I approached the 321 acquisition from a different perspective. I wasn't chasing an EW321, they just weren't on my radar, but starting in January….
So far I'm pretty impressed with the watch in the few hours I've played with it, the dial has a real clarity to it. I'll size it in the next day or so and get it into the fleet. BTW, this watch was sold at an OB in eastern Europe in January 2021, SN 8870088x.
I approached the 321 acquisition from a different perspective. I wasn't chasing an EW321, they just weren't on my radar, but starting in January I was looking at my Speedmaster box and found I had a handful that just weren't doing it for me anymore. I sold a couple in February, and then I saw an ad three weeks ago on OF for a BNIB EW321 in Europe, it had a net price of US$18.8k delivered. I didn't want to shell out that much money but I did have another two Speedmasters that I could liquidate to pay for it, an Apollo 11 50th and a LE CK2998 with blue subdials and ceramic bezel. I've enjoyed the Apollo 11 but it was not getting much wrist time, it was just sitting in its moonlander in my cabinet. And I had another Speedmaster with a blue theme, so the CK2998 could go. I got good money for these two watches, about 22% more than I paid for them, and that gave me enough for the Ed White. If I take the price I originally paid for the Apollo 11 and CK2998 as the basis I ended up paying right at $15,300, but if I had bought the watch from an OB I would have paid state sales tax so backing that out I paid $14,133 pretax, hey, the retail price in the US. So that's what I did. Just received the watch today with all stickers, paperwork and boxes, just like you would get from an OB. So I'm happy with the creative financing and I'll get a lot more use from this watch than the two I liquidated.
So far I'm pretty impressed with the watch in the few hours I've played with it, the dial has a real clarity to it. I'll size it in the next day or so and get it into the fleet. BTW, this watch was sold at an OB in eastern Europe in January 2021, SN 8870088x.
I approached the 321 acquisition from a different perspective. I wasn't chasing an EW321, they just weren't on my radar, but starting in January I was looking at my Speedmaster box and found I had a handful that just weren't doing it for me anymore. I sold a couple in February, and then I saw an ad three weeks ago on OF for a BNIB EW321 in Europe, it had a net price of US$18.8k delivered. I didn't want to shell out that much money but I did have another two Speedmasters that I could liquidate to pay for it, an Apollo 11 50th and a LE CK2998 with blue subdials and ceramic bezel. I've enjoyed the Apollo 11 but it was not getting much wrist time, it was just sitting in its moonlander in my cabinet. And I had another Speedmaster with a blue theme, so the CK2998 could go. I got good money for these two watches, about 22% more than I paid for them, and that gave me enough for the Ed White. If I take the price I originally paid for the Apollo 11 and CK2998 as the basis I ended up paying right at $15,300, but if I had bought the watch from an OB I would have paid state sales tax so backing that out I paid $14,133 pretax, hey, the retail price in the US. So that's what I did. Just received the watch today with all stickers, paperwork and boxes, just like you would get from an OB. So I'm happy with the creative financing and I'll get a lot more use from this watch than the two I liquidated.
So far I'm pretty impressed with the watch in the few hours I've played with it, the dial has a real clarity to it. I'll size it in the next day or so and get it into the fleet. BTW, this watch was sold at an OB in eastern Europe in January 2021, SN 8870088x.
Is it because the dome shape of the crystal?
I've been trying very hard to get a 321 'Ed White' at retail. I'll sign a paper that I wont sell it! Can anyone help a man out!
I had the pleasure of trying on a friends new Ed White 321 over the weekend. Can anyone that's handled this watch explain in their own words what the start and stop chronograph button is supposed to feel like? I ask b/c the on my friends watch, the button to activate and start the chrono fell mushy; terrible in fact like there was something wrong with it. I was expecting a firm but smooth action with a definitive point where you can feel the gears begin to operate. This was not the case with my friends piece. Also when activating the chrono, the seconds hand would not always begin to sweep when activated. I'm just assuming there was something terribly wrong with the watch. Thanks for your help as I'm interested in purchasing this watch; most likely grey market.
Can anyone that's handled this watch explain in their own words what the start and stop chronograph button is supposed to feel like?
