Talking to a few people over the last month or so, and it seems that getting hold of cool/interesting/rare watches is nearly all luck, with a little tiny bit of skill on top.
Last week a couple of Omega Seamaster 145.024 "Jedi" went up for sale in the UK, one at auction, the other on eBay.
I was sitting chatting with
@neilfrancis about the one on eBay, the pictures were bad, the price was maybe a bit high... we both decided it wasn't worth a punt... we drank a cocktail... we talked watches (Episode 4 of The Time 4A Pint Podcast coming Friday 14th April).
Then at some point on Saturday I ended up buying it.
I'm trying not to buy watches, but you all know how that one goes.
You get talking to someone, something gets offered, you agree a price, they then mention that they have the inner, and outer boxes and the instruction book - and before you know it, you've bought another watch.
It's arrived this morning, and I am pleased to confirm that once again, 99% luck, 1% skill.
Wow.
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