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R3D9
·It makes me a little sad that this isn’t true.
Also, e-lady is actually pretty awesome.
Also, e-lady is actually pretty awesome.
If you can't beat'em, join'em.
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ahsposo
··Most fun screen name at ΩFDon't you know the old school WIS way of buying the watch on it's bracelet, then install a strap and stashing the bracelet away for when you sell the watch? This way you can legitimately say the bracelet is LNIB and "unworn". 😉
Uh, huh. But the watch? Beat to shit and made into pudding...
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Taddyangle
·sapphire crystal? 🙁
Hesalite all the way. Might be time to source a birth year Speedy.
Hesalite all the way. Might be time to source a birth year Speedy.
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repoman
·I'm usually terrible at remembering its April Fools day; I get suckered in normally until at least half the day is over. I think its interesting that as soon as I saw the top of the Speedy image in this post, I instantly knew it was April Fools 😁
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Spacefruit
··Prolific Speedmaster HoarderApril Fool ! I forgot.... I was about to pack this dial up for Dennis
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oddboy
·Obviously the April Fool's joke is that he actually bought it!
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M'Bob
·Great post, but a question: are you fairly certain that you will NEVER want a Speedmaster? Have there been any lonely nights when you were just sitting there, cocktail in hand, thinking about how you really do want one, but now that things have gone so far, and you are firmly entrenched in the "other" camp, there is no way, being the Fearless Leader, that you could ever wave the white flag and be seen sporting a killer Ed White?
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cicindela
··Steve @ ΩF
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ulackfocus
·Check THAT out!!!!! If it comes in other pastel colors, you could make a line of LE Easter Speedmasters! 😜
Please tell me you have a pink bezel to go with that. I doesn't have to be a DON.
Great post, but a question: are you fairly certain that you will NEVER want a Speedmaster?
Yes.
Have there been any lonely nights when you were just sitting there, cocktail in hand, thinking about how you really do want one,
No. Never.
there is no way, being the Fearless Leader, that you could ever wave the white flag and be seen sporting a killer Ed White?
If you EVER see me post an Ed White, PM me IMMEDIATELY because it will be for sale right away. 😲
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M'Bob
·....or, in classic Rocky & Bullwinkle alternate title fashion
being the Fearless Leader
Dropped you a major Rocky & Bullwinkle reference...
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ulackfocus
·Doh! Missed it in your post. 😵💫 😟 Next time, type it in a Cold War Russkie accent font so it sticks out.
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Riviera Paradise
·Great April fool's post Dennis😁
So the Basel 2018 CK2998 post where you showed some tentative Speedy love was just part of the elaborate prank...a Queen's sacrifice for today's superb checkmate?
So the Basel 2018 CK2998 post where you showed some tentative Speedy love was just part of the elaborate prank...a Queen's sacrifice for today's superb checkmate?
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Huus
·After your long absence and then this I thought for a moment you may have gone soft in the head.
Luckily for us you 're obviously still the same squirrel.👍 Don't change.
Luckily for us you 're obviously still the same squirrel.👍 Don't change.
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an1030
·Haha 👍
I also just learned that the old instruction manuals were hardcover books from this thread!! 😲
I also just learned that the old instruction manuals were hardcover books from this thread!! 😲
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pitpro
·< HAD
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Syrte
·I'll take the pink bezel 😁
PS - I got had too. Had a hard time believing it though.
PS - I got had too. Had a hard time believing it though.
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorI knew that the second part of the post was a big April Fool from the beginning.
Just kept my mouth (and fingers) shut to see the reactions.
Still on the fence on the LV bags.
Only because I know your wife! 😁
gatorcpa
Just kept my mouth (and fingers) shut to see the reactions.
Still on the fence on the LV bags.
Only because I know your wife! 😁
gatorcpa
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larryganz
·....or, in classic Rocky & Bullwinkle alternate title fashion: "You f🤬ers beat me into submission". (Okay, so it's a very Joizey alternate title. 😜)
I'm sure most of you are aware of the Japanese seller eLady. Occasionally, they send discount codes / coupons to previous customers (which I am, thanks to Enabler Evan / @gatorcpa and a vintage IWC). Well, my wife has been bugging me for some matching accessories for her Louis Vuitton bag that I got her when she received her Masters Degree, so I had to buy these....
....so I could also buy a watch, or she would have probably shot me. You guys all know how it is, right? 😟
Anyway, on to the part we're here for! What most of you don't know, but the moderators do, is that I've come very close a few times to pulling the trigger on an 80's or 90's version of a Speedy. The first time ended up being how we outed a scammer on what we think was a late 70's Moonwatch. The second time was actually buying a watch in mediocre shape - poor dial, but with a good case - to use as a donor to make a franken project using the blue dial & bezel that a member offered here (I think it was @Spacefruit , or maybe @gemini4). I ♥️ Omega's blue dials, and could have made this pretty cheaply. Anyway, neither attempt came to fruition. However, the third time is the charm, so I present my freshly purchased 3573.50 Sapphire Sandwich!
Even at the original price eLady was asking it was a great buy. Add in the discount and free shipping, and I couldn't pass it up. Given that I was going to buy one of the display backs for either of the above watches I ended up passing on, this made sense. So now I've come out of the closet. 🤨 Did I do okay? 😉 😎
ps - the LV stuff became mandatory when I left the listing showing on my computer and Windy caught it. 🙄 🙁
Nice! I wanted a display case-back too, I received my 3572.50 from eLady 10 days ago, and it arrived in perfect condition and the movement looks to have been recently serviced. I promptly installed a white Italian dial mod. If the Sapphire sandwich had also been available my decision would been very tough.
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larryganz
·I. hate. You.
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