Thank you for posting @Scarecrow Boat , appreciate it.
I must say, the new style bracelet DOES change the overall appearance of the watch. I am glad I have your photos so that I can make up my mind before spending $$$ on the bracelet. 👍
This is just nuts….$26.5K
ST2's unopened are the same...
I saw some eye-popping asking prices one day last week via WatchRecon. It makes me think I really need to replace the cracked watch band on my Tintin since I wear it almost daily. I bought it initially (slightly used) because I wanted to preserve the 'real' ~2015 Speedmaster because it was more valuable, and I want to keep it in good shape for passing on to my son in a dozen or so years. At this rate I may have to think about selling the Tintin at some point and putting the money in the college fund.
Now that truly is nuts.
It's funny to me that these modern watches have jumped so much while the value of my '67 Speedmaster has been pretty stagnant. When I first got interested in Omegas I was a little late to the Speeedmaster game, and prices on vintage ones had already started taking off. I only had the stomach to buy one, and it really wasn't what I had hoped to score (I coveted '66s and straight lugs). I bought the #STs and even the CK2998 (blue) because they cost a bit less than vintage Speedmasters at the time, and because I liked the color schemes versus the full black dials. Modern issues were talked about as not being nearly as desirable due to the modern lume, etc. -- the thought was/ is they will not get nice patinas over time and will look to sterile for people to really want them.
Thank you for posting @Scarecrow Boat , appreciate it.
I must say, the new style bracelet DOES change the overall appearance of the watch. I am glad I have your photos so that I can make up my mind before spending $$$ on the bracelet. 👍
Son of a Bitch. To bad I sold my Tin Tin
Just had the watch, but still, son of a biscuit
2018 Omega Speedmaster Professional 311.30.42.30.01.004 "Tin Tin" Dial with Box, Booklet, hangtag & Cards
$26,550
Does anybody know whether the Tintin was listed in the sales catalogues at all?
All I could find was this listing here in the 2013 dealer master catalog:
When you look at the availability of LE speedys on the whole by country, it's a hard watch to find is the Tin Tin even though it's not an LE, same for some of the others. More and more LE's are being snapped up by collectors all over the world. The unfortunate side is that it has priced out many more of buying the LE they want. Look at the Alaska Project - one minute its £10k, the next its £18k! Explain that!
Take the UK - last time I looked there was 3 Tin Tin for sale, one is mine, the other is WF but it has no card. The other has since sold for £15k. So, yes they do fetch the asking prices if they are 'on market' price. Don't forget, since Brexit, buying a watch from the UK now works out cheaper than the EU as there is 26% duties to be paid. The UK watch market is now the third largest.
I have waiting lists for some pieces and they literally come in and go straight out the door! As a dealer it's hard to replace stock as more and more people selling want close to retail money from a dealer which will never work. Ive sold over 30+ Tin Tin in 5 years, so I track the market closely.
If anyone in the UK is looking for a Tin Tin - I have one, with a few more on the way. Drop me a DM.
Fortunately, I recently lucked out as a fellow OF member was selling his Tintin for near retail price and, despite the fact that it had no box nor papers, it will come back looking brand new from its service with Omega and will become a great gift for the 50th of one of my best buddies who is an absolute Tintin nut!!
Really interesting to observe how the pricing of the Tin Tin has marched higher and higher...I do wonder if/when this what seems like a pricing bubble will burst?
