A384 Primero

 

Well, this seems to be a ref. 384, too – this time with correct black sub dials .

You'd better trust the seller's ad headline saying "A384" contrary to the text erroneously stating "A385".

Mick

 

Threw the minimum bid in on a household favorite bottle on WineBid and went out. Came home to an auction invoice in my email.



Picked up a pair of bottles from the same producer and same year, but their parcels in the best vineyard for Burgundy (IMO, that is) a little while back - Clos de la Roche VV.



1995 might be my favorite year for reds, whether from Burgundy or California.

 

One Enicar sherpa 600 whitout turnable bezel. Crowns are wrong for this model to smal.

 

Can i ask how mutch 2 bottles Ponsot Clos de la Roche 95 is at your market?

Collectors in Sweden only have one domestic auctionhouse placed in Stockholm for old vintages, the alkohol monopol in Sweden are cheap for releases but aged products not to good.
Regards

 

Got lucky and snagged them for $199.95 each.

 

Yes a very nice purchase. good start for a nice dinner.

 

Just purchased from Jack Road in Tokyo

 

- some parts to find and the repainted hands are blinding me, but it is a 2998

 

Wanted to follow up on this and reiterate two of my points from above (bolded). The ad was a scam - and a very well executed one. Despite the seller seeming incredibly knowledgeable about pre-moon Speedies, as well as that particular one, I found a picture on Instagram of another 145.012 in Europe that was identical (even down to lume markings and patterns). Obviously, no two dials age in the same exact way, so I told him to send me a dated picture with the watch next to it. That picture never arrived and he went radio silent after responding within minutes to everything else. Thankfully, as soon as I saw the IG picture, I filed a claim with PayPal as well and it was resolved yesterday (with the funds wired back into my account).

So the main takeaways - a) if you're buying from Mexico, ask for a dated picture with the watch, b) always use PayPal, and c) if your antenna is up from the get-go, don't let the bargain price taint your judgement. I knew there was probably a 50% chance that it was too good to be true, and thankfully it didn't cost me anything to find out for sure.

Finally - here are pictures of the Speedy. Vision Vintage Watches is the actual owner in the EU, so don't buy one with these same markings unless it's from him!

 

This

 

no pictures yet, but bought a grey stingray strap for the PO and a black croc for the Breitling.
Will post pictures when they arrive

 

Another purchase from Jack Road Tokyo

 

Leather strap for my pocket watch

 

Couple of seats

 

3 Australian gins.

 

…Not today, but last week:

Two airplane tickets for a weekend in Amsterdam and rented room at an AirBNB-place.

This may not sound that big a deal, but for me it's huge. It's the first time in more than 8 months I've even thought of taking a day off, as we've just been through a massive and costly renovation of our new (to us!) house. My girlfriend and I have long talked about how good it's going to be to just take a few days off and think of nothing but having a good time with each other. I'm really excited and I know she's going to be completely taken by surprise, when I tell her of my plans - which will be the day we take off

Thanks for all the good input in the "Heading to Holland" thread, I'm really looking forward to going!

 

I have learnt a neat trick from Chrono24:
In order for the seller to validate that he has the watch "in hands" ask to have two photos of the watch with the hands set at times that you decide.
Example: For verification please send me a photo of the watch set at 10:15 and 16:35....
Easy task if the seller is honest.

 

Is Gin production taking off with you ? Here in the UK the number of varieties seem to be increasing by the week.
Excellent

 

This is the first time I've bought anything other than Bombay Saphire, so I honestly don't know! But there seemed to be quite a few out there. The one on the right is made by Lark distillery, which also makes excellent whiskey.