Any thoughts about who might have one?
Yep!.... I think I know of one 馃槙 ...... but nobody is even remotely interested in it. 馃槦
Isn't yours your father's?
but nobody is even remotely interested in it. 馃槦
I'm sure a lot of members would be interested in it Jonathan, if you were asking a realistic price.
I've asked one or two of our most respected experts and they are not entirely sure of what the right price is.馃榾
Well I'm not sure who those experts are, but I can have a good guess, and to be brutally honest I'm sure they both have a figure in mind that falls far short of your expectations, and are too polite to tell you.
@nonuffinkbloke : I鈥檝e watched your listing (and your previous posts about the watch鈥檚 history) with interest and sympathy. I鈥檒l take a risk and take a crack at your question.
These are all things you already know. Unless a piece is really nice or really unique, the market has almost come to a stop, it seems.
The famous price chart says
Your latest ask:
And the chart鈥檚 description of its categories:
I think you鈥檝e priced it at Good, when it鈥檚 really in between Fair and Good, given the wear and tear evident on the case, dial and hands.
I have a 105.012-66 HF in similar condition that I want to sell but haven鈥檛 bothered to list yet, given how challenging the market has become for less than excellent pieces. Maybe it鈥檒l get better or maybe it鈥檒l get worse, but I know that unless I鈥檓 prepared to price it substantially under the market, it won鈥檛 move.
I hope you鈥檒l forgive me for the presumption (but you did ask). If I really needed to move that watch quickly, I鈥檇 list it for as close to $9.0k as I felt comfortable. But, I might pull it off the market for a few weeks first.
I hope I haven鈥檛 been too brutal. In your position, I鈥檇 want somebody to tell me too. Like I said, my heart goes out to you. This isn鈥檛 just any other watch, it鈥檚 your Dad鈥檚.
Best of luck with it!
Bob
PS - I won鈥檛 bother to tell you to keep your Dad鈥檚 watch, as many have said that already. There鈥檚 nobody for whom that watch is worth more than you and your family. I鈥檇 kill for a Speedy my dad wore.
@nonuffinkbloke : I鈥檝e watched your listing (and your previous posts about the watch鈥檚 history) with interest and sympathy. I鈥檒l take a risk and......I hope I haven鈥檛 been too brutal. In your position, I鈥檇 want somebody to tell me too.....
A well thought out explanation but it does ignore that Jonathan's watch has a brown dial. How to quantify that is tricky but it might a factor for some. Also William's table doesn't include bracelet value, not sure if you have factored that in. Whatever, it is clearly overpriced, if it weren't it would have sold. The slowing market isn't helping either.
Caught me out. You鈥檙e correct. But, the lume plots. To me, they negate the brown dial.
Truthfully, I鈥檝e never been a real brown dial fanboy either. NOS is rarely with a brown dial.
@nonuffinkbloke : I鈥檝e watched your listing (and your previous posts about the watch鈥檚 history) with interest and sympathy. I鈥檒l take a risk and take a crack at your question.
These are all things you already know. Unless a piece is really nice or really unique, the market has almost come to a stop, it seems.
The famous price chart says
Your latest ask:
And the chart鈥檚 description of its categories:
I think you鈥檝e priced it at Good, when it鈥檚 really in between Fair and Good, given the wear and tear evident on the case, dial and hands.
I have a 105.012-66 HF in similar condition that I want to sell but haven鈥檛 bothered to list yet, given how challenging the market has become for less than excellent pieces. Maybe it鈥檒l get better or maybe it鈥檒l get worse, but I know that unless I鈥檓 prepared to price it substantially under the market, it won鈥檛 move.
I hope you鈥檒l forgive me for the presumption (but you did ask). If I really needed to move that watch quickly, I鈥檇 list it for as close to $9.0k as I felt comfortable. But, I might pull it off the market for a few weeks first.
I hope I haven鈥檛 been too brutal. In your position, I鈥檇 want somebody to tell me too. Like I said, my heart goes out to you. This isn鈥檛 just any other watch, it鈥檚 your Dad鈥檚.
Best of luck with it!
Bob
PS - I won鈥檛 bother to tell you to keep your Dad鈥檚 watch, as many have said that already. There鈥檚 nobody for whom that watch is worth more than you and your family. I鈥檇 kill for a Speedy my dad wore.
Thank you Bob, and no, you have not been too brutal at all.馃榿
What I'm after is some clarity on the situation, and I thank you for taking the time and effort to explain your thoughts in such detail.
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I will with give the matter a bit of thought, but I very much appreciate your thoughts on the matter. They make a lot of sense.馃榾
