Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in Gold – Breaking News

Boony

Hey guys... many of you on this thread have been successful in attaining a Gold Anniversary speedy... I however, have not and so I wonder if anyone can help me clear up how Omega work and if there is a difference depending on which side of the pond you reside.

I've noted that several of you were able to place orders on Omega for the watch, in some cases even putting money down to secure the watch. Are those of you that did that all in the USA? My local AD is Royal Exchange here in London and they state that 1) they cannot take orders and b) they still (at time of writing) do not know what allocation they will get or when.

I've had my name on their 'list' and recently got the call for the Anniversary in Steel (which I declined having put my name down before I saw one). This makes me think I may hear something soon on the gold, but that will only be if my name is closer to the top of the list then their total allocation. I am not particularly confident therefore that I will get one.

Just wondering therefore what other peoples experience is... I so want this watch but clearly won't pay over the odds from dealers asking up to £38K!

Boony

Thanks. Here they wont entertain putting money down... they just look at you blankly. Unless I'm just outside the circle... perhaps others in the UK had more luck.

Evitzee

The reason they won't take a deposit is they don't want to lose control of a valuable commodity. They want to be able to determine who gets the watch. I think you have to face reality, you are 'outside the circle' and you most likely have little chance of getting the watch.

In the US most of the 50th SS modesl were presold with full 100% deposit, and so far I've not heard any of those people not being given a watch. Some are still waiting for delivery but there have been no horror stories of a full deposit sale being rescinded by a boutique or AD. Other markets played the usual game of controlling distribution to those people they wanted to reward.

henryhoe

It's nice! But there are just too many LE speedmasters around to keep track. Its all variants of an old theme

YY77

Although I went for the SS version

Although I went for the 50th in SS I can understand buyers of the gold one as it comes closest to the original that have become too expensive or in bad condition.

padders

No that’s not the only reason. Note he was talking about the UK market. Here there is a legal precedent that to accept a deposit implies a contract to to deliver. Watch and car dealers are very careful now with taking deposits since they can be sued if they fail to secure said watch or car. One Porsche dealer got royally burned when he pulled the rug from a guy with a deposit on a sought after 911 and had to pay damages. I haven’t heard of any UK boutique or AD taking deposits on these. I was offered a steel one and asked if I wanted to be considered for a gold version with no talk of deposit. It helps of course if you are a known existing customer. I declined both, the first because I don’t like it, the second which I love because I can’t justify the spend!

Evitzee

I think many would have opted for the gold one but they were very difficult to come by because of the edition size.