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• FS Omega Speedmaster 321 ST145012 Age 67 - Vntgess - Thu, 16 July 2015 10:02 (2 clicks)

 

No pictures here....

 

Try this...
FS Omega Speedmaster 321 ST145012 Age 67 - Vntges

No cigar...This is from TZ a few minutes ago. If someone can post this you will understand.
Asking price $2,100.US

 

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=7062906&rid=0#msg_7062906

I'm not a Speedy expert so take absolutely no advice from me but I reckon it looks pretty kosher. I'd be interested to hear if I'm badly wrong on that. The one thing I was a bit iffy about was the lume being too white for the age... and the price obviously

 

First post, registered today, too cheap, hard to believe.

 

It's easy to be cynical when deals like this show up, but maybe the guy doesn't realise what he's selling.
He may well have registered on the first watch site he found on the net just to sell the watch. If he's genuine then he obviously is not a watch enthusiast.

 

Entirely possible, but the listing reads like one posted by someone who knows a bit about watches..

then there's the ethical question - take advantage of a newb and get a decent watch for a steal, or inform him that he's way under market.

Personally, I'd lean towards scam, but could be worth chatting with the guy.

 

Seems to me he knows what he's talking about, with Speedmasters anyway. He knows what 321 is about, he knows how to date via serial number, and he uses terms like pushers, repainted, caseback, thick lugs, etc. He also knows how to recognize an Omega crystal.

 

seems like this one is a candidate for the re-lume yay or nay discussion...

 

Looks like it might have been scraped a bit.

 

After re-reading, it sure sounds like the guy knows what he's doing; offers inspection period, uses all the correct terms and lists all of the information needed...

I received a response via PM, and of course it "was his Father's", everything is functioning perfectly, and he is located in Peru..

His email was very nice, but even through PayPal, I don't think I'm going to pursue this one.

 

Yeah lume scraped off IMO.

 

The bezel alone would go for at least $1100 on eBay

 

The dial has definitely been scraped clean, and there isn't any lume left in the hands. It would make for another interesting piece in regards to the hot debate in this thread: https://omegaforums.net/threads/to-relume-or-leave-be.27193/

 

Absolutely. Gotta leave it! It's got the highly desirable "pale scrape" dial. ;-)

 

Scammer.

Contacted him. After I told him that I was able to have the watch picked up (in Buenos Aires) he demanded to receive advance payment (because he had to pay bills). His email is neilsvintage@something, but suddenly he's called Edwin Chavez. But when I contacted him with another email address and I claimed to be from Argentina myself he had another name and was suddenly located in Spain.

 

But, but, but, I just sent a wire transfer! Oh no!

 

Joking aside, I wonder how many people send money based on those fishing ads.

 

Same here, though I didn't get the "father" thing. Another Peruvian scam.