Nasty shit. Thank you.

 

Serial number: 77039737
Article ref: 35705000

Listing says it was ended by the seller as the item is no longer available...hopefully no one bought it at the asking price...

 

It is also listed on chrono24 showing as RESERVED

 

Thanks @DLT222

 

Still a good-looking speedy, but a bit on the expensive side for a Mitsu mod for sure...

Thanks Darren

 

But the Authenticity is Guaranteed by Ebay! It says so right in the corner of the auction!

While I've not bought anything from eLady myself, I thought that the seller had a fairly decent reputation for selling watches out of Japan - mostly dealing in bulk, and accepts returns for 30 days. It could be that they were duped as well. Yes, yes, I have rose colored glasses.

 

The real eLady is eLady01---13,000+ sales on eBay, 99.5% feedback, great seller. The person offering this watch was eLady05, who even went so far as to put up a one-page fake eBay storefront copied from eLady01. Unbelievable.

 

Ugh. I totally missed that. Thank you for pointing it out.

 

eLady is a large pre-owned luxury goods dealer in Japan and seems to use a series of "eLady00" accounts, not just eLady01.

The company is based in Tokyo - https://www.elady.co.jp/contact-e.html

I think the watch may have been pulled because they found out it wasn't kosher.

They're currently showing a range of watches under eLady06.Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

They had the watch listed on their site as well. Figured the fact that it had a warranty card unfilled was a red flag on this specific watch.

 

The warranty card was filled. They just blocked out the details.

 

FYI - The watch is back up for sale:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/332921377140

 

Is it the same watch? This time it’s eLady01.

 

I am a newbie in speedmaster - once a dial and the hands are changed - running a serial number is the only way to tell that watch is not original 3570.31?

 

Yes.

And it's the same for all limited editions where dials and hands have been available as spare parts... The 2004 racing is also deserving scrutiny when coming to the market...