Fishing in October

Hi,

I went fishing this morning at a large watch fair and - against my expectations - it was a really good fair. I saw several Speedmasters, some too much polished, some with too much patina, Ed Whites for 11.000 euro (including rusty hands) and 145.012's for the same.

My eyes fell on a 145.022 from 1974 with:

- orginal bezel (which enjoyed a lot of sun)
- clean dial
- nice hands
- correct caseback (outside and inside)
- movement number which falls in accepted ranges
- no papers, no box

The seller said he couldn't open the watch, but he didn't know I never leave home without mr. Pahawi's opener. So, I was very happy the seller was positive to open it with this tool and I could do a quick inspection. I am not a watchmaker, but I could see a movementnumber which falls in the accepted ranges and a movement with no remarkable points.

Negotiating was not very difficult, so this one (see photo) is from today mine. Happy!

Last but not least, I received some very positive feedback from several people on my opener, many thanks to the inventor.

Matth

Looks very pleasing, congrats!
kind regards Max

Oh what a find. Always wanted a ghost bezel!