Snoopy 2025 production issues?

M M.Alessa

This is a special edition to celebrate the 50th anniversary, comes Oct this year It will be 55th anniversary so you have 3 choices:
1- A new Snoopy version maybe with different color scheme like green or something.
2- The Snoopy 50th anniversary continue to be produced.
3- It gets discontinued without a replacement.
Based on the above, there is a 67% chance the 50th anniversary will be discontinued tuis yer. Word from Omega (although not 100% confirmed) production is being phased out and only few will be produced to cater for some clients in the waiting list for Omega Boutiques.

On the other hand, the trend now among watch manufacturers is to discontinue a hyped watch at certain point of time in order to make room for a new hyped watch with higher price tag. It is a marketing tactic that is being used these days to maintian certain status and interest.

Ron_W

FOMO by means of artificial scarcity can do that, forgetting the loupe i mean....but the simple fact is that some watches look very different from the advertised picture used for selling this dog 😉 and it is the right thing to do, imho, to make it right.

Archer

So it's Omega's fault that not only the dial is "bad" but that people didn't notice it? Even better...

K kidnamedomega

I believe we have sufficient proof to posit that this probably was an oversight that went unnoticed

ErichPryde

It possibly went something like this: The people producing the subdial had one set of tolerances, and maybe whoever was checking them on Omega's end just didn't understand how the production worked. Or, because the first several years' production was good, they just didn't investigate that closely.

I don't personally believe that these variances need to exist as a result of the production process and I think that's been outlined thoroughly why. Omega has said both that it's intended variance and that it isn't, which suggests it's just CYA because they simply weren't aware (which the emails also seem to suggest).

Bottom line- they're going to take care of their customers, which is good- and secondly if they do another subdial stamping/engraving like this they've likely learned a bit more oversight or some awareness of how the process really works is necessary.

redpcar

...or Omega changed suppliers / subcontractors.

ErichPryde

I don't personally believe that these variances need to exist as a result of the production process and I think that's been outlined thoroughly why. Omega has said both that it's intended variance and that it isn't, which suggests it's just CYA because they simply weren't aware (which the emails also seem to suggest).

Archer

Yes, the reply was sufficiently vague to cover a lot of ground, which is not surprising.

But one thing is pretty clear based on that reply that we can expect variations to persist, and they clearly said that only if an element was actually missing would they replace the dial. This means that variations in the size of the stars or the clarity of the button line are going to get a pass, and only if that line is completely gone will they fix it.

From what I have seen in this thread, very few of the dials presented here will be replaced.

pdxleaf

For me, the main takeaway is how Omega handled this. Is it a mistake or not, that'll be argued on and on. But they didn't try to excuse it or wash it under the rug or ignore it. They acknowledged it and said they'd work with anyone who is unhappy. That's a class act. It's one of reasons I like Omega. You don't get to see character when everything is going great. You see character when problems happen.

GrouchoM

It is if no one notices....