Not a big fan of buying from retail dealers, but this 145.012 looks pretty good and reasonably priced. It's gotta be TGTBT. What am I missing? Has anyone dealt with "Craft & Tailored" in LA before?

 

Define reasonably priced?
There is no lume on the dial, to me it's not worth much.

 

Less than $7,000 but more than $8,000

 

i wonder if any of the hands are from the same watch.

dial lume is missing.

what is it that attracted you to this particular watch?

 

I swear this watch was posted today with different pictures...

Edit

Nope it was a 105 with the same gradient hand lume.

 

My nephew is now getting into vintage watches and has a limited budget. I thought a not too expensive pre-moon Speedmaster with a 321 would be a good starting point.

 

It's possible. I don't know where else Craft & Tailored posts.

 

What am I missing here? Does this answer require a PhD in math or finance

 

Always thought that posting exact prices was frowned on, so I was being a bit coy. Asking is right between the two.

 

Ok, between $7000 & $8000

 

Correct.

 

I have sent lots of pieces to LAWW over time and though I never had them do a relume, I hear they do a nice job. Again, trying to get a good basic starter vintage piece on a budget for the nephew.

 

Nice colour variety on the bridges.

 

Boy I wish I had your kind of budget. Haha.

 

No doubt that is a big chunk of change.

 

Yea that balance bridge looks a bit brighter then the rest

 

Yeah, like others have said - the main deal breaker to me is that the lume is gone. With the dial being the foremost factor in the value of these watches, I wouldn't be interested in that... I'd rather have a stunning dial in a terrible case than vise-versa.

 

Spacefruit, can I interpret that to mean that the balance bridge looks like a later addition?

 

I’m no expert here but generally when the parts in side the movement are different colors like that they didn’t leave the factory together

 

Nice looking DON though