I find the story behind it most intriguing.

How ironic that the Herge family reportedly wanted no connection to an Omega Speedmaster.... and in doing so cemented the name 'Tintin' to said watch forever!

 

Sure they can, but they will never be the first batch or in the serial range of the first batch which is now cemented in this thread, they will never use the same white and red ink from the same supplier - or the supplier will have gotten the paint from another formula - the mistakes in the print will be at different locations because the stamp tool was a few degrees warmer that day than the original run.....

 

Interesting.
Watchbox had a Tintin up for sale and even had a YouTube video about it.
Sold in a flash.

 

You can only ever have one 1st batch.

 

Looks like the tintin hit a new milestone on ebay--a used one (admittedly in pristine shape with all original pieces included) sold for ~$8200 via best offer on the 26th.

Probably an anomaly though since the previous high for a preowned on ebay was a touch under $7k.

 

This is my friend very late Tintin from Japan Ad. with 5yrs warranty.77812xxx

 

Thanks to all who are messaging me with movement numbers.The number collection is growing and once we hit 250 (not that far away now) then we have something to really work with. If you don't mind, can you supply full numbers by privately messaging me here on OF. Thanks to all who resent full numbers on the last shout out. Right now I have 180 movement numbers ranging from 77682xxx to 78786xxx

Edit: lowest number corrected

 

77X97X73

 

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Private message sent.

 

Perhaps the rise in $ is because the TinTin is such a true tool watch...

 

I have yet to see one besides mine in the wild. I have also yet to have anyone recognize mine. This is a seriously under the radar value proposition the way things are going.

 

There weren't that many produced, so the chances of seeing one in the wild are pretty small.

 

Here's a few shots of mine...

 

Looks like i win for lowest serial # if i'm looking at the right #. 77779XXX, ill send over a PM with the rest.

 

Sorry, I made an incorrect entry as to the lowest - but yours is a nice number

 

https://www.thewatchbox.com/shop/pr...professional-chronograph-311-30-42-30-01-004/

 

For preowned, $8k is on the high side still--not sure why you posted that link.

 

Anyone looking for a cheap 'beater' TinTin, here's one on ebay for $4.5K

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Spee...item2ce4e70a6c:g:34oAAOSw3T5cQOw5:rk:186:pf:0Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

How the...

I'm very suprised that Omega would release a TinTin dial/caseback for placement on a different model. I assume the watchmaker ordered the parts using an authentic TinTin serial number? Would the watchmaker be risking his affiliation with Omega doing such a thing?