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Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying
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Yea that's a nice one NM and I'm surprised it's still there, or not given the audience. Another chap(who early knows his shít) has a rare and near pristine condition Omega Beta 21 quartz with mint stardust dial for a very good price and it's still on sale last time I looked. Oh when I saw that I went excavating in the back of the couch and every pocket I had…
His Ultronic has the original bracelet too which can go for 150-200 euro on its own(it fits many other 22mm vintage longines of the time). And his example is running at 8 seconds per month accuracy wise. Hell yea. If I was looking for an Ully I'd be looking damned hard at his.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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Was keeping an eye on this one.. it sold for €120 after some late bidding and now relisted for €190 buy it now by the same seller. Is that common?
Since there have been a few battery fuelled Zeniths of late, here's another one and yet another design too. A Movado Zenith this time.
Funky and large case, patterned dial. Three and a bit days to go, 15 quid, three bids. I'd reckon again around the 200 Squids range for this.
Lest ye tick tock fans feel left out, here's a 1960's Girard Perregaux hand wind. With an original textured dial.0 -
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I'm ruminating on the matter as we speak.
Didn't see anything particularly interesting or cheap of late.
To wet the appetite, though well out of my usual price range in these bargain lists, here's a Breil Manta divers watch from the 1970's
Bit of background, The Italian company Breil these days would be mostly about quartz "fashion" watches and other fashionable items, but back in the day they made some very nice proper professional divers. More, they supplied the Italian Navy alongside such makers as Squale. Now many would know of the original Italian navy Panerai with Marina Militare on the dial. The company today makes much of the association. New Panny's are expensive and originals would buy a few nice houses in Dublin. Issued navy watches get big money, even the low quality Casios the French used in the 90's go for hundreds of quid and are usually in a jock, condition wise.
However here is an issued Italian navy diver - a civvie wouldn't have Marina Militare on the dial, nor would it have the inventory stamps on the caseback - in very good nick(they're often pretty rough as these were used in anger) for 800 quid and they're open to offers. IMH no cheaper way to get into high quality issued vintage divers and mark my words these will go up in value. Five years ago you could get decommissioned French divers(not as nice as these IMH) for about the same price. Today, double or triple that figure. They're a finite resource and once they fade into collections… Put it another way, how much would you pay for a vintage issued diver from Omega, Rolex etc? Exactly.
800 quid as I say, out of my usual remit, but if you're in that market, you really couldn't go wrong with this IMH.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 ended up picking up the same model as this on eBay for an extra £10 without problems and with box and papers. Lovely size and wife loves it. Her first automatic.actually...here's Russian watch (made in Germany as it happens) that might fit the bill
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Poljot-Automatic-in-schonem-Zustand-/151641670321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item234e8c42b1
77 euro BIN + shipping
(seller says watch runs a bit fast ...a watchmaker should be able to service this for very little)0 -
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You'd be needing some seriously chunky wrists to pull that one off! 0 -
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OK It's been a while…
First up and with only a few hours to go An automatic Yema Divers 60's(though I'd reckon more 70's)
BIN price of 250. TBH I'm surprised this one has not sold already.
Another late 60's Diver, this time a Brevet electronic one. Basically a rebranded LIP. If it were a LIP it would be long gone.
Again BIN price of 250.
OK now a couple of tuning fork "hummers" for your delectation.
Omega Constellation Chronometer f300
2 odd days to go 191 euro. I'd reckon 280-3 would get it. This seller seems to have some nice stuff and serviced too. He's got an early quartz Lanco that's only got a couple of quid on it so far.
Next a Bulova Accutron on bracelet.
BIN price of 244 euro or make offer. I'd fire an offer of 2-220 whatever that is in sterling these days.
Here's a Trench watch. Nice dial, 24 hour markings and "red twelve". Movement looks in good nick too. The regulator is sitting in the middle which is a good sign.
Stick that on a repro Trench strap and it would look the Mutts Nutz(™). 4 days to go, 35 quid, no bidders. I'd snipe that at 100 all the day long.
Wanna go a bit off piste? Here's a 1970's Zodiac with mystery dial.
4 odd days to go at 70 odd quids. I'd throw a hail mary snipe of 190-220. I've seen these go for 300 +.
Speaking of Hail Mary's… If you were of a mind to take on a project, here's a 1943 Longines "military style" with actual military provenance. Same dial and movement as the issued 6B's of the war, though they go for a thousand quid plus.
Now it's missing a crown and will need a service(like any new to you vintage should get), but crowns should be easy to source. Those Longines movements are bulletproof, this one looks clean and spares are easy to find. Nice bit of history IMH and at 180 euro, no bids I reckon if you got that for 200 odd it would be a bit of a sleeper. It's already gone through once with no takers. Which really surprised me TBH.
Oh and for Panerai fans/loopers, here's a Panny trench coat, a snip at 500 quid. I presume it has huge cuffs.
There ye have it. Again if you see anything you like let me know and I'll delete the listing for you.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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http://m.ebay.ie/itm/271851290261?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE
If any one is interested. I'd say could easily be got for around the £30 mark.
I have two of these now and they are a good quality Quartz watch. Solid build and excellent finish. Lume isn't too bad either. Not quite Seiko5 but not bad.0 -
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