Got my 321!

[Point2Point]

The steel caliber 321 Speedmaster was announced on January 7, 2020. That very morning, I contacted the nearest (East Coast) Omega boutique and expressed my interest. The sales associate took down my details and told me that corporate had to approve before she could take a deposit from me. I had history with Omega only from buying a 60th Anniversary Speedmaster a few years earlier at a boutique on the other coast. A few hours later, the sales associate called me saying OK to the deposit.

Then I waited. Once things opened back up from lockdown, I checked back every couple of months that first year. In 2021, it was once a quarter. In 2022, I only called twice, and almost lost hope that I would ever get the watch. I was very close to buying grey. In January this year, I called on the third anniversary of the watch’s launch. My original sales associate had moved on, and I talked to the boutique manager. He told me I was next on the list.

On April 28, I got the call. My steel 321 had arrived! The boutique shipped the watch to me overnight. It joins six other Speedmasters in my collection, including two vintage 321 pieces.

Finally on my wrist: