Blancpain FF Prototype on EBay

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connieseamaster

·Apr 14, 2019

If I feel like I know what I'm looking at, it's not a gamble though 😎😁

 

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S.H.

·Apr 14, 2019

w154

Over the years a lot of watches have been discounted as fakes or put-togethers, only for new information or further examples to come to light that proved they were correct all along. Now I’m not saying this is right, but how can we generalise about things like the triangle markers at the quarters when there are so few examples. I think there are something like only 3-5 known ones with 3-digit SNs.

More than the triangle markers, it is the wonky minutes track that would bother me:

Maybe some effect of the plexi? But I bet redial.

 

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CJpickup57

·Apr 14, 2019

Fritz

Most people know "something" , the trick is to realize when you don't know enough. It's thinking you know enough that gets people ripped off on eBay.

Unless I can truly afford to flush the money down the toilet I don't bid on eBay unless I'm 100% sure off what I'm buying.

Agree 100%. I do not know anything about the listed watch and certainly do not have that kind of cash to buy it even if I did.

I feel the same way about being absolutely sure about ebay purchases. There is at least a bit of leeway with buyer protections to a degree that I can assume a bit of risk knowing I can return something if it turns out to be incorrect or the description listed was false.

 

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MikeMan2727

·Apr 14, 2019

So, auction now over at $20,700...anyone risk it?

 

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starcraft

·Apr 14, 2019

77deluxe

If it’s legit, yes.

thats what I meant 😉

 

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w154

·Apr 21, 2019

And it’s back... 35k BIN.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-1950...mCondition=2000|2500|3000|4000|5000|6000|7000

 

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mrs_LA

·Apr 22, 2019

Seller has included "payment by bank wire only" in his description. 😲

 

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Len

·Apr 22, 2019

Diabolical photos, bank wire only, only good thing is it's not from Peru - walk away. Note crack through the shield on the bezel (in my limited experience 3 digit FFs have a triangle bezel and 4 digits have the shield) I have seen 15s like that before. Yes hands are wrong. Original parts are difficult to find for a 2915/2998 let alone early FFs. What we really need is a MWO equivalent for FFs but for now this is helpful - http://people.timezone.com/jmerino/history50.pdf