Omega Speedmaster Hodinkee LE - Arrivals Thread

Evitzee · Jan 21, 2019

tyrantlizardrex
If they released them all in one batch, you would not see peak pricing as early watches get flipped for profit...

Bingo, give this man a kewpie doll. By stretching out delivery it creates buzz and expectations...."who's getting a watch and who's not??" It is all about marketing and keeping the buzz going. This watch is nothing special but people are frothing at the mouth and drooling to get theirs. It keeps Omega in the conversation.

dslee · Jan 28, 2019

owlan
The email didn't say.

I got this email too but no gift yet. Is the gift in production delays too?

waveguide · Jan 28, 2019

It’s just really limited. They appear to have made a dozen or so, foregoing the initial estimate of 500 so they could get on with some other limited editions that have higher margins. I must have read (or was it a dream?) somewhere that HODINKEE and the OBs are now so embarrassed that they are gradually contacting the remaining 485 or so who paid ahead to offer one of two options: hold the money collected in September as a deposit for the 50th Anniversary Moonlanding Speedmaster or the new 321, or refund the money altogether. The H10 appears at this point to be just an Omega/HODINKEE bad joke. Secondary market prices should soar!

profzhu · Jan 28, 2019

The gift is getting shipped out before the watches. It got delayed again. Remember the previous email Hodinkee said it was end Jan, now it's Mar. They're giving a $500 credit. And with the watch will come a pouch.

If Omega is willing to exchange the H10 deposit for the new 321 I'll do it in a heart beat, and then wait till 2022 for deliveries.

Lonestar · Jan 28, 2019

profzhu
maybe Omega is still working with pen and paper who knows

as (a lucky) someone who's visited the (new) factory, I can tell you it's anything but pen and paper... And I agree that if they had the stuff available, they would build it. My guess is, it's not about the assembling process but about the dial/hands Manufacturers...

J4M · Jan 28, 2019

profzhu
The gift is getting shipped out before the watches. It got delayed again. Remember the previous email Hodinkee said it was end Jan, now it's Mar. They're giving a $500 credit. And with the watch will come a pouch.

If Omega is willing to exchange the H10 deposit for the new 321 I'll do it in a heart beat, and then wait till 2022 for deliveries.

Are Omega ODs offering anything? New member here and first major watch purchase. Excited but also disappointed in this wait after providing a full deposit.

Evitzee · Jan 28, 2019

500 watches is a couple of hours of production for Omega, something else is delaying production. It's hard to imagine that dial or hand production has run into snags as there isn't anything special about them. In the end I suspect it is just poor planning for such a small production and they probably find producing such a small number of watches is disruptive to their much larger bread and butter lines so it gets pushed to the back of the line. I think it is very wishful thinking they will let you switch your deposit for a 321 movement watch, but dreams die hard.

I know of one NIB watch available for $8,975 if you just gotta' have one now.

waveguide · Jan 28, 2019

J J4M
Are Omega ODs offering anything? New member here and first major watch purchase. Excited but also disappointed in this wait after providing a full deposit.

My OB hasn’t offered a single thing other than a perfunctory apology for the delay. They are also bothered when called to ask for an update.

DLT222 · Jan 28, 2019

This is a proper shit show! Thank god i never bought one! I feel it for you guys paying full up cash and have nothing to show for it. I hope if anyone gets a refund they compensate the exchange rate fluctuation also!

ReturnOfUltraman · Jan 28, 2019

Evitzee
500 watches is a couple of hours of production for Omega.

Source?

Lonestar · Jan 28, 2019

Livesimply11
Source?

Maths is the answer, Always !

9 hours a day 5 days a week 45 weeks a year is about 2'000 hours per year

800'000 watches per year in 2'000 hours that makes about 400 watches an hour

It's just an order of magnitude of course... It could be 200 or 800. Still 400 should be pretty close 😉

ReturnOfUltraman · Jan 28, 2019

Lonestar
Maths is the answer, Always !

9 hours a day 5 days a week 45 weeks a year is about 2'000 hours per year

800'000 watches per year in 2'000 hours that makes about 400 watches an hour

It's just an order of magnitude of course... It could be 200 or 800. Still 400 should be pretty close 😉

jpizzzle · Jan 28, 2019

I think the $500 hodinkee shop credit is pretty fair considering the circumstances, but that’s just me.

Also, if anyone wants one immediately at retail, an AD I work with can help you out. DM me.

WatchWalker · Jan 28, 2019

Livesimply11
Source?

I enjoyed a tour at the factory earlier this year, when they announced the new 321 movement. The Omega employed tour guide shared that they can assemble up to 2000 watches per day at that location (Biel) depending on which model. He added that if it were Speedmasters only, that capacity would drop to 500 per day.

Lonestar · Jan 29, 2019

WatchWalker
I enjoyed a tour at the factory earlier this year, when they announced the new 321 movement. The Omega employed tour guide shared that they can assemble up to 2000 watches per day at that location (Biel) depending on which model. He added that if it were Speedmasters only, that capacity would drop to 500 per day.

There's a funny in the 2K pieces/day though...how could this reconcile vs. ca. 700-800K pieces/yr?

That'd take working 365 days a year of the simplest one to assemble to crank out that throughput.... the 365/yr doesn't quite match with the "relaxed" atmosphere we saw on the production lines towards the end of the tour we both attended 😁

WatchWalker · Jan 29, 2019

Lonestar
we were on different parts of the tour it seems

I can only share what the guide told me. Whether right or wrong, I have no means to verify whether his info was accurate. 😕

Lonestar · Jan 29, 2019

I understand totally 👍

The only "sure" data points we have is the yearly prod numbers somewhat below the million pieces a year ( I recall the gentleman, was his name "Flavio" maybe?, said 700'00 to 800'000) andthe 5d/wk and "normal" working hours (I asked... plus we all saw what happened at 3:45pm 😁)

Anyway. H10 is late is the key message here 😁

orlis · Jan 29, 2019

Lonestar
I understand totally 👍

The only "sure" data points we have is the yearly prod numbers somewhat below the million pieces a year ( I recall the gentleman, was his name "Flavio" maybe?, said 700'00 to 800'000) andthe 5d/wk and "normal" working hours (I asked... plus we all saw what happened at 3:45pm 😁)

Anyway. H10 is late is the key message here 😁

I believe he was Mario 😉

Lonestar · Jan 29, 2019

orlis
I believe he was Mario 😉

Mario then - if he reads us, my apologies 😵‍💫

Brian61992 · Jan 29, 2019

So it’s confirmed that shipments were delayed again? I received the email saying I could expect the watch along with the gift between Jan 25th-Jan 30th but haven’t heard anything yet.

Omega Speedmaster Hodinkee LE - Arrivals Thread

Evitzee

dslee

waveguide

profzhu

Lonestar

J4M

Evitzee

waveguide

DLT222

ReturnOfUltraman

Lonestar

ReturnOfUltraman

jpizzzle

WatchWalker

Lonestar

WatchWalker

Lonestar

orlis

Lonestar

Brian61992

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