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"Spacemaster" and Hour Vision Models

In Response To: You, me & a lot of other Omega Customers... ()

: So we'd end up with a 50th Anniversary
: "Proto/Alaska" model, with c.910
: AM/PM indication and GMT hand, available in
: both Stainless and Titanium (if Omega wants
: to do Gold that's fine too), with a 100m W/R
: case with underwater pusher operability. At
: least that model would be worth the $1,500
: extra Omega's charging for the 50th
: anniversary Moonwatch patern watch.

: Then, if the watch proves successful, Omega can
: "tweak" it slightly, rename it
: "Spacemaster" and keep it as part
: of the regular product line (perhaps in
: black dial too].

: What do you think?

I think I'd buy the Spacemaster! I wish you were the one calling the shots at Omega.

: First off, neither I nor anyone outside of
: Omega/Swatch Group knows what the MSRP is
: going to be on the Hour Vision models. But I
: would expect them to be VERY EXPEN$IVE
: INDEED. I'm guessing that an MSRP in the
: $8,000~10,000 range fpr the Stainless Steel
: models are not out of the question

Yikes! Do you know if the new calibres are going to be used in only the Hour Vision models? I'm hoping that they use the 8500 calibre in a Seamaster 300 and price it below the Rolex Submariner.

: It's my understanding from sitting in on one of
: these dealies myself [shhhhh! don't tell
: anyone!] that Omega plans on bringing out at
: least one of these complications a year
: between now and 2010~2011 timeframe. We all
: know how long it took Omega to actually ship
: the Rattrapante and Split-Seconds versions
: of the F.Piguet chronographs (projected:
: 18~24 months, actual, nearly 5 years.

: It'll be interesting to watch, but I expect to
: be watching the action (what there is of it)
: from the sidelines. I doubt I and many
: current customers will be active
: participants in the purchase of these
: models, if MSRP's are what I and the AD's
: I've talked with expect them to be.

The new complications are exciting, but I'll be watching from the sidelines too if the MSRP is in the $8000 - $10,000 range. These prices are out of my league.