Did anybody see this on eBay this week? Did I miss something. Sold the 9k USD. Hands were incorrect but original hands were present. I figured it would get snatched up right away but it lingered for several days. Just curious.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/283702948097

Did anyone here snag this?

pics

 

What makes this special?

 

One word: OmegaRolex

 

Saw this one as well. Dial is a pass for most people I guess.
"The original dial has original tritium lume at the 2, and 9-11 indices and has been relumed at noon, 1, and 3-8 indices."

 

That's two words. lol

 

No beauty, but thats a good price.

 

Because the late Chuck Maddox said so...

 

U just gotta find a good dial... some where

 

Nice guy, but not always right.

 

In his day, he was right...but that was with much less information that is available today.
If Chuck were around today, there is no question he would be in the forefront of vintage watch research.
He left us too soon

 

Isn’t that the wrong dial entirely?

 

No, correct holy grail dial.

 

Help me with the dial.

To me it looks correct as well as the other essential parts of the watch.

 

The dial also looked correct to me.

 

Gotta have the cool 1450 bracelet though.

 

I've always wondered the same. moribund movement and basically looks like just a slightly larger version of some reduced models, albeit with an additional complication at 12:00. I guess low production/sales/demand=special.

 

I think the watch was made special by the fact that it is relatively uncommon and in the days when little information was available, Chuck Maddox wrote quite a bit about it and brought it to the attention of the collector community. You could ask yourself if that is enough to make it special and justify the price. Same thing can be asked of people who are willing to pay a premium for a Speedmaster with an orange hand..... To each his own...

 

It was more regarding the OP watch I was thinking, not Chuck's epic and impressive pre-Internet research.

You only have to pop the back on a so-called grail to tell you all you need. Inside is part Swatch, part John Deere. If it weren't for his epic search I doubt Chuck would have been all that impressed had it been readily available.

"It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive"

 

The OP watch was Chuck's Holly Grail

I have mine.

You can have yours, too.

Chuck also called it his Holy Grail as he couldn't find one.

This whole Holy Grail reaction does remind me a bit of The Monty Python unwilling messiah. Skip to 1:20 and think watch collectors

 

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