Ed White

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Dial looks washed out (lume removed), hands may be service or relumed, case refinished (not very well), good bezel. Typical dealer's watch (and dealer's pictures, slightly overexposed to hide small defects)? May look better relumed... as it is, meh.

If you haven't looked already: http://speedmaster101.com/105-003/ , lots of pictures of how it should look.
 
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Pass on case and dial alone, unless the price is unreasonably good.
 
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Is it one you're considering buying?

What are your thoughts on it?
 
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Looks at 3 and 8 hour markers

Looks at color tweaked photos.

Hint if you can’t tell if it’s a ghost bezel or black bezel... the photos are hiding something.
 
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No Bueno, Amigo.....

Run, do not walk to the nearest exit.
 
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Please take a look at the pictures at tell me what you think!

Relative to what? A great example? Whether it's a good or bad deal at the price offered?
 
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There are 3 nice Ed Whites on the for sale forum that are better than this example. Consider those.
 
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Just nasty. Replaced hands etc etc. BTW the watch has 19mm lugs so if they can’t be bothered to find a strap that fits properly what else are they taking short cuts on.
 
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As all others are pointing out: Case looks soft, dial washed. Hands look like service hands to my eye.
It all depends on the price...
 
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I wouldn’t be able to get over the polished lugs, esp since the beauty of an Ed White are the lugs themselves.
 
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Dial has no more lume. Probably the “too white effect” depends on the filters used in the pictures. You may look how the same practice works on the case signs.
Hands were certainly replaced.
Perhaps the selling price (that we don’t know) could be good for a catch. At the right price everything has sense.
Instead, without movement and caseback photos i think we can’t consider nothing more.
 
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Just nasty. Replaced hands etc etc. BTW the watch has 19mm lugs so if they can’t be bothered to find a strap that fits properly what else are they taking short cuts on.
I think that is a very good point.
 
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I wouldn’t be able to get over the polished lugs, esp since the beauty of an Ed White are the lugs themselves.

That's like saying the beauty of a particular woman in just in her wonderful set of...well, you get the picture. I think the Ed White has a great integrated aesthetic, that goes beyond just the lugs.

As all others are pointing out: Case looks soft, dial washed. Hands look like service hands to my eye.
It all depends on the price...
Dial has no more lume. Probably the “too white effect” depends on the filters used in the pictures. You may look how the same practice works on the case signs.
Hands were certainly replaced.
Perhaps the selling price (that we don’t know) could be good for a catch. At the right price everything has sense.
Instead, without movement and caseback photos i think we can’t consider nothing more.

Yes, and yes. There are issues for sure, but none that can't be overcome by a killer price.
 
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That's like saying the beauty of a particular woman in just in her wonderful set of...well, you get the picture. I think the Ed White has a great integrated aesthetic, that goes beyond just the lugs.




Yes, and yes. There are issues for sure, but none that can't be overcome by a killer price.

12k Euro, killer price in fact.😀

..and it seems to have sold on Ebay. Maybe to the vanished Thread opener?
 
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There are 3 nice Ed Whites on the for sale forum that are better than this example. Consider those.
Any in the uk?