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Endlink authentication - numbers 6, 506, and 516

Varnado
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They are good and I would have paid $1300 for those myself. Next time let me know oddboy!
 
Westy1969
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Unbelievable how much these little buggsrs cost I’m after some 506s but am struggling
 
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In my personal search for both 6's and 506's, I came to the conclusion that the latter is harder to find but yet cheaper than 6's.
Go figure 😕
 
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oddboy oddboy
they arrived. Score, I think!
From Malta? This seller seems to have a number of these #6 links for sale every other quarter. Nice score.
 
Varnado
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They look good, but my only concern is the placement of the number 6. Seems very close to the side of the link on one and more centered on the other. Certainly could be a manufacturing variance but, it looks peculiar. Other than that I think they are legit.
 
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Did a little photoshop work. See if you can see what I am talking about. Maybe its just poor tolerances in manufacturing, but these two end links are different.
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oddboy
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It was a bit of an odd angle too. I'll see if I can get a better pic...
 
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There is definitely a bit of variation between them, I've got 3 noticeably different versions that came off watches that were definitely original and the tolerances really are pretty ordinary across all of them. There are also similarly many different variations of the #4 endlink which is so common and un-sought after that nobody would bother making fakes of.
 
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What's the going rate on a pair of 506 end links? Had a search but seems they rarely come up for sale.
 
w154
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Trialanderror Trialanderror
What's the going rate on a pair of 506 end links? Had a search but seems they rarely come up for sale.
Expensive 😲

I think they’re probably just north of a good pair of 516s. I’d guess around €800-1000 depending on condition.
 
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Any opinions on these which just sold on eBay recently for a decent price?

Just a word of caution if anyone is thinking of bidding on #6 end links offered on eBay by the seller from Malta, he shill bids his auctions.

He uses (at least) one other account r***m(25) to bump up prices of items he sells at auction format.
You'll notice that the bidding history of r***m (25) shows that he only bids on this seller's items.
(In the bidding history page the username shows as t***n (25) as eBay scrambles the username differently on each page you click, but it's the same account).




 
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Old thread resurrection to keep from starting yet another thread on this topic.
Just looking for confirmation that these end links are indeed fake/reproductions. The "6" doesnt look right to me, no knob and font is off I think but just want to double check with the experts. The inner "lines" are either non existent or sort of scratched on to my eyes. Again, I think they are not authentic but if I am wrong please correct me.
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