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Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying
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It Personally speaking TH? I'd snipe it double what it's at now, not much more. Sweet if you get it at that, no loss if you don't. It's "worth" that IMH T, but not more. Just goes to show the gulf between some areas of the vintage market and new stuff though. Where a Longines Admiral with an in house auto movement is around that kinda money.
I am still soooo tempted by that buggered Longines trench. Like a limping kitten mewing it calls to be.
Yeah, that is the trouble with this game. Hard to walk away from those little kittens even when the kitty litter is full.0 -
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Oh you can sing it T.
I nearly always go for condition above all else, but you know that trend in custom hot rods, the "rat look"? That's what appeals to me so much about that particular watch. It's got a nickel case so it would polish up like new, the dial though not so common does come up every so often so could be replaced with similar and I have crowns for them, but I'd leave that exactly as it is(other than a service and oil change). It shows every year of it's very long life. To restore it to new for me would be like filling in the cracks on an old master. I'd age a strap so it looked equally buggered too. Maybe not, maybe have the strap absolutely pristine. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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I wouldn't touch that with someone else's bargepole Blue. It's pretty much a complete fake. The dial is a redial and truly awful one at that, the hands are wrong, it's got spring bars, the original is a fixed lug. The back markings look kinda alright, but considering the rest of the watch… If you offered it to me for a tenner I'd walk away.
Compare and contrast
God awful fake
This is what the real deal looks like.
Seriously folks run and run far.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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FYP.Thanks Wibbs, I bow to your finely tuned level of bullshít that convinces many.:)
Oh I so don't do that. That's why I always snipe bid. I regularly withdraw said snipe. Usually after I awake the next morning or sober up. Whichever may be in play at the time.Trigger Happy wrote: »I have bid on a watch and am sitting here, with 40 mins to go, wishing that someone would outbid me. Damned trigger finger! Drunk bidding is a Very Bad Plan(™). A mate of mine(not a watch dude) does it every so/too often. Sure, he's got very cool stuff, but some stuff that shows up in his letterbox… :eek: Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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There's a nice new handwind model of Sturmanskie on the market
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Sturmanskie-GAGARIN-Russian-watch-Movement-2609-poljot-/281650467165?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4193ad115d
The price of 400 US on this listing certainly isn't a bargain but I would suspect that in a few weeks/months other sellers will have it for half that ...one for the search list methinks0 -
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I use Bidnapper DT. It was recommended to me by another Boardsie actually. After years of being pipped at the post he pointed it my way. It made a huge difference. Thanks Khannie.Deep Thought wrote: »Whats the best software? Simple website sign up. Very cheap and it works really well. Can't complain and I'm usually one of those moaning feckers. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Another in the bargain basement bin. An automatic Longines Admiral with display back(aftermarket? Never saw one before).
Photos aren't exactly David Bailey level, so may be passed over. Has some wear yes, but I reckon would tart up pretty well. 25 quid, 1 bid, 3 days to go.
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Lucky escape IMH TH. Cupid himself could machine gun love bullets at it all day to little avail. Looked ropier than a chap called Roper walking around a rope factory, carrying rope. The hands looked well odd for a start.Trigger Happy wrote: »I was outbid by 2 euro with 10 mins to go! €132 would have won this slim late 60s Omega. It needed some love though.
I have found while many names can go under the radar, Omega rarely does, they're too well known these days and have a huge and knowledgeable vintage fanbase. So when one looks like a bargain it nearly always means it's been spotted by said fan base and declared a dud.
I'd avoid Omega in general because of the competition. Until you get your eye in as it were. Then again a few pages back a nice hand wound Omega was up for grabs for under 200 quid, so they do come up. The tuning fork and quartz ones can come up regularly enough at that money.Trigger Happy wrote: »I may need to overcome my quartz allergy though....:) well one major advantage of the battery jobs, both quartz and tuning fork, is the majority of collectors have the same allergy. This means competition is much less and prices reflect that. The other advantage is when the early quartz(and tuning fork) first came out they were very expensive and top of the range, so they often can have better dials, hands, cases and bracelets.
EG Omega advert 1972
Check out the prices. The solid 18K gold Connie is the most expensive(the steel connie was the same price as the PloProf). What's the next most expensive and the focus of the advert? The "electronic" watch. If the Omega quartz models were in that picture they would be around 800-1500 pounds. That's not a typo. And at a time when mid tier watches were significantly more cheap to buy than today. Oh and look how much the Speedie cost back then. A few pounds more than a very basic dress watch.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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