https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/323754169292 Nice sharpie used on both and since when was a Speedmaster chronometer rated!

 

Bwahahahaaa.....

Here’s something really really rare, a watch that was sold before it was produced.

What will the premium for this exclusivity be?

 

Jeeez what a hatchet job, looks like he used tippex too. Must be strangely proud of his work though, half the pictures are of the paperwork...

 

I guess you could say that he really didn't think this one through.

 

Brilliant.
(Brilliantly bad, obvio)

145.022-69SW !!

I don’t know any papers that specified “SW”

This abbreviation only came into use around the time of publication of MWO.

And also I rarely see the reference written with the date suffix. In fact often we see the model missed out or a catalog number instead.

 

The things you learn here....for instance, MWO? Does everyone know what that means?

 

MoonWatch Only - the ultimate book about Speedmasters.

http://www.moonwatchonly.com/

 

Did they have liquid paper in '69?

 

According to Wikipedia, yes: "In 1956, Bette Nesmith Graham, the mother of The Monkees' Michael Nesmith, invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen....."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper

 

The real shame is that a nice set of papers - whether open and unmarked, or previously filled out for some other watch - were ruined.

 

This is what I noticed off the bat, thanks to @Spacefruit and the authors of MWO. Right there is massive flags which should show this piece needs massive knowledgeable inspection.

 

Yes. They also had terrific LSD, from all accounts. I reckon the seller may have overdone it on the pink microdot.*

*I learned the name from a friend.

 

I always wondered why people would buy papers with a specific serial number on eBay. I guess the answer is white-out.

 

This is so sensational amateur, it's almost funny..

 

I wonder what an extract would say?

 

Thanks for the illumination!

 

A new 145.022-69 SW (Super Wrong) reference

Well spotted !

 

LOL, the white out is amazing. How much of it did he sniff before thinking he could pull this off?

 

The morons probably saw either caseback photographs, a warranty card, or literature referencing the 145.012-67 SP, and from there made the leap to "SW".

 

I thought I would bump this as the seller is now offering the papers separately
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