Post by JBHII on Nov 9, 2007 6:45:36 GMT -5
To really appreciate this story, you have to hear the ordeal from the begining.
For about a month, I've been working directly with Omega on trying to secure a classic Bond Seamaster...the discontinued, Caliber 1120 based model, and not the Co-Axial version. And at the end of a lot of mix ups and foibles, I had been told that one was available for purchase and was being shipped. The day it was to arrived, I called my contact and inquired why it hadn't arrived. After a few hours I got a call back and was told "we're now completely out of stock on that model....would you like to buy the Co-Axial version instead?"
So I gave up on the dream of re-aquiring a classic Bond Seamaster. That was about two weeks ago...
So today I'm in my office and I'm handed this box that was shipped to the office from Swatch Group USA. Not an entirely unique occurance as they send me watches for review in magazines, and I was expecting a watch to come...just not until next week! So I opened the shipping box and saw a white Omega outer box..."hunh....what the heck is this? I wasn't expecting anything from Omega?!"
Turns out they found one more classic Bond!!! So I now have what may be the last, if certainly not one of the last classic Bond Seamasters ever produced.
Here's a couple of VERY quick shots...expect better ones of this (and a couple of other new acquisitions....heh) this weekend:
Here's the watch on the new Omega book "Great Olympic Moments in Time."
A wrist shot with good old Pierce Brosnan in the background - I have a photo of him and the Bond Seamaster hanging in my home gym):
For about a month, I've been working directly with Omega on trying to secure a classic Bond Seamaster...the discontinued, Caliber 1120 based model, and not the Co-Axial version. And at the end of a lot of mix ups and foibles, I had been told that one was available for purchase and was being shipped. The day it was to arrived, I called my contact and inquired why it hadn't arrived. After a few hours I got a call back and was told "we're now completely out of stock on that model....would you like to buy the Co-Axial version instead?"
So I gave up on the dream of re-aquiring a classic Bond Seamaster. That was about two weeks ago...
So today I'm in my office and I'm handed this box that was shipped to the office from Swatch Group USA. Not an entirely unique occurance as they send me watches for review in magazines, and I was expecting a watch to come...just not until next week! So I opened the shipping box and saw a white Omega outer box..."hunh....what the heck is this? I wasn't expecting anything from Omega?!"
Turns out they found one more classic Bond!!! So I now have what may be the last, if certainly not one of the last classic Bond Seamasters ever produced.
Here's a couple of VERY quick shots...expect better ones of this (and a couple of other new acquisitions....heh) this weekend:
Here's the watch on the new Omega book "Great Olympic Moments in Time."
A wrist shot with good old Pierce Brosnan in the background - I have a photo of him and the Bond Seamaster hanging in my home gym):