Interesting, where did the info come from?
They look to both be discontinued with low chance of dealers getting orders filled for the old model. New prices 8,550 cad and 9,700 cad. A little less than a $2000 increase in Canada for both. Also, no more big box set is likely. All for a new movement? We shall see.
New model to likely launch in January.
Hell of a first post !
Who’s the prominent OF member that gave you this information....
Interesting, where did the info come from?
From a Canadian watch forum...post from the owner of the forum, who is a grey market dealer and is citing his "contacts"...
Sellers are pumping up the "discontinued" idea for months now, and as we saw here not too long ago, even a boutique made up some unofficial letter they sent out telling people to "get one while you can" so people are trying their best to profit off this stuff.
The Speedmaster hasn't been "discontinued". It's been updated regularly since 1957...
From a Canadian watch forum...post from the owner of the forum, who is a grey market dealer and is citing his "contacts"...
Sellers are pumping up the "discontinued" idea for months now, and as we saw here not too long ago, even a boutique made up some unofficial letter they sent out telling people to "get one while you can" so people are trying their best to profit off this stuff.
The Speedmaster hasn't been "discontinued". It's been updated regularly since 1957...
Sure - here's the thing, if you already know that the watch is going to get a new movement eventually (information that has been out there for a very long time) and people have been making claims every week for months and months that "It's going to be discontinued soon!" well eventually you will be "right", even though it isn't actually being discontinued, just updated.
Is another dose of "insider information" worth yet another thread on this topic? I suppose to some it does...but for me I'll just wait for Omega to actually say it.
Keep in mind we had a very fake looking letter posted a while back that came from an OB saying the same thing...so that was certainly "industry corroborating sources" as well, even though it was very likely some sales guy at an OB trying to lure people in to buy up Speedmasters they had in stock using the panic language of "discontinued"...
Omega certainly doesn't need to hype this, as everyone who is rushing to "break" the news is doing it for them...over and over again...
Hi Al,
I already posted in the CWC thread of who the insider was as it's a relatively small private forum. I think it's safe to say that their word is quite reliable and worthwhile in consideration. I don't understand your resistance to this news, I don't think anybody is trying to hype up the 1861 speedmasters. They are still a dime a dozen.
They may be a dime a dozen but at least they don’t have the rubbing of wheels issues the 3861 have 😉
