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jhross98
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They look great, but honestly I would have thought that they might have given ST2/Ultraman at least some breathing space.
I think we might also deduct that they will not be using any of these colour combos for next year's Apollo 11 50th LE...or perhaps they have now crossed a taboo red line where it really is anything goes...and they might do a copy of one of these with an Apollo 11 mission patch on the back🙄
After Ultraman, I agree that a Mario / Nitenndo LE is perfectly within reach, in fact any collaboration that sells is now a target. Good taste, relevancy to the Speedmaster heritage has become irrelevant. The "Trilogy" and ST#1 were "dummies" to the collector community.
Omega certainly want to milk the stepped dial as much as possible now they've got that production process in place for the Speedy Pro LEs, so I would be willing to bet more money now that the upcoming Apollo 11 LE will also have a stepped dial.
As Omega now have reached the "no shame" level, I think we can also assume this year's Apollo 8 LE Ceramic is also going to be copied into multiple colour schemes.
Biggest take away for me: Speedy LE's used to be the last bastion of modern Omega value retention. That last bastion seems to have well and truly been exploded to smithereens. Speedy LE's are going to be issued like G-shock editions from now on.😁
unfortunately i agree with this. its not up to omega to defend secondary market values but this very much is starting to feel like G-shock end of the spectrum (rolex, where you can't get a regular edition daytona no matter how much you want one, is the other end). i will keep my gemini IV because its a great looking watch that i wear often, but there is no "value" in these anymore
