I've bid on three things after imbibing. The first was an Aston Martin on Bring a Trailer. JFC, what was I thinking? I was the first and only bidder until the 7th day when someone outbid me. That week was HELLISH! (Later I did buy a car off the same site, but fortunately it turned out much better than expected and I still own it. And no, it isn't an Aston.)

Fast forward to yesterday. I had been watching the prettiest Sicura manual bullhead chronograph on eBay, and even set my alarm to go off 30 minutes before the auction end. By then we had had some cocktails, a bottle of wine with dinner, and, let's call it "an after dinner digestive." My alarm went off and the watch was in the realm of reason, $660. I thought, hmm, 28 minutes to go, I'll bid $850.

Except I bid $8,500. I sent off frantic emails to eBay that went unanswered. I said, OK, the guy has over 1,000 sales and 100%, and checking he sold only nice vintage watches. Fed Ex from Mexico 2-day service, shipping a reasonable $35.00.

I knew I was on the hook. My only hope was that a schill didn't bid it up to, say, $8,400. He didn't! I may have overpaid at $1025, but I do love it. Pix from eBay, I'll update when it arrives. I am a chrono guy, and bullheads are so cool. I'm happy, even if I'm a couple of hundred poorer at $850 vs $1,025. Now, the bullhead:





Nice crisp edges, finish looks good, dial is near perfect. The patina is minimal but seems to suggest that it hasn't been refinished. OK, Sicura and Valjous 7734 experts, did I get killed, or is she a beauty to cherish? (Be kind to an amateur! )

 

Ouch. I hope you got rid of it w/out losing your shirt. BTW, Merc often means Mercury in the US, a defunct Ford brand. I was trying to figure out how Mercury fit into the story, but then I remembered. The horrid 2000 aughts and early teens when Mercedes bought out the limping Chrysler...

 

Wow, it's a beauty! Congrats on the acquisition, and saving seven grand

 

Is the Valjous movement highly regarded?

 

That is a great looking watch. I have seen a few nice Sicura watches recently.

 

Just my Radio for company , music to my ears .

 

You got lucky. 3 snifters of Gran Marnier + Ambien = redialed Seamaster

 

If you like it, enjoy it. Apparently you wouldn't have won it with $850. I generally avoid chromed cases, but I can certainly see why you were drawn to the dial. And the V7734 is a solid movement.

 

I made a similar mistake on shopgoodwill.com, but it worked out alright. I might have paid a little over but as of now the watch is worth way more than I paid.
Nice Bullhead. Chrome cases always give me pause, but this one looks pretty good.

 

I bid on and won a lot of 75 Frank Sinatra LPs one night. I'm not really a Sinatra fan.

There should be some variation of parental control that kicks in after 11:00 PM

 

I have posted on this forum a few times while sitting in the living room waiting for the Ambien to kick in (the life of an insomniac)....then re-read it the next morning and thought....ohhhhh geeez. Some of them were so riddled with typos I had to edit and correct as I couldn’t understand myself.

The other night I bought this under the influence


I saw it come up originally and it sold for $100 and thought- oh, that’s cool- but I don’t need to be spending $100 on cheap watches right now (trying to save for bigger fish). The next morning it was in my purchased items...I do recall seeing it pop up again and feeling a little excited.

 

dibs

 

Requires a coordinated multi-key combination to unlock. Can you guys also design an eBay app layer that performs the same form of blocking? I think you could make a fortune if you sold that one. You can call it the Blotto-blocker

 

Maybe OF could make some good money, and help JW to keep his, by selling OmegaForums-branded iPhone breathalizers. You just need to write some code that would link them to any outgoing PMs and eBay accounts...

 

We would need a blood test attachment for JW to test for ambien levels. Although if we ever want to sell him something we now know the best time to do it. Ambien is the closest we humans can come to time travel at this point.

 

I hate the monkey- but I gotta tell you, I get why it’s used recreationally. It drops all inhibitions, your ID (in the Freudian sense) is truly unleashed, and you’re far more suggestive than your rational mind would allow. I actually ate whole bag of peanut butter pretzels under it’s spell- I found the bag the next morning, I don’t remember going to bed.

 

And when mixed with alcohol you can travel both the space a time continuum. I’ve “heard” stories of people doing so and finding themselves in a Taco Bell in another state with no recall of travel during a 7 hour period. Many chalk up to “alien missing time syndrome.”

 

So my Ambien induced purchase arrived. At first I thought it was a dog- movement was banging around inside, crystal was wiggling (too small), and there was so much gunk under it I thought the dial was nasty. But it was keeping time.
Brought it to my watch handy friend, the tabs on the movement ring were not contacting the back- easy fix, crystal that was in it was 29mm, it should have been 31- he had a new one on hand, dial cleaned up beautifully with a sticky swab.
Stainless TK&co case at 36mm which is perfect, 17j Standard time movement- great dial- can’t complain for $100. Thank you Ambien- I would have passed on this if I had been of conscious mind.