Speedy Tintin information gathering

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IMHO, the price appreciation is a combination of monetary policy, government stimulus and "relief" programs, and global concerns about inflation and currency devaluation - a lot of people have had a lot of cash for the last 2 years, and have been moving that into commodities, including luxury goods. Its not watch collectors that are driving up these prices. 2 years ago, TinTin's and others benchmark pieces were going up at a much much slower pace; in fact, prices were flat in many cases. Then came trillions in stimulus, monetary easing, Covid relief, etc. and all that money has to go somewhere; its propped up stock markets, bonds markets, and commodities. Hello inflation. Will everything come crashing back down? Who knows, maybe this MMT goes on forever, I'm not smart enough to know, but I do know, its not watch collectors battling each other pushing these kind of price movements. I'm not a buyer in this market, that's for sure.


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This resume perfectly the current situation... Same as new Rolex, AP, Patek, .... that's nuts !
 
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I had an offer for a tintin 5 month ago and the price was reasonsble… now it is not!
i don‘t know if its comming down again, but if not, i won‘t buy one as repoman said… not in „this“ market!
unlucky because i would really like one to actualmy wear it!
 
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IMHO, the price appreciation is a combination of monetary policy, government stimulus and "relief" programs, and global concerns about inflation and currency devaluation - a lot of people have had a lot of cash for the last 2 years, and have been moving that into commodities, including luxury goods. Its not watch collectors that are driving up these prices. 2 years ago, TinTin's and others benchmark pieces were going up at a much much slower pace; in fact, prices were flat in many cases. Then came trillions in stimulus, monetary easing, Covid relief, etc. and all that money has to go somewhere; its propped up stock markets, bonds markets, and commodities. Hello inflation. Will everything come crashing back down? Who knows, maybe this MMT goes on forever, I'm not smart enough to know, but I do know, its not watch collectors battling each other pushing these kind of price movements. I'm not a buyer in this market, that's for sure.
I just traded my TinTin because it was just sitting in my closet, unworn, out of fear of wearing it and causing it to depreciate. i already have a traditional speedy, so the TinTin, as much as I actually love it aesthetically, was just a safe queen for me, bought years ago somewhat as a speculative matter. As such, I traded it so someone else could hopefully wear it, and I got the16710 Pepsi GMT II that actually has a bit of wear to it and as such is something I'll actually wear regularly (and the watch I've always coveted). I'm happy with how it worked out... got a Pepsi for the $6k I paid for the TinTin.
 
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I just traded my TinTin because it was just sitting in my closet, unworn, out of fear of wearing it and causing it to depreciate. i already have a traditional speedy, so the TinTin, as much as I actually love it aesthetically, was just a safe queen for me, bought years ago somewhat as a speculative matter. As such, I traded it so someone else could hopefully wear it, and I got the16710 Pepsi GMT II that actually has a bit of wear to it and as such is something I'll actually wear regularly (and the watch I've always coveted). I'm happy with how it worked out... got a Pepsi for the $6k I paid for the TinTin.

Good for you! Sounds like two people are happy with the outcome.
 
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I just traded my TinTin because it was just sitting in my closet, unworn, out of fear of wearing it and causing it to depreciate. i already have a traditional speedy, so the TinTin, as much as I actually love it aesthetically, was just a safe queen for me, bought years ago somewhat as a speculative matter. As such, I traded it so someone else could hopefully wear it, and I got the16710 Pepsi GMT II that actually has a bit of wear to it and as such is something I'll actually wear regularly (and the watch I've always coveted). I'm happy with how it worked out... got a Pepsi for the $6k I paid for the TinTin.

Excellent. Thank you for letting your watch out into the wild.
 
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This is incredibly trivial and I might be very slow off the mark here, but I've only just learnt an interesting little Tintin factoid that has a Speedmaster connection. Specifically, when the characters of Thomson and Thompson are first introduced (apparently in Cigars of the Pharaoh), they refer to themselves using codenames as agents X33 and X33A. Coincidence? I think the picture below suggests otherwise 😉
 
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I got sucked into this thread hoping to see a few pics of a Tin-Tin and so far I've found none. I'm too lazy to scroll through 154 pages, so can someone point me to some pics? As has been said elsewhere "this thread is worthless without pics..."
 
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I got sucked into this thread hoping to see a few pics of a Tin-Tin and so far I've found none. I'm too lazy
Pictures start on page two 😕 you can even work backwards one page at a time and see pics 😒
 
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This may already been posted here so forgive me if it's duplicate;

 
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got mine just yesterday and will now go through the pages in fas forward mode 😉
 
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I believe production has now ceased for the Speedmaster "Tintin"

1. Do we have production dates/years for the Speedy Tintin?
2. Any guesstimates at production number - 400 was a figure I read in a forum post, but unconfirmed.
2. Can anyone add any Serial numbers outside of the 77.764.8xx - 77.797.9xx range

Cheers
My serial is other than asked... 788002xx
 
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yes

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Congrats! Our collections of LE Speedys are more and more overlapping ... 😎

BR
Hans
 
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Thanks @hansmaulwurf !
A question to the "knowers" here in this thread! I had a look now in the first and the last 1bout 30 pages from this topic. nowere i can find a serial number that beginns with 78.xxxxxx as nine.
Should i be concerned? I bought it at a online dealer this week and could send it back - tomorrow I will check it with a official service dealer. The (white cartboard) Box has a sticker on it that shows 2017. the watch was in the biger wooden box.
how can i check production year and if serial number and watch fit and are genuine?
thanks in advance!
 
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Well,

at least nothing is impossible, if your papers are correct and everything fits together it should give you a good feeling.

My TinTin came with the big box as well:

 
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Yeah papers fit the housing! so thats fine. can you please send me an image of the operating instructions? i can't find which issue should be with it. this is the only thing that is missing to "full set" 😉
TIA
 
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My No. is not too far away from yours in my eyes 77809XXX ... and a bit higher than the range you repostet above.

 
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Thanks, for the welcome!
The second digit of my number is an 78xxx and even in the post you linked the first 2 digits are 77xxx. On my box there is a sticker that says 2017 so it it likely that the high number matches that. but as all the seen numbers start with 77 i hope that this is not "just a normal moonwatch" with a tintin dial. but if there are 78xxx out there as well, my concerns were washed away 😉