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Hoddspur
·Hi all, first time post and will be new to Omega when I pick up the Ultraman.
Must admit, after missing out on last year’s Speedy Tuesday (which I think is an excellent watch), and mistakenly thinking that I was somewhere near the top of the list for this year’s offering, I had to e-mail Omega to ask when the ST2 would actually go on sale. They only responded to me on 10 July at 11.14am (GMT) to say “Sir, Now! please you may now order.” As you can imagine I was pretty surprised by this so tapped away furiously at the Omega website to commit £4,750 for something I hadn’t really seen or knew much about! Anyhow, I gave it a go and somehow managed to secure 06**!
I now await contact from someone at Omega to say come and collect it and give us all your lovely cash into the bargain! I can certainly understand those who are saying that this is one Omega LE too far but then again it’s human nature to want something that bit more exclusive - I mean, who wouldn’t want a chance repeat of the Silver Snoopy award hence the reason these things selling out in less than half an hour I suppose.
Having now had the opportunity to scrutinise the Ultraman and do some comparisons, I can draw some parallels with the Snoopy: both have idiosyncrasies that seem to attract the collecting fraternity; call it over exuberance in the dial departments - wording/pictures/use of lume etc; highlighted minute/second markers and of course limited production numbers.
I’m not saying for one moment that it’s a given that it will, but the media frenzy, after-sales internet chitter chatter and speculation around this particular piece has created the impression to me that “well, maybe it could just do something...”
Anyway, good luck to all those that managed to get one and commiserations to those that did not. I will collect mine, wear it and above all keep it - just grateful that I got one and can’t wait to pick it up!
Cheers all.
Must admit, after missing out on last year’s Speedy Tuesday (which I think is an excellent watch), and mistakenly thinking that I was somewhere near the top of the list for this year’s offering, I had to e-mail Omega to ask when the ST2 would actually go on sale. They only responded to me on 10 July at 11.14am (GMT) to say “Sir, Now! please you may now order.” As you can imagine I was pretty surprised by this so tapped away furiously at the Omega website to commit £4,750 for something I hadn’t really seen or knew much about! Anyhow, I gave it a go and somehow managed to secure 06**!
I now await contact from someone at Omega to say come and collect it and give us all your lovely cash into the bargain! I can certainly understand those who are saying that this is one Omega LE too far but then again it’s human nature to want something that bit more exclusive - I mean, who wouldn’t want a chance repeat of the Silver Snoopy award hence the reason these things selling out in less than half an hour I suppose.
Having now had the opportunity to scrutinise the Ultraman and do some comparisons, I can draw some parallels with the Snoopy: both have idiosyncrasies that seem to attract the collecting fraternity; call it over exuberance in the dial departments - wording/pictures/use of lume etc; highlighted minute/second markers and of course limited production numbers.
I’m not saying for one moment that it’s a given that it will, but the media frenzy, after-sales internet chitter chatter and speculation around this particular piece has created the impression to me that “well, maybe it could just do something...”
Anyway, good luck to all those that managed to get one and commiserations to those that did not. I will collect mine, wear it and above all keep it - just grateful that I got one and can’t wait to pick it up!
Cheers all.
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