A couple of years ago a friend of mine had the original DSOTM. He party a little too much one night and the next day found a little chip in the case. He took it to the OB and they told him the replacement would be $6,000.00 USD.
A couple of years ago a friend of mine had the original DSOTM. He party a little too much one night and the next day found a little chip in the case. He took it to the OB and they told him the replacement would be $6,000.00 USD.
Hi, my first post here on OF. Was lucky enough to pick up an Apollo 8 from my local OB a couple weekends ago. I had stopped by to pick up some straps for my vintage Constellation when the guy I was working with brought out the watch for me to check out. I never really considered it when I saw the pictures online but fell in love when I saw all the details in person ... so I took it home that night 馃榾
My BB58 next to Apollo 8
For those still looking for one, there is 1 in the window of the Waikiki boutique. Saw it this weekend when I stopped by there to order a deployant strap for the watch. Talk to Christian at that location.
Haha...yes, but you have to be doing international travel in order to purchase one as a US Citizen at the DFS. Their price was amazing too! Congrats on the pickup!
A couple of years ago a friend of mine had the original DSOTM. He party a little too much one night and the next day found a little chip in the case. He took it to the OB and they told him the replacement would be $6,000.00 USD.
Well had it been a Patek perpetual that chip or ding will cost more that US 6K
Hi all
Well they had one at Goldsmiths @Brent Cross but not any longer as it came home with me they have had 3 so far, am in too much pain right now to do a review but I have to say pictures really don't do it enough justice it is IMHO just stunning. I haven't had an Omega since I sold my Baby PloProf and struggled with the thickness of most of the new Omegas.
One of the things that drew me to this model besides the obvious stunning dial and see through case back to see the movement was the fact it is relatively thin with no under bulge showing as on others. I also really like the ceramic tang buckle both in looks and functionality as see this as more of a sports watch and would rather spend the money on new straps as opposed to the ceramic deployment obviously others are free to feel differently. I also think this is going to end up being more limited then the limited editions such as The Apollo 11 50th with over 6,000 units and I also don't think there will be another DSOTM variant like this again both with the older 1861 variant with higher finishing that is the 1869 so slimmer and the special dial and movement finish used.
Marc
I鈥檓 with you in everything you said before. The watch looks way better in person. Some people get scared when they hear the size of the watch but it doesn鈥檛 wear that big. I also believe that Omega might stop making this variant in the next couple of years because all the work in the dial and the movement, specially since they might be moving into the coaxial movements.
I agree, it doesn鈥檛 wear big at all - mainly due to the thickness which is great and the relatively small lug to lug length (49mm I believe).
It would be nice if there weren鈥檛 that many around, but in this case I don鈥檛 really care - am just happy to have one myself. The 50th will have to be very good to beat it for me.
There might be several around right now but if you think about where Omega is going they might stop making them soon.
