Trilogy LE values

rominvicta

How did Omega make a mistake when they basically sold them all? Sure, some may be sitting at OBs and ADs, but the ones at ADs were paid for. The only people suffering from the high # of watches are those who hoped the values would shoot up (and I admittedly am in the camp to a certain extent).

Me in person, I do not suffer in reply to your assumptions. But in general, the image of Omega suffers. And the very fact that this thread was started, proves me right. Mind you, IMHO nowadays there is almost no person that would readily slip over a thousand EUR for a wrist watch, and would expect on the very next day he/she would lose half of it. That’s the way the watch market looks like. And that is the reason why brands like PP and Rolex thrive and there are so many going down in the latest years.

rominvicta

How did Omega make a mistake when they basically sold them all? Sure, some may be sitting at OBs and ADs, but the ones at ADs were paid for. The only people suffering from the high # of watches are those who hoped the values would shoot up (and I admittedly am in the camp to a certain extent).

Me in person, I do not suffer in reply to your assumptions. But in general, the image of Omega suffers. And the very fact that this thread was started, proves me right. Mind you, IMHO nowadays there is almost no person that would readily slip over a thousand EUR for a wrist watch, and would expect on the very next day he/she would lose half of it. That’s the way the watch market looks like. And that is the reason why brands like PP and Rolex thrive and there are so many going down in the latest years.

Pun

So you admitted being a speculator who was out for a killing when you bought your watch?

rominvicta

That’s a quote my friend. I so far have sold two IWC bought back 15 years ago, simply because I did not like them any more.

gr8sw

how can you argue with this?

BlackTalon

IN-hand the text is less noticeable than large photos on the internet would have one believe, but I would have definitely preferred it to be engravings on the cases vs printing on the dials.

orlis

I think some buyers of the trilogy set managed to negotiate with Omega to replace the dials with plain ones. They also got the original ones as part of the package. I know at least 1 person that did it

orlis

I think some buyers of the trilogy set managed to negotiate with Omega to replace the dials with plain ones. They also got the original ones as part of the package. I know at least 1 person that did it

rominvicta

And what’s the point getting the trilogy set if you are to Franken it? Just to have the same LE number on each of the set, but with a non-original dial? That is something I am not able to comprehend.

rominvicta

And what’s the point getting the trilogy set if you are to Franken it? Just to have the same LE number on each of the set, but with a non-original dial? That is something I am not able to comprehend.

Pun

It’ll not be a franken watch at all since change of dial was made by Omega. There is added advantage of retaining the original dial as well. I’d have taken that if I had such information before.

GMTspeedmaster

i think it will go down more in price

rominvicta

IMHO anything that is not original makes it Franken. If dial was not even made by Omega then it would have been a FAKE one.