This arrived today from ebay. The seller said he has collected pw for about 40 years and this was an early purchase from an older gentleman at a NAWCC mart. Pretty decent condition, aside from needing a service. No brassing that I can see.
I still know little but knew of the Bunn Special reputation so was looking for one. The Gothic font on this captured my attention. The dial is solid.
It joins my 992, which also has a beautiful dial and keeps fantastic time after its service.
Now to find someone to service it.
If you could only own one Pocket Watch by choice or law, this would be it!
Hopefully you still have all your Kidneys.
I think it wasn't too bad. Relative to a wristwatch, it was a steal. Relative to a pocket watch, hard to say, as savy collectors are able to find PWs (that aren't precious metal) cheaper than I would have expected.
In short, it was $650 usd, which seemed higher than some with condition problems but cheaper than others I saw. I still need to add the cost for a service, which puts it in the real money category of pocket watches. But I would hope to get more for a kidney, so perhaps not too bad?
This arrived today from ebay. The seller said he has collected pw for about 40 years and this was an early purchase from an older gentleman at a NAWCC mart. Pretty decent condition, aside from needing a service. No brassing that I can see.
I still know little but knew of the Bunn Special reputation so was looking for one. The Gothic font on this captured my attention. The dial is solid.
It joins my 992, which also has a beautiful dial and keeps fantastic time after its service.
Now to find someone to service it.
He had a handshake deal with a scrapper who wanted the 14-karat gold case for the melt, and the guy needed to know the weight of the case. I removed the movement and weighed the case, then I gave him a better offer than the scrapper had. He stuck with the scrapper’s offer!
The pocketwatchdatabase info on this desirable artifact.
https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/illinois/2069086
My Bunn Special doesn’t hold a candle to @pdxleaf ‘s new addition.
So he simply kept word?
So he simply kept word?
I have a lot to learn. I don't see a huge difference between the two. There's the 2 jewels, dial condition and company name. But they are both model 6, 18s, have the same damaskeening. I wouldn’t think there's a huge difference.
So he simply kept word?
I would say yours is much more desirable than mine.