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: Higher numbers "in general" bear the
: chance in mass production products that
: refinements found possible during production

True, but not much of an issue on a limited edition that uses stock mechanical components from existing, long in production models. There was nothing at all new internally about the 150th anniversary edition. It's insides are the same as the regular SMP which had already been in production for 5 years at that point.

: mistaken again, since I don't consider 1848
: units to be "scarce" or 2000$
: watches to be in high demand right now. I'm

Given that they were still available 18 months later, that does not make them scarce in my book either. But that is nothing compared to the Seamaster America's Cup edition that was 'limited' to a whopping 9,999 pieces!

For perspective, the 1,848 pieces of the 150th Anniversary series equals 1.3% of Omega's chronometer watches made in 1999. The 9,999 pieces of the America's Cup series equals 7.3%.

So these two 'limited' models alone comprised over 8.5% of the year's chronometer production for Omega! Or about 1.5-2% of the total number of all types of watches Omega made that year.

: Hi Derek,
: could you please edit the name under the
: titanium sponge picture in the

Done. Thanks for the correction, sorry to have mungled up your name.

: You homepage was and is, and probably always
: will be "the best and essential resource"
: for Omega enthusiasts.

Ooh, I like that. May use it when I make the new page banners soon.