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Lot 20
This was a service case and bezel, so value is in the dial and movement - the question is, will it get an extract? Assuming an extract my bid was 2000+1, and obviously I was miles away, I suspect the buyer did not understand the case / bezel situation.
Lot 21
An Ed White that looked thrown together. The lume was heavily adjusted on the 1 and elsewhere. The dial body was poor, and generally unattractive. The chrono hand wrong, and the bezel while correct just looked out of place. I am not a fan of grey bezels at the best of times.
Lot 43
This was a 69 watch with a 68 case back, a good DO90 and a stepped dial with darkened plots to the lower half of the dial. I was put off by the lack of extract and the 3099xxxx serial, which I do not recall ever seeing on a speedmaster. If it was to get an extract then to be honest it would have been worth the low estimate, or even the 10-20% under that they were selling many lots for. I reckoned it 4-5k in parts, if the movement got an extract - which I don't think it will.
Lot 44
One of the better watches for the money, a 145.012-67 with an attraction. The dial plots were patchy, some missing about 10%. Overall it was good, let down by the bezel in hand. (Bezel looks worse in the metal)
Lot 45
Not attractive 105.012-64. The 64 is rare, but this dial looked like an older re lume, and had patches and blotches, not obvious in the photos. Bezel was unattractive, as was the whole. It was in my opinion overpriced. No extract. Just too much money.
Lot 47
Was excited to see this, but in hand the tritium looked like superluminover colour - It didn't have any charm. Greenish white markers. Most I have seen look like tritium and have some character, this did not. The red on the dial was super clean. It had the correct long ultraman style chrono, but the case had a huge ding in the side, at 9 o'clock. This is definitely one of the less desirable Black Racings to come on the market, and I think the price reflected that, as we have seen them go for much more.
Lot 360
Ultraman. The hand is ok, the bezel I thought was ok in hand but the photos make me question that - look at the 8s and the dots connecting to the numbers. Price was about right for the quality, which wasn't good. The dial plots made me uncomfortable, but I didnt drive myself too mad. It wasnt a watch I would want to own, even cheap.
Lot 363
145.012 with a 105.012 mid case and service pushers. The movement I would bet is from a 105012. Plots are poor and dirty in a way that has me wondering. Service bezel. Spectacularly bad deal for someone.
Lot 364
An unexciting 2915 with an after market bezel. I suppose that is the right price.
The prototypes should have been estimated really low and let people fight. They were handsome in hand, but surely the sellers who put them together paid very little - they should have let people get exited.
For me, there was nothing interesting, or attractive, which is a pity.
