Gone fishing -- 1976 Speedmaster 145.022

dennisthemenace

Sometimes it is difficult to tell on these casebacks, at a glance the 76 looks like 78, but this one is definitely 76.

bunthit

Hi everyone I recently took a bet on this eBay listing:

This is my first speedy pro after many MK IIs and I would love everyone's thoughts.

I believe it has the correct C2 dial, movement is 39,185,XXX, inside case back marked -76 HF, and an earlier Type 7 bracelet.

Any feedback appreciated since this is my first pro.

rcs914

On a side note, looking at the auction, how did the "Authenticity Guarantee" process work for you?

steffe

This made me kind of sentimental since my first Speedmaster was a -74 with the (too early) 1116 bracelet

bunthit

Thanks everyone for the feedback -- I am very happy with how the watch turned out. One case where the pictures being bad was fine... also I would suggest not taking pictures on a shag carpet.



The "Authenticity Guarantee" didn't really do much. The seller said he could ship to me or to the authentication people I said to send to them out of curiosity. It added a day or two to ship times. Once the item got to them they seemed to have repackaged it. They "checked" it added a watch bracelet tamper tag and put it in this eBay case:

The box packaging it came in was also all eBay branded. I am not sure what they did to check or not.



That's a beauty and I do think think the tritium is aging really nicely on a lot of these 1970s speedys. Is it possible some came with the 1116 bracelet? Or does anyone think dealers may have sold them back then and people swapped due to style/comfort/choice? I am just curious why someone would put an older potentially rarer/more expensive band on one and it sounded like yours came with one too.