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Ebay 145.012-68 Fixer Upper with a Racing Dial.....gone for 20k £

Spacefruit
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It will be interesting to see if better photos will make it more or less desirable!
 
bags1971
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Just had a message from the seller of the racing dial now has a extract from Omega confirming its a racing dial and delivered to France is going to be relisted Thursday
 
Kringkily
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bags1971 bags1971
Just had a message from the seller of the racing dial now has a extract from Omega confirming its a racing dial and delivered to France is going to be relisted Thursday

thanks for the news!
 
EdtheAussie
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bags1971 bags1971
Just had a message from the seller of the racing dial now has a extract from Omega confirming its a racing dial and delivered to France is going to be relisted Thursday

Seconded - interested to see what it goes for!
 
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View attachment 667830 View attachment 667831 View attachment 667832 View attachment 667833 View attachment 667834 View attachment 667835 View attachment 667837 Hello !!

How are you..?

This is Ruben, from Buenos Aires, new member on this foro

Recently i´ve adquired an Omega Speedmaster Pre-Moon

Reference 145.012-67

26550381 serial number circa 1967/68 production

Previous owner was a close person , he knows me like a small watch collector .
Some times I buy and sold pieces, but never by internet (Ebay, Amazon, etc.) only direct owners , or well know trusted shops.
This watch has an white chrono hand and it appears to have been on the watch for a very long time as it has fading from age which is clearly evident, but previous owner don´t remember abot any service, the serial number range is correct , but I´m not so sure about this hand... ( I believe previously series..). has an old recognized 321 caliber ,original DON bezel in acceptable condition, The dial simple and clean , white bastons (no tritium) movement run very good, running reserve appx 52/54 hours.
A standar good condition case , never polished , I believe crown and pushers are original and genuine Omega parts, but I´dont know about crono hand .

Plastic glass with some scratchs , but I prefer don´t touch , cause is part of his own history.
Caseback stamped 145.012-67 SP / HF inside
Bracelet is original Omega 1039 flat links with 516 ends and dated 1 / 69.

This watch is not for sale, regarding Argentine insurance´s cover value 10 K , + 10 % for replacement / Lost profit

Attached some pics.

I ´ll appreciate all comments about this beautifill watch !! , specially chrono hand

Thank you !!

Best,

You need to start a new thread for this.
 
Amaza
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Back on the block, starting at 40k£... Dial looks quite stunning.

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I bet he paid a fraction of the £40k for it. I remember an example of an Omega 2915 very low serial totally original including original bracelet with 6 end pieces which a very inexperienced forager/trader/buyer here in New Zealand bought from an unsuspecting seller for around $NZ500.00 -1000 and the buyer had no idea what he actually had. Ended up selling it on Ebay for around £20,000 from memory. FWIW.
 
EdtheAussie
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Raymondo5508 Raymondo5508
I bet he paid a fraction of the £40k for it. I remember an example of an Omega 2915 very low serial totally original including original bracelet with 6 end pieces which a very inexperienced forager/trader/buyer here in New Zealand bought from an unsuspecting seller for around $NZ500.00 -1000 and the buyer had no idea what he actually had. Ended up selling it on Ebay for around £20,000 from memory. FWIW.

When I was chatting with the seller the first time he listed, it seemed he thought he just had a run of the mill speedmaster.
 
Dero13
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I think he would have been better off starting at .99
 
mancio
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Dero13 Dero13
I think he would have been better off starting at .99
For enjoy people fighting till dead for having it....
🍿🍿
 
Amaza
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What I find amazing is that these treasures keep surfacing the market relatively often given their rarity.
 
Delbok
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There’s a good chance this ends up in an auction house as the seller has posted it several times at different prices, you can hardly trust if he is going to sell it at some point on eBay if he sees the auction reaching incredible amounts... sometimes people change their mind when they have to receive some big money
 
bags1971
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i know he's been offered 40k for it and is aware of selling at big auction houses but does want to sell it on ebay it seems
 
Spacefruit
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Raymondo5508 Raymondo5508
I bet he paid a fraction of the £40k for it. I remember an example of an Omega 2915 very low serial totally original including original bracelet with 6 end pieces which a very inexperienced forager/trader/buyer here in New Zealand bought from an unsuspecting seller for around $NZ500.00 -1000 and the buyer had no idea what he actually had. Ended up selling it on Ebay for around £20,000 from memory. FWIW.

I remember that watch, I was the underbidder, and I know where it went, Oh, those were the days.
 
rcs914
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So the new listing already has 2 bids, and is over $51K. Maybe starting there wasn't such a bad idea for the seller.
 
Dero13
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They are private bids so you have to take it with a grain of salt. Will be interesting if it comes up for sale again after the auctions over
 
ndgal
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rcs914 rcs914
So the new listing already has 2 bids, and is over $51K. Maybe starting there wasn't such a bad idea for the seller.

There were 3 bids actually.
A bid for £45,000 has been retracted earlier today (about a minute after it was originally placed).



I wonder if the seller follows this forum.
The watch was sitting for about 20 hours with no bids since listed, a few posts here questioning the strategy of listing for 40K... and boom, 2 bids within less than 50 minutes apart...

And here's another fun little eBay quirk; on the mobile site you can actually see the (scrambled/partial) bidder user IDs, even though the auction is private.
They are not clickable though, so not much help in somewhat validating their legitimacy.

 
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And here's another fun little eBay quirk; on the mobile site you can actually see the (scrambled/partial) bidder user IDs, even though the auction is private.

I've always wondered if those "(scrambled/partial) bidder user IDs" are actually just a random combination of letters and numbers?
 
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