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Meme-Dweller
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R3D9
·Just play it off and say you were thinking RRP
Haha! Brilliant! That’s exactly what I was thinking... of course 😉
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llvhhui
·Wow! For a second I thought this was a vintage from the 60s.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...I'm a bit confused about how they go to this price point, for this watch... if you want a simple, gold, three hander, for this sort of cash you can buy a Patek Calatrava.
That’s kinda the rub on this.
Same price ( at retail MSRP +3k) manual wind. Add another 5 for an automatic center sweep date.
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wilfreb
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For less money, I'd rather have one of these chronographs... which are no longer in production.
Some people don't like chronographsc like me
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tyrantlizardrex
·That’s kinda the rub on this.
Same price ( at retail MSRP +3k) manual wind. Add another 5 for an automatic center sweep date.
I think I’d much rather wind my watch... 😎
When I looked last year these were £13500 from the Patek boutique... a ton of money... but dapper as hell.
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Riviera Paradise
·Omega have been retail pricing PM dress type watches completely out of range for some time now, something they started with the PM Globemaster range.
The last Omega PM dressy (in-house caliber) watch with "reasonable" pricing was the Tresor range at US$13.8K in 2014, which at the time was quite well positioned compared to the competition. It was launched at a time the industry was still riding the "euphoria bubble", and before the luxury watch recession of 2016-2017.
Now in the new industry phase of "value prop" you have A.Lange positioning the Saxonia thin at US$14K and modern casual business watches such as the Bulgari Octo Finissimo at US$13.8K.
I do think this new Seamaster range looks great, but I agree with many of the posts on this thread that you would either have to be part of the Olympic money machine or a completely uniformed about Omega grey market pricing to purchase one of these at retail pricing. I can only assume that Omega is aware of a specific market for these (perhaps in Asia?) and will do a production run compatible with their targeted market, with any excess being dumped on the grey market at a later date.
The last Omega PM dressy (in-house caliber) watch with "reasonable" pricing was the Tresor range at US$13.8K in 2014, which at the time was quite well positioned compared to the competition. It was launched at a time the industry was still riding the "euphoria bubble", and before the luxury watch recession of 2016-2017.
Now in the new industry phase of "value prop" you have A.Lange positioning the Saxonia thin at US$14K and modern casual business watches such as the Bulgari Octo Finissimo at US$13.8K.
I do think this new Seamaster range looks great, but I agree with many of the posts on this thread that you would either have to be part of the Olympic money machine or a completely uniformed about Omega grey market pricing to purchase one of these at retail pricing. I can only assume that Omega is aware of a specific market for these (perhaps in Asia?) and will do a production run compatible with their targeted market, with any excess being dumped on the grey market at a later date.
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rominvicta
·Would that be a limited run in numbers or at least for a time span? As i did not notice anything on the subject? It would be strange to have a dedicated olympic watch sold for a long period of tim. And that would be a reason as to why price is so heavy.
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Shailor
·That is an absolutely stunning timepiece. Price is up there, but not out of line with other gold watches.
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boltman
·ehh, not feeling these new Olympic editions. I guess I'm just a sport/diver watch guy, I have no class.
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jrrs
·Beautiful vintage-style watch but agree with others, ridiculously over-priced. Ridiculously.
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rominvicta
·This thread is generating almost no interest?
