Tokyo 2020 Olympics Speedmasters

incabloc

I really like the green one, I know it's the probably most unpopular one but I like it.

angschte

You're not the only one - it is also my favorite, together with the red. Did you come across any life-pictures yet? If so, please share.

angschte

Raybar, where did you buy it, if I may ask?

A friend of mine asked the boutique in Narita airport yesterday and they told them that they are only for ‚public viewing‘ yet and sale will only start later.

Thanks,
Fabian

DLT222

the green one is a bit meh

Meme-Dweller

Question now is why is the full set 648,000 JPY (5,830 USD) more than getting them all individually? Surely, that strap drawer can't be THAT much nicer.

bigsom

Here are the panda and red bezel in hand.

jetkins

Hmm, I wonder how much they'll want for the red bezel as a service part; it'd look pretty cool on my Tintin.

hanky6

Was thinking of putting a black bezel on the ”red” version, maybe we can make a swap?

BlackTalon

Unfortunate for Gemini owners without a doubt. Probably a good move for Omega though, as they will sell a few thousand of these, and likely not by stealing sales from other models they already have out there. Quite a few people want Gemini IVs, and this is a way to get something, very, very similar.

dwboston

On one hand, I'm a little disappointed as a Gemini IV owner. On the other, I'm happy that I could potentially get a panda Speedmaster, though I still really want the Apollo XI 35th LE.

jetkins

Presumably they'll each be numbered xx/55 instead of xxxx/2020 - and one would expect matching numbers. Whether that justifies the price difference is a question best answered by those that order them!

rominvicta

I am disappointed as an Omega fan, i don’t have neither of these so i should not be concerned and let me say that i am sure these 2020+55 pcs blue dial pieces won’t make any difference in any aspect for owners of Gemini IV. On the other hand I keep on asking myself where did creativity of Omega went like? And what about the shortsightedness of the management? Did it arrive with the new GM of the company? Or simply he came with a mission “exploit everything Omega as a brand has to create a short term profitability, so that shareholders are happy and I myself sell my stake out”? How is it possible that you may create an almost a 100% copy of LE watch just 14 years old and pretend you steer Omega towards its bright future? That is Abomination! If Omega was In the business with consumable i would have understand, but to pretend to be amongst leaders of high-end horology makers and to do such like moves is .... shortsighted to say at least. I am not aware what will the rest say but from everything i so far read in this thread I believe majority gave to Omega thumbs up for what they did. Next year expect a new edition of Snoopy, presumably skiing and dedicated to next Winter Olympic games in Beijing being also a limited edition of 50 000 pcs and sold only through Omega boutiques in China! Would you like to see it happening? Just don’t say afterwards “I didn’t see it coming!”. I believe each of us should criticise what Omega did and declare himself as a non-buyer of these copycat pieces! There is a chance Omega CEO will think twice when next such like idea comes to his mind! Surely they will sell them with or without the members of this forum participating. But let us make them aware that core fans do not approve such like decisions!

arcadelt

Personally, I think you are laying it on a bit thick.

rominvicta

..... I am not aware what will the rest say but from everything i so far read in this thread I believe majority gave to Omega thumbs up for what they did.

queriver

I agree with your sentiment and actually think the majority of posters on this thread have not given the thumbs up to Omega for the Tokyo LEs as that seems to come out quite clearly in the first few pages of posts. This does indeed look as if Omega's priority was for short term profit at the expense of longer term sustainability of the LE market.

I don't get why: (1) they released these in such a large quantity, (2) so far out from the Olympics in mid-2020 and (3) so soon after the Ultraman launch. 2019 will be a big year for Omega with the Apollo XI 50th anniversary and in my opinion they should have let the demand for LE Speedmasters build for the next 9 months or so, then launch the Apollo XI LE and then, after the Moon landing hype inevitably dies down, they'll have another arrow in their quiver as the hype in Japan builds toward the opening of the Olympic Games. That IMO would be the time to launch the Speedy Tokyo 2020.

Also, interested to hear what other OFers think about the likely demand after 2019 for Speedmaster LE's commemorating the Apollo programme. Just as public interest in the space programme waned after Apollo XI, I predict there will be a lower level of interest amongst LE watch buyers after 2019 unless Omega manage to come up with genuinely innovative watches because there's only so much iteration of the same thing you can get away with. If they release genuinely new pieces like they did with the laser-ablated Apollo VIII DSOTM, and possibly also release non-Apollo LEs, as long as they are very carefully thought out, they should be able to sustain a Speedmaster LE market for the longer term. Anyway, just my opinion and I'm not in Marketing so I may be completely off track. Time will tell !

queriver

I agree with your sentiment and actually think the majority of posters on this thread have not given the thumbs up to Omega for the Tokyo LEs as that seems to come out quite clearly in the first few pages of posts. This does indeed look as if Omega's priority was for short term profit at the expense of longer term sustainability of the LE market.

I don't get why: (1) they released these in such a large quantity, (2) so far out from the Olympics in mid-2020 and (3) so soon after the Ultraman launch. 2019 will be a big year for Omega with the Apollo XI 50th anniversary and in my opinion they should have let the demand for LE Speedmasters build for the next 9 months or so, then launch the Apollo XI LE and then, after the Moon landing hype inevitably dies down, they'll have another arrow in their quiver as the hype in Japan builds toward the opening of the Olympic Games. That IMO would be the time to launch the Speedy Tokyo 2020.

Also, interested to hear what other OFers think about the likely demand after 2019 for Speedmaster LE's commemorating the Apollo programme. Just as public interest in the space programme waned after Apollo XI, I predict there will be a lower level of interest amongst LE watch buyers after 2019 unless Omega manage to come up with genuinely innovative watches because there's only so much iteration of the same thing you can get away with. If they release genuinely new pieces like they did with the laser-ablated Apollo VIII DSOTM, and possibly also release non-Apollo LEs, as long as they are very carefully thought out, they should be able to sustain a Speedmaster LE market for the longer term. Anyway, just my opinion and I'm not in Marketing so I may be completely off track. Time will tell !