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Anyone got this fantastic Seamaster 2518 at Bukowskis

duffy7
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Just curious if anyone out of the OF-family got this pristine 2518 Seamaster (14k) with cal. 343 which was hammered at Bukowskis today.

I have to admit that I was very interested but in the end it went over my maximum. This is the best example of the early Seamasters I have ever seen. (even with the original box)🥰🥰🥰

It was hammered for SEK 60.000 (which is about EUR 5.300) + 25 % buyers premium.

As it wasn`t discussed here I hope we will see this one here in the near future 😉

just wow
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Very unusual dial with Swiss Made and markers like a Centenary 2499!
 
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kyle L kyle L
Very unusual dial with Swiss Made and markers like a Centenary 2499!

Yeah - if I am correct you owned (or own) a 2499 with 343 which had more or less the same dial style
 
X350 XJR
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Always amazes me when these pieces are unearthed. 🥰
 
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kyle L kyle L
Very unusual dial with Swiss Made and markers like a Centenary 2499!
You mean it is a redial?
 
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Beautiful watch - but I would not want to spend € 6625 (premium incl.) for this kind of rather small watch...

there are better ways to spend this kinda money...
 
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mac_omega mac_omega
Beautiful watch - but I would not want to spend € 6625 (premium incl.) for this kind of rather small watch...

there are better ways to spend this kinda money...

I find your remark quite peculiar. (also regarding to from whom your post got likes - some of which I hold in high regard).

I am a somewhat experienced collector - and I have never connected the size of a watch with the sum of its purchase/worth. I have no horse in the race for this particular watch, if the winning bid or 6625 Euro is right or not. A watch is worth what someone is willing to pay.

I just do not understand the notion of buying watches and be willing/wanting to pay according to their size...
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I would have given this a go if I had known about it. The condition as noted in this thread is my kryptonite.
 
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MSNWatch MSNWatch
I would have given this a go if I had known about it. The condition as noted in this thread is my kryptonite.

Thought like this might be an example for your collection
 
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styggpyggeno1 styggpyggeno1
I find your remark quite peculiar. (also regarding to from whom your post got likes - some of which I hold in high regard).

I am a somewhat experienced collector - and I have never connected the size of a watch with the sum of its purchase/worth. I have no horse in the race for this particular watch, if the winning bid or 6625 Euro is right or not. A watch is worth what someone is willing to pay.

I just do not understand the notion of buying watches and be willing/wanting to pay according to their size...

I think that's the key. You don't, won't and can't understand the collecting motives of all collectors. And you don't have to. That's the beauty of it. We are all guided by different motives.
 
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I think that's the key. You don't, won't and can't understand the collecting motives of all collectors. And you don't have to. That's the beauty of it. We are all guided by different motives.

I do agree. My point being that I have never thought there was a connection between size and price. I have some very large watches if someone is willing to pay premium per millimeter...
 
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Syrte Syrte
Such as this for example ? 😁

Arne Jacobsen was it truly great designer and architect, there are some great examples of his architecture in the UK.
The chair is okay, it has good ergonomics but aside from the base used in other pieces such as tables etc, I don't think this is one of his great pieces. I actually collect his work and have a number of pieces including homeware lamps furniture and clocks,
I'm probably going to be selling one of my 1939 Bakelite LKNess desk clocks in the near future, it's a real rarity, just like this one with the same early modernist arabic numerals and cantilever base, but in black: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-arne-jacobsen-table-clock-5026725
 
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styggpyggeno1 styggpyggeno1
I find your remark quite peculiar. (also regarding to from whom your post got likes - some of which I hold in high regard).

I am a somewhat experienced collector - and I have never connected the size of a watch with the sum of its purchase/worth. I have no horse in the race for this particular watch, if the winning bid or 6625 Euro is right or not. A watch is worth what someone is willing to pay.

I just do not understand the notion of buying watches and be willing/wanting to pay according to their size...
Maybe women's watches are a good example of scale affecting value and potential collectibility? They are often very similar or even identical to the larger 'man size' watches, but they don't tend to command anywhere near the same kind of prices as the larger 'men's' watches, but perhaps there are some exceptions?
 
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Maybe women's watches are a good example of scale affecting value and potential collectibility?
Actually, not such a great example. Looks at the population of this forum. Probably 95% male, maybe more. Men are far more “monkey see, monkey do” by nature than women. That’s why we have very long threads showing off multiple examples of the same Constellation, Seamaster and Speedmaster models.

Women tend to be more individualistic than men. I doubt there is a single thread like that anywhere here. At least not since that Malaysian woman left several years ago.

Most women generally like the fresh and new more than the old. Just human nature, I suppose.

Also, women can wear men’s vintage watches, while there is no way men can wear most women’s vintage watches (except for some very early wristwatches that actually were women’s pocket or pendant watches).

So that’s why there is little market for vintage women’s watches.
gatorcpa
 
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gatorcpa gatorcpa
Actually, not such a great example. Looks at the population of this forum. Probably 95% male, maybe more. Men are far more “monkey see, monkey do” by nature than women. That’s why we have very long threads showing off multiple examples of the same Constellation, Seamaster and Speedmaster models.

Women tend to be more individualistic than men. I doubt there is a single thread like that anywhere here. At least not since that Malaysian woman left several years ago.

Most women generally like the fresh and new more than the old. Just human nature, I suppose.

Also, women can wear men’s vintage watches, while there is no way men can wear most women’s vintage watches (except for some very early wristwatches that actually were women’s pocket or pendant watches).

So that’s why there is little market for vintage women’s watches.
gatorcpa

'That’s why we have very long threads showing off multiple examples of the same Constellation, Seamaster and Speedmaster models'
.. very well put 😁

Sure, I completely get what you're saying, but then there are some (all male that I know of) collectors that don't wear most of their watches, and there are some great women-intended watches that could work really well in their collection, but I get a sense that it's more about the scale of the watch rather than the manufacturers targeted gender.

I have some watches that are really too small for me and get lost on my wrist, so I tend to focus more on the ones that work well for my scale and they are usually over 40 millimeters diameter. I'm wearing a 42mm Omega at the moment and it's only just the right size for me. I really wish I could get away with some smaller watches, there are some beautiful watches that are 34-36 millimeter diameter that I would love to wear, but they can look a bit like toys on my wrist especially if they also have narrow lugs. I've thought about a Daytona (Paul Newman or similar iterations) for a long time, love the design love the quirkiness of the irregular indices and the pistons, etc, then I tried one on a few weeks ago in St James's and I was horrified at how small it actually looked on my wrist, I know Paul Newman was not a big man but he really could pull it off.
 
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Dear gentlemen,
May I caution everyone about drawing inferences about what women like or do just based on their attitudes towards watches?

Women have a gazillion other ornamental options aside from watches and many like vintage handbags, vintage jewelery, or vintage design objects.

All best,
S
 
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Sure, I completely get what you're saying, but then there are some (all male that I know of) collectors that don't wear most of their watches, and there are some great women-intended watches that could work really well in their collection...

Indeed, there are some male forum members that include all kinds of horological things in their collections that they don't wear or carry around, including women's watches, pocket watches, uncased movements, etc.
 
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