DO90 vs DN90 Valuation

kronophile · Apr 4, 2022

Speedmaster101.com's price chart has two separate categories with different valuations for watches with dot over 90 bezels & watches withdot next to 90.bezels.

I have often seen watch advertised on this site with DON in the title of the post.

Do dot over 90 bezels substantially increase the valuation of a watch?

Dan S · Apr 4, 2022

Yes of course, it seems you already know the answer. And the loose bezels also command vastly different prices.

With respect to the 145.022-69 reference, a given watch should have the correct bezel for its serial number. For example, a 31M serial watch should not have a DON bezel.

Jayrock26v2 · Apr 4, 2022

Yes it does but only if its original/correct to the watch. They were only produced before a certain year on mostly 321 models therefor they hold a lot of value and collectability.

MCC · Apr 5, 2022

As other posters have noted individually DON beats DNN. Fitted to the correct watch the bezels often reflect the overall condition of the watch because they, like crowns and pushers are so exposed to the vagaries of everyday wear. What I see more and more is watches in average or poor condition with much better bezels. Notwithstanding that some of these bezels are or could be fake, I often wonder what the watch the genuine bezels were taken off would be like. It might make economic sense for the seller to swap bezels but I think that they simply look incongruous and do not enhance the watch in my view.

Davidt · Apr 5, 2022

MCC
As other posters have noted individually DON beats DNN. Fitted to the correct watch the bezels often reflect the overall condition of the watch because they, like crowns and pushers are so exposed to the vagaries of everyday wear. What I see more and more is watches in average or poor condition with much better bezels. Notwithstanding that some of these bezels are or could be fake, I often wonder what the watch the genuine bezels were taken off would be like. It might make economic sense for the seller to swap bezels but I think that they simply look incongruous and do not enhance the watch in my view.

The opposite is also true. -69’s are showing up in good condition but with poor bezels, presumably as the ‘good’ original bezel has been swapped with one from an earlier more valuable reference.

DO90 vs DN90 Valuation

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