Will be personally disappointing if it is two tone. The speedmaster used on Apollo 11 was a tool watch, pure and simple, and the main LE to commemorate the 50th should be SS. Just because 50th anniversaries are called “golden” isn’t sufficient justification to make the LE two tone IMO. Following the same logic, does this mean we can expect the 60th to be a diamond Speedmaster?
#SpeedyTuesday October 6, 2020 = 50 years NASA Snoopy award for the Omega Speedmaster chronograph ...
I have it on good authority that there won't be any Speedy announcements this week.
Supposedly dealers are being briefed in a closed door session, no cameras allowed, sometime soon. But nothing is dropping until a month+ from now.
I'm not liking Swatch Group's change in direction on how they are doing their launches now that they pulled out of Baselworld.
Who's looking for two tone gold watches in 2019? Or even full gold watches? Maybe it's me and I'm out of touch.
I just came from the OB and they said the same. Just dealers buying watches and not really good/ detail information about those watches. Maybe some releases to the general public in May.
Indeed.
I'm not sure what the point is, to be honest. How are dealers even able to properly assess interest?
My OB is asking me for a full deposit for a watch I've never seen, have heard rumors it won't even be full Steel (i.e., two-tone), a retail price significantly higher than most prior full-steel LE Speedy's... How can I make a proper decision? And how can they make a proper decision on how many to ask for from Omega?
Yeah, I'm told 6,969 is also the number for the Steel Two-Tone.
That's not even remotely close to Limited Edition. They struggled to sell all the '57 LE's (2557 + 557).
If they made this non-LE, I'd be surprised if they sell 7k of them in the first year, to be honest.
They underestimated the drive and focus from a concerted event like Baselworld. Imagine Omega releases watches in May and nobody is attentive. It's not that I desperately need to get a new watch. They are all obsolete technology anyway.
One thing about Baselworld is it seemed to force manufacturers to roll out a handful of new watches on a specific annual timetable. I suspect some (if not all) makers therefore tossed out some crap just to have something to claim as 'new'. Hopefully with Omega separating from Baselworld they can roll out new releases whenever they are actually ready, and perhaps cut down on the one year delivery times by not having to announce in March every year. Granted the 2-tone is a huge disappointment to many, but honestly how many variants of a ss Speedmaster can you roll out without them all seeming pretty much the same? What would have made the new LE truly 'special' is it were all ss, that hasn't already been in another LE in the last 10 years? Maybe the modern 321, but it seems like they dropped the ball getting it ready in time to go into these.
The SS Apollo will have gold on the hands and bezel. It might not look so TT--it might be nice.
I'm glad I didn't wait for this. I really wanted a "1969-2019" Speedy since I just turned 50 a few weeks ago, but two-tone just doesn't do it for me. I went ahead and ordered a white dial Speedmaster racing version instead.
This is exactly the new plan--dealers are ordering, and Omega is doing separate launches throughout the year.
The SS Apollo will have gold on the hands and bezel. It might not look so TT--it might be nice.
