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Aludic
··@SpeedyBirthYearHappily wearing my second Tokyo 2020 watch. Let the Games continue.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Speedmasters
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afnios1
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RF_ZH
·The Tokyo 2020 "Rising sun" is really a beautiful watch. I especially like the red bezel. Something new and refreshing. Going to buy one in the next few weeks. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
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fred.zueri
·I can only recommend to put an Apollo 11 50th Anniversary flat link bracelet with uncle seiko end links on it. In my opinion a perfect fit
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jim.cannataro
·The red bezel version is simply stunning. The best of the bunch.
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Krispy
·I can only recommend to put an Apollo 11 50th Anniversary flat link bracelet with uncle seiko end links on it. In my opinion a perfect fit
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rominvicta
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Games haven’t started yet! 😉
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MikeFields77
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Spot on,
Cancelling Tokyo Olympics ‘remains an option’ says top Japanese politician.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...emains-an-option-top-japanese-politician-2020
I'd imagine if the game gets cancelled these watches will become highly sought after.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorSpot on,
Cancelling Tokyo Olympics ‘remains an option’ says top Japanese politician.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...emains-an-option-top-japanese-politician-2020
I'd imagine if the game gets cancelled these watches will become highly sought after.
The games were already cancelled for a while the first time and they never got popular. 😗
Seem at this point the red is the only one that will be sought after in 5-10 years.
Funny how you don’t hear much about the 50th anymore even though sold out.
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Speede
·I can only recommend to put an Apollo 11 50th Anniversary flat link bracelet with uncle seiko end links on it. In my opinion a perfect fit
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abgul
·There seem to be quite a few of these sets going around. My guess is that people couldn't get to Tokyo for the games so they have been sold on the grey market predominantly.
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kcgunner
·I love all of these! I wish I could buy them all. 😀
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sgrenald
·Spot on,
Cancelling Tokyo Olympics ‘remains an option’ says top Japanese politician.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...emains-an-option-top-japanese-politician-2020
I'd imagine if the game gets cancelled these watches will become highly sought after.
These watches were around $6000 retail. When they launched in 2018, they went to around $10,000 in the aftermarket. After the games were cancelled, they sunk down to a little over retail. I would think if the games were cancelled they'd stay low.
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griffith_500
·These watches were around $6000 retail. When they launched in 2018, they went to around $10,000 in the aftermarket. After the games were cancelled, they sunk down to a little over retail. I would think if the games were cancelled they'd stay low.
If you can show me an ad for a white Panda at a little over retail I will buy it immediately even though I already have one.
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cvalue13
·These watches were around $6000 retail. When they launched in 2018, they went to around $10,000 in the aftermarket. After the games were cancelled, they sunk down to a little over retail. I would think if the games were cancelled they'd stay low.
Genuinely curious what sales info this view is based on?
Obviously Chrono24’s “asking” prices aren’t the market, but you can’t find a panda listed below $13K asking (whereas the reds and blues can be had at ~$7k asking all day long - since the reds at least appear to still be on shelves in Japan).
I’m not at all disputing your view, just confused in my own right, since for certain models there appear to be very few trading.
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sgrenald
·Genuinely curious what sales info this view is based on?
Obviously Chrono24’s “asking” prices aren’t the market, but you can’t find a panda listed below $13K asking (whereas the reds and blues can be had at ~$7k asking all day long - since the reds at least appear to still be on shelves in Japan).
I’m not at all disputing your view, just confused in my own right, since for certain models there appear to be very few trading.
The Pandas were the exception. I didn't feel like writing out "The red & blue ones are still going for around $7000 while the gold ones are going for a bit more, and the Pandas are going for over $12k" And, yeah, I was using Chrono24 as a guide, because there really isn't anything else you can use as a reference. There are still lots of people trying to sell the reds (the one I'm most interested in) for $10k, but I doubt there's anyone paying that kind of money right now.
My underlying point was that the price on these things surged when they were released, and then came back down after the Olympics was cancelled. I'm assuming the Panda stayed high because it's a sought-after design.
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cvalue13
·My underlying point was that the price on these things surged when they were released, and then came back down after the Olympics was cancelled. I'm assuming the Panda stayed high because it's a sought-after design.
makes sense
the red I find a fascinating topic. I don’t own one, but I do think it’s a unique looking Speedy - and “unique” tends to be interesting in its own right.
that said, there seems to be a strange echo chamber on OF about their desirability. far as I can tell, the red first got more discussion around here several months back because people discovered the red versions were still available, sitting on AD/OB shelves in Japan over two years after release. on one hand, that’s cool if you like the red and want one at pricing near MSRP; on the other hand, aren’t they still sitting on shelves in Japan (and the most available on Chrono24) for a reason?
I say all this fully aware that many watches that once sat stagnant are now wildly desirable. Maybe that will be true of the reds one day.
but I’m not quite following the apparent assertions that as of today the reds are among the most desirable - except maybe to OF!?
