My pockets aren't deep enough - but we can all dream about a great instant collection comprising a 2998-2 (Lot 269), 2915-3 (Lot 271), 2914-4 FAP Flightmaster (Lot 272), and a beautiful 2915-1 (Lot 273).

http://www.christies.com/zmags/?Zma...mportant+Watches&SaleId=24713&GUID=&JumptoLot=

 

ohhh mmyyyy.......

thats a great auction of watches,
2915-1& 2915-3 a lot of lovely twin counter omega chrono's .....but if your into rolex?! there are some seriously nice peices.
A 6200! an explorer dial big crown! that amazing 6542 tropical. I would love to go see them all let alone be able to purchess.

i had to stop looking .....

 

Some fabulous pieces but well out of my reach unfortunately.

 

Leg and a arm. Wishlist

 

I want the FAP but alas it looks overpolishedddd if any one wants extra photos from Christies of the lots let me Know. Surprisingly bad quality but I may be naive about the why. Regards. Bill

 

Yeah some very nice pieces then you add on the fees and all that mumbo jumbo

 

http://www.speedmaster101.com/blog/

Three steel four digit speedmasters and one of the 1969 Gold.

I am looking forward to the results

 

Excellent Blog

 

+1

 

Great toyshop

 

Bit out of my league :-( But indeed nice watches.

 

I really like the railmaster

 

¿Railmaster Flightmaster?....never seen before

 

Would anybody like to comment on Lot 254 Longines?

 

There are also some questionable Rolex examples in here as well. Dat albino 6204?.......only one to ever come up at auction? I wonder why...

 

So you fork out $XYZ on a super rare watch, pay your 20% buyers premium and is there any guarantee from Christies that what you are buying is kosher? (I feel there must be some fine print involved).

 

Wow there really are some amazing pieces in that auction but the prices of some of them are truly insane IMHO and I really do find it hard to understand why some of them command such premiums but I suppose like most things in life if that's what someone is willing to pay then that must be what its worth. Personally I'm sure I could find better ways to spend the money.

Marc

 

I think the people willing to pay those prices are people who have the money, but not the time to search elsewhere for cheaper alternatives. They are willing to pay a premium to get the item they want straight away from a reputable dealer.

I like to compare it to the way some people get the music they want online: generally, when you're younger you don't have much money, but lots of free time, so you're willing to spend time searching for free, illegal, pirated tracks. When you're older, you have the money, but less time, so you're willing to pay to get what you want straight away without all the hassle, risk of viruses etc.

Yes, I somehow just compared the slow route of collecting watches to the illegal practice of pirating music, but you know what I mean