Making the 3861 standard will also allow a nice price increase, say from $5350 to $6500 - $7000.

 

And will probably increase the price of the discontinued 1861 too

 

Born 6 days earlier, name's day 6 days later. Close enough to be interested.

 

Do you think Omega will increase the price. When Rolex introduced their new movements into say the DJ etc, did the price increase?

 

I haven't made any predictions yet, but I will make one now...

The new standard Speedy movement will be announced as caliber 2861... not 3861.

(okay, weak, I know... but it's all I've got. I don't understand why they'd jump from 861 --> 1861 --> skip** 2861 ** --> 3861

 

Actually, speaking of 321 (the mechanism, not the counting ) I have heard that the re-release of the 321 will be labeled 3021. So in the end, it may be very different from the original 321. Or may be, it is just marketing.

 

good idea !

 

Agree

 

True that!

 

I'm the 24th June and that's close enough to warrant a purchase in my book. Fingers crossed and I've been pestering my UK AD for years about this.

 

I haven't waded thru all 1150 posts so point me in the right direction if this has already been answered: Has Omega said whether they are scheduling production to have all 6969 available for delivery by July 20th, or is it an earlier or later timeframe? If they haven't disclosed yet, how did they stage production around previous anniversary LEs with large volumes?

 

You obviously do not know Omega.

Seamaster 1948 1 year late
2 Silver snoopy's still to be delivered
Last ultraman delivered in the uk was this week
1st Speedy Tuesday deliveries were upto a year after launch
50th Anniversary last delivery will 2020

 

50th anniversary last delivery will be 2020 it think

 

Didn't know the silver snoopy's still haven't all been delivered.

 

According to AD in CZ, delivery will start in autumn. No idea how long it will take for all 6969 pieces. It took half year for 2012 pieces in case of ST2...better not to use the basic math to get an indicative time frame for A11 50th.

 

Is there expected to be an announcement on a new standard moonwatch too or is that just rumors?

 

I believe this production will be delivered on time, by end of this year. A large number, like 6969, is easier to schedule. Plus their bottlenecks have been addressed.

 

What were their bottlenecks? Just curious...

 

Not sure exactly but Omega management were grousing that production was constrained last year due to supply problems.

 

I hear you, but I tend to agree with folks that these will sell out. There are enough people so besotted with the moon landing and the roundness of the number "50" that they'll pay the price. I get it too, there's a reason I was on the wait-list for two so early before pulling out when I heard about the price and what the watch is likely to be like. But I also completely understand why people would want it. So between WISes, space fans, high net-worth individuals with an interest in watches, and grey market profiteers, 6969 will move (half of those may sell in Asia alone). Even if they don't, there is less than a zero percent chance you'll see these sitting in AD windows for extended periods--it'll look too bad for the brand. I'm fairly confident they'll go with a "just behind schedule" delivery system. From my understanding, for the first batch I think Omega is shipping these watches out to ADs based on existing deposits taken (plus or minus 1). They might ship less watches than people on the list (depends on the size of the list), but they certainly won't ship more. From there, if more people make purchases and the 6969 number hasn't been hit, they'll deliver the watches post orders/deposits. So they'll always be right behind purchases to make sure watches are never sitting around. Not to mention, making people wait has worked for Rolex and Omega will try that with this watch.