Speedy Tintin information gathering

blubarb · Jan 6, 2016

davy26
I have been looking further at available Tintins as of now - average price is £2,197, so that one I mentioned previously seems a bit over-priced.

In regard to the price, that was my initial thought as well. I am not sure what the RRP from an AD is/was? Anyone know?

Btw, photos are appearing as they should it's just the attachment is returning an error. It shows up as: View attachment 187445 View attachment 187446View attachment 187446 - might be one to ask forum moderators about. I am curious as to what the attachment is now

jheydoubleyou · Jan 6, 2016

RRP was ~$4650

blubarb · Jan 6, 2016

J jheydoubleyou
RRP was ~$4650

Cheers.
AUD6,562

davy26 · Jan 6, 2016

J jheydoubleyou
RRP was ~$4650

That's £3,176 at current Xrate, so sellers seem to be discounting the watch by £1,000, (all but 1 I've referred to for the average of £2,197 are unworn with box/papers/int warranty.)

watchme · Jan 6, 2016

hi...about €3900

dubois · Jan 6, 2016

Hello at that price I do not think that someone will sell the full set and again new with warranty even used this watch does not run the streets with this little production and there is more good Luck

CdnWatchDoc · Jan 6, 2016

I paid $4700 Cdn (including taxes) for mine brand new in summer 2014; works out to about $3300 US using today's exchange rate.

blubarb · Jan 7, 2016

Update on numbers sampled to date:

77727.1xx,
77764.8xx
77776.7xx
77777.1xx
77777.143
77777.5xx
77780.5xx
77780.7xx,
77.780.9xx (Mir)
77796.9xx
77797.xxx
77797.5xx
77797.9xx
777974xx
777963xx
777575xx
777781xx
77782xxx
777975xx, (dated 2013)
777976xx November 2015
77797.7xx.
777977xx
77797.983
77777.565 (jo)

total = 24
Estimated production: 1038 on sample to date

tyrantlizardrex · Jan 8, 2016

Tempted...

tyrantlizardrex · Jan 9, 2016

So. Very tempted. Have called a couple of the boutiques in London this morning. Seems between them they have 7 left.

I'll also add that the Regents Street boutique, having told me that the price was £2,850, then said it was up to £2,990 due to the increase in price of new models.

Who pushes up the price of discontinued stock?

Equally when I asked if they would negotiate, the girl (Stephanie) laughed at me... Not the best way to win a customer.

blubarb · Jan 9, 2016

tyrantlizardrex
So. Very tempted. Have called a couple of the boutiques in London this morning. Seems between them they have 7 left.

I'll also add that the Regents Street boutique, having told me that the price was £2,850, then said it was up to £2,990 due to the increase in price of new models.

Who pushes up the price of discontinued stock?

Equally when I asked if they would negotiate, the girl (Stephanie) laughed at me... Not the best way to win a customer.

😲

tyrantlizardrex · Jan 9, 2016

Ok, so never one to let sleeping dogs lie... I've been checking stock in the UK, and whilst smaller ADs might have stock, this is what's left in the boutiques, and the 3 big chain AD jewellers:

Regents Street = 2
Bond Street = 1
Oxford Street = 2
Royal Exchange = 1
Westfield (west) = 1
Westfield (east) = 1
Sloane Street = 2
Harrods = 0
Birmingham = 0
Leeds = 0
Glasgow = 0

Watches of Switzerland = 0
Beaverbrooks = 0
Earnest Jones = 0

The chap I spoke to at Beaverbrooks was the most helpful, and he said the group had sold 3 of 5 allocated, and the other 2 had been returned to Omega.

Sounds like the numbers might be low on this one - and what's left isn't selling all that fast.

Also the RRP as confirmed by the boutiques that weren't Regent Street (aka the ArseHat store) is £2960.

blubarb · Jan 9, 2016

Yep, I am staying with my estimate of a little over 1000 produced at the moment.

kov · Jan 10, 2016

I think this will be an interesting one to keep an eye on over the next 3-5 years.

tyrantlizardrex · Jan 10, 2016

I went and tried one yesterday... I liked it, but I didn't love it.

Which under my new purchase rules, makes it a no-no for me.

These will now quadruple in value...

blubarb · Jan 10, 2016

tyrantlizardrex
I went and tried one yesterday... I liked it, but I didn't love it.

Which under my new purchase rules, makes it a no-no for me.

These will now quadruple in value...

know the feeling well. 😵‍💫

tyrantlizardrex · Jan 10, 2016

blubarb
know the feeling well. 😵‍💫

Yeah... You can't buy EVERYTHING that you like... Unless you win the lottery... And even then I probably wouldn't.

It is a cool watch... But the connection just wasn't there .

kov · Jan 10, 2016

Could you buy everything, your life would be so annoying (for yourself) 😗

blubarb · Jan 10, 2016

I believe they refer to this model in Europe as the "Rocket Master".

larryganz · Jan 14, 2016

Considered buying 777767xx - haven't decided. But the number isn't in the list. Not sure how a 70,000 spread in serial numbers comes to such a low production estimate of just over 1,000 (77727xxx > 77797xxx).