Hello all, new to the forum here. I noticed lots of discussion about how the supply within the OB has dried up for the tintin, but snapped this photo at the OB in Collins St Melbourne just a few weeks ago. It's actually abit of a story as I have been popping in for the last 9 months asking about the tintin and each time the answer was no, none available. On my trip back from Japan, I received a message from the store saying they have sourced the tintin speedy and would I be keen to come in for a look. I did and to my surprise they have not only 1 but 2 tintin' forsale. If you are interested these can be picked up maybe sent to another OB?
I forgot to add... sadly no I did not purchase it as whilst in Japan like so many other forum members bought the 'aka' tintin, I purchased mine in Ginza from an AD because I had been repeatedly told the supply has dried up.
The serial number is 77809xxx.
This now gets interesting as I contacted Omega through official channels to be advised yes the serial number matches the model but they would not tell me the date of manufacture as the model was discontinued. So with this I called in an old favor from a contact in Bienne whom was more helpful and was advised the manufacturing date was November, 2016.
This begs the question although the model was finished well before that, Omega was still putting watches together and distriputing them across the supply chain. I suspect these are the last batch of racing dials that got put aside due to the priority given to other models like the trilogy release, speedy tuesday and so forth.
I count myself as a very privileged owner of two of the best professional racing watches Omega has to offer. The 'aka' tintin sits proudly next to its cousin the LE Japon in my collection.
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