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Both can be obtained around the same price given that the SMP 300 can be bought from grey far less than retail. Which one will you pick?
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Both are awesome, but SMP with rubber strap option.

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I have no gripes with the bracelet but I find the rubber strap appropriate for this watch too. Can we buy bracelet from Omega?

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znacccy

I have no gripes with the bracelet but I find the rubber strap appropriate for this watch too. Can we buy bracelet from Omega?

Yes you can. But it’s probably cheaper to buy the watch on the bracelet and buy the rubber strap after though. I’ve been quoted £310 for the rubber strap from the AD.

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Omega, higher tier, better watch.

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I have one and plan to buy the other !

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JamesTil6569

Yes you can. But it’s probably cheaper to buy the watch on the bracelet and buy the rubber strap after though. I’ve been quoted £310 for the rubber strap from the AD.

Definitely the most economical way. Thank you for the info!

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Garrett1G2Ts

I have one and plan to buy the other !

Which one do you have? You might answer which one I should get 😂

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znacccy

Which one do you have? You might answer which one I should get 😂

White dial seamaster on rubber. I absolutely love it.

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I’m an Omega smp300 guy all the way. Loved my first so much I bought a second.

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TheMightyOz

I’m an Omega smp300 guy all the way. Loved my first so much I bought a second.

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Stunning! I just wonder how the prices of SMP300 can be marked down as low as 30% off from the retail price in grey market.

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znacccy

Stunning! I just wonder how the prices of SMP300 can be marked down as low as 30% off from the retail price in grey market.

The topic of grey market dealers and where they get their inventory was covered really well by Federico on YouTube. In the case of these, it’s probably ADs that are either in a cash crunch, losing their AD status, or going out of business. When ADs dump inventory, it’s at deep discount. So if the grey market dealer buys out the inventory at say 30 cents on the dollar, there’s still plenty of margin to be 30% off MSRP. Again, it was uploaded about 6-7 years ago on Federico Talks Watches. But this episode was really informative.

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TheMightyOz

The topic of grey market dealers and where they get their inventory was covered really well by Federico on YouTube. In the case of these, it’s probably ADs that are either in a cash crunch, losing their AD status, or going out of business. When ADs dump inventory, it’s at deep discount. So if the grey market dealer buys out the inventory at say 30 cents on the dollar, there’s still plenty of margin to be 30% off MSRP. Again, it was uploaded about 6-7 years ago on Federico Talks Watches. But this episode was really informative.

Thank you for the recommendation. I have actually watched that video and Federico explained it well. Crazy how ADs can dump their stocks at such a bargain 🤯