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Silver Snoopy Production Levels?

BruceTheManLee
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I know near impossible question to answer but I thought I'd throw it out there nonetheless to see if what kind of opinions are out there:

There were 5441 pieces of the 1st gen Snoopys.
There were 1972 pieces of the 2nd gen Snoopys

Given the supposedly 5 years production cycle (maybe really 4 due to slow start and ending before 5 years is up), what are the people's thoughts on number of pieces to be produced for the current 3rd gen Silver Snoopy?

I'm assuming Omega is not going to produce 10k pieces as Omega seems to be going down the path of "limited" production watches - but who knows.

I'm guessing ~5k?

thoughts?
 
Evitzee
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It's just a pure guess since we don't know when production will end, but Omega will not end production until demand is satisfied, this is a cash cow for Omega. Total production will eventually be in the 12-15k range.
 
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It's just a pure guess since we don't know when production will end, but Omega will not end production until demand is satisfied, this is a cash cow for Omega. Total production will eventually be in the 12-15k range.
I don’t know, I can see Omega getting bored with it and wanting to move on. Just not sure how helpful it is to have so much customer interest locked up in a watch from three years ago.
 
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I think the ‘steel 321’ aka the ‘new Ed White’ will have a similarly high production number…i cant help to think it may make vintage ones ‘rare’ at some point…
 
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I don’t know, I can see Omega getting bored with it and wanting to move on. Just not sure how helpful it is to have so much customer interest locked up in a watch from three years ago.
A corporation never gets bored of money. As it is the Swatch Group relies on Omega for 60% of its profit, if they have to make Snoopy's to keep the engine ticking over that is what they will do, and that is what they should do from the shareholder's point of view.
 
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I think the ‘steel 321’ aka the ‘new Ed White’ will have a similarly high production number…i cant help to think it may make vintage ones ‘rare’ at some point…
The capacity for the 321 is supposed to be around 1,500 to 2,000 units a year (although that could be increased if they wanted to) and I have to believe that there are a lot more Snoopy's being produced than that. One thing is certain.....we will never know the actual production figures for the Snoopy or the 321.
 
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Evitzee Evitzee
It's just a pure guess since we don't know when production will end, but Omega will not end production until demand is satisfied, this is a cash cow for Omega. Total production will eventually be in the 12-15k range.

+1
And guessing they are well over 5K already and agree we will never know how many until years from now.
 
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If so I’m 1 of the 5000, guess time will tell when we all find out.
 
Evitzee
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If so I’m 1 of the 5000, guess time will tell when we all find out.
We will never find out.
 
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A corporation never gets bored of money. As it is the Swatch Group relies on Omega for 60% of its profit, if they have to make Snoopy's to keep the engine ticking over that is what they will do, and that is what they should do from the shareholder's point of view.
But “money” is a much more complex dynamic than just the revenue from a single watch with very slow production. “Money” also comes from the sale (perhaps higher sales or quicker sales) of other watches that could be promoted instead of the three-year old Snoopy. And therefore the Snoopy may be preventing them from earning other money from other watches. Watches can be coming and going that people might want to buy but instead they are waiting for a Snoopy.
 
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Supply will NEVER catch up to Demand for the Snoopy, Just like the steel Daytona. To say they'll keep making them until everyone gets one is impossible specially with the next anniversary for the Snoopy coming up.

Even if they don't do a 55 year anniversary. They wont make Snoopys 3s right up untill the point of the release of the Snoopy 4 for the 60 year.
 
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If they were at all creative about it, instead of doing 1972 for the second Gen they should have done 1970 (the year they received the Snoopy Award)… and maybe to get up to the serious numbers expected for the 3rd Gen they should do 18,000 which is the number of cartoon strips Peanuts appeared in during its 50 year run. Which is the world’s longest story ever told by a single person.
 
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If they were at all creative about it, instead of doing 1972 for the second Gen they should have done 1970 (the year they received the Snoopy Award)… and maybe to get up to the serious numbers expected for the 3rd Gen they should do 18,000 which is the number of cartoon strips Peanuts appeared in during its 50 year run. Which is the world’s longest story ever told by a single person.


I have a 45th and they did do 1970 of them. Not sure where the 1972 number came from LOL
 
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Was in my AD recently to pick up another watch. They've received just one Snoopy, and he reckoned it was likely to remain a super-limited edition but continue production for a few years yet, though who would get them remained opaque.

I got to try it on -- it really is a beautiful piece. This one had been swapped onto the 3861 bracelet.

IMG_7486.jpg
 
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Ni idea ¿no?, como casi siempre ocurre en el mundo de los aficionados.
 
ErichPryde
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scapa scapa
Was in my AD recently to pick up another watch. They've received just one Snoopy, and he reckoned it was likely to remain a super-limited edition but continue production for a few years yet, though who would get them remained opaque.

I got to try it on -- it really is a beautiful piece. This one had been swapped onto the 3861 bracelet.

IMG_7486.jpg


What a fantastic watch.
 
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