I was poking about in my site and came across this assessment of the last "World Record Speedmaster"
https://speedmaster101.com/blog/phillips-2915-1-sold-for-412000/
I also make reference to the Bukowski Speedmaster, and I feel that it may be the most honest of all three
There is a photo of it and a link to all original sources on the page
Many thanks. If that Phillips one (400k) is a relume that puts a lot of top watches in question don’t you think? Look how perfect Michaels 2998 is a few pages back - I don’t believe or imply that’s a relume …just a perfect comparison.
The hands have moldy edges and the plots have some darker patches too.
Ofcourse I know nothing really, but can’t help to follow the adage of ‘ignore the sellers description and listen to your eyes’ (as when it comes to auctions and money to be made prudence puts big houses in the same category as eBay/catawiki etc)…if this was relumed, when could it have been done? In the 60s, due to someone not wanting radium?
I would show mine off but not a hint of brown in sight, if anything the dial is going a nice graphite colour and the bezel has a hint of blue..
Yes, it is ridiculous, these total A-holes showing tropical Speedmasters all over the net today now thinking their watches are worth fortunes.
Here’s mine 😁
This looks like it’s gonna kill my attempts at a 2998 - I’ve been chasing a few recently and contacted a seller last night about a watch that no where near competes with a watch from the auction. Price asked was $135k and a link to the Phillips auction provided
This kind of behavior is childish and completely beneath the standards of this community. Here’s mine:
I understand the excitement if you are sitting on an early brown dial straight lug but one swallow doesn’t make a summer. Speedy values have languished for quite a while. For one watch to suddenly hit 10x the price of the previous one might indicate a massive step change in values across the board or just that it was a questionable outlier. The next auction will indicate if there is a pattern.
I don’t envy William trying to work out how to factor this watch into his price sheet. Does it really mean a 2915-1 is worth all the others put together? And then some. Does a rising tide float all boats?
This kind of behavior is childish and completely beneath the standards of this community. Here’s mine:
After this btw, the elves are going to be out there trying to assemble 2915s, making more fake listings, cooking up 321 dials in ovens to get that same tropical patina, the money does invite that
I understand the excitement if you are sitting on an early brown dial straight lug but one swallow doesn’t make a summer. Speedy values have languished for quite a while. For one watch to suddenly hit 10x the price of the previous one might indicate a massive step change in values across the board or just that it was a questionable outlier. The next auction will indicate if there is a pattern.
I don’t envy William trying to work out how to factor this watch into his price sheet. Does it really mean a 2915-1 is worth all the others put together? And then some. Does a rising tide float all boats?
Absolute beauty my friend!
