I met my rep who told me on good authority there is space dust from their boots on the back of the base in a step up from the snoopy dust

 

I mean that the dial or dial will be as always, in black. the steel bracelet, no gold on the bracelet. and the lunar module with the astronaut going down the stairs, will be drawn in black and white at 9 o'clock on the dial. and in the back an engraving of the footprint. the presentation box will be spectacular, with a kit of the lunar module in which the clock will be displayed. € 8,900 in Europe taxes included ñs.

 

So you're saying this watch will have the 321 movement? Please correct me if I misunderstood your reference to the 321.

https://www.fratellowatches.com/overview-omega-speedmaster-apollo-xi-models/

I'd like to know if a sub-$10,000 USD 321 Speedy will ever be made available. That's what I was really hoping for when I heard the 321 would be coming back. Thanks.

 

the steel speedy of the 50th anniversary will have the 321 movement, confirmed

 

Will have the 3861 movement, confirmed....

 

Incorrect. It will have the 3861 master chronometer movement.

 

The only thing that my OB has confirmed is that there will no 321 movement on the 50th anniversary.

 

What are we looking at here? Population density? Does that tell anything about Omega’s sales markets? Am I missing something?
That’s 4 questions in a row..

 

Just seems crazy that Omega would have a secret meeting with dealers to show the new models, then expect them to not say a work to anyone. All we have now is Chinese whispers until May!

 

Check out the website www.fhs.swiss ; they have all kinds of statistics on the Swiss watch industry. If you assume that Omega's distribution aligns with the Swiss watch industry as a whole, then the combined markets in Asia dwarf the US market. Hong Kong alone is larger.

 

Thanks for the link.

From true stats page, it shows the US market as being roughly 10% of the total global market.

With my amazing math skills, I estimate the US market should get between 692 (2019 estimate) and 767 (2018 estimate) watches for this LE. Sounds like reports of 700 being allocated are quite reasonable.

@dsio recently commented that about 30% of OF members are from the US, so there’s a disproportiate representation here that doesn’t match global watch buying.

 

My AD confirmed this:
Steel model with lunar module!
Can’t wait—I am first on the list, no payment of anykind before I’ll get this watch!!!

 

May be completely wrong here, but I would be surprised if the major international transport hubs of HKG, SIN and UAE, each clearly having total watch sales far in excess of their populations, would sell Speedmaster LEs in proportion to their market share of global Swiss watch sales. In other words, just because a country has lots of sales to international travellers passing through, it doesn’t automatically follow that it will sell commensurate numbers of Speedmaster LEs. If this is true, Omega would not distribute the 6969 (or whatever) based on weightings in the above table.

 

Are you questioning my mathematical prowess?

I’m pretty sure I “carried the 1”...

(I agree with your logic, and thought the same...)

 

Your mathematical prowess? I would absolutely never question it. Especially if it requires me remembering long division, let alone calculus, vectors, blah, blah, blah. All are distant memories/nightmares.

 

I'm not sure those statistics can be extrapolated that way. Those are revenue numbers and not number of watches. That would have to assume each country buys the same price/variety of watches. Singapore and HK are very wealthy and their figures likely reflect an average higher priced watch than others.

 

Could it possible be because this forum is an english language forum?

 

I met the omega rep this morning and he said he doesn’t know anything.