHO.
 
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Nice watch, congratulations, enjoy and wear in good health
 
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So, since the OB's received their first 2, now the AD's are receiving theirs? ...Did these AD purchases require 100% deposits??? From what I (and many others) were told, the OB's with 100% deposits were coming first and then the AD's to follow. Isn't that the reason for going to an OB, to get some kind of preferential treatment? All a bunch of shenanigans if you ask me.

Anyway, congrats to you guys! Make sure to share some more jealous invoking photos LOL......

FYI, I just picked mine up from the Miami Tourbillon Boutique. Had my deposit in since march and was #1 on the list.
Since Tourbillon is owned by the Swatch group, they are somewhere between an OB and an AD.

They were initially told by Omega they were getting 4 allocations. They ended up with only 2.
Apparently all Tourbillon Boutiques in the US were allocated only 2 each. (There are 4 in the US and 13 worldwide).
 
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FYI, I just picked mine up from the Miami Tourbillon Boutique. Had my deposit in since march and was #1 on the list.
Since Tourbillon is owned by the Swatch group, they are somewhere between an OB and an AD.

They were initially told by Omega they were getting 4 allocations. They ended up with only 2.
Apparently all Tourbillon Boutiques in the US were allocated only 2 each. (There are 4 in the US and 13 worldwide).
Why should other countries, where there aren't any OB's, have to wait till full deposits customers at OB's have gotten their watches. Would only be fair it's being spread evenly worldwide which seems to be happening now as I know NL and BE are getting them in small quantities.
 
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clockyg clockyg
F that. Had to put it on. I was sort of doubtful of people saying it's better in person, but I have to agree. Really surprised by the bracelet too, I didn't like the pictures I had seen of it but it works wonderfully. The gold on the piece is understated, just enough to glitter in the right light, but not so much I look like a rapper.

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Awesome!! Looks great. I love mine as well.
 
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clockyg clockyg
F that. Had to put it on. I was sort of doubtful of people saying it's better in person, but I have to agree. Really surprised by the bracelet too, I didn't like the pictures I had seen of it but it works wonderfully. The gold on the piece is understated, just enough to glitter in the right light, but not so much I look like a rapper.

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Totally agree about the understated nature of the gold which I like. Looking good👍
 
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Congratulations on the new arrivals. Those photos are amazing, cant wait for mine.

Its like waiting for Christmas day but not knowing what day that is !! HAHA

Why do people not disclose the exact LE number, I cannot think of a reason?
 
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Congratulations on the new arrivals. Those photos are amazing, cant wait for mine.

Its like waiting for Christmas day but not knowing what day that is !! HAHA

Why do people not disclose the exact LE number, I cannot think of a reason?
I’ve wondered this too...?
 
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Congratulations on the new arrivals. Those photos are amazing, cant wait for mine.

Its like waiting for Christmas day but not knowing what day that is !! HAHA

Why do people not disclose the exact LE number, I cannot think of a reason?

Why would anyone be interested?
 
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If being delivered sequentially (which appears to roughly be the case given the small data set) it gives an approximation as to where in the delivery cycle Omega are.


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Why would anyone be interested?
 
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If being delivered sequentially (which appears to roughly be the case given the small data set) it gives an approximation as to where in the delivery cycle Omega are.

What data is currently available? my watch is\was 900ish.
 
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