If you can't beat'em, join'em.

larryganz

I. hate. You.

Fished in...

Riviera Paradise

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?

pitpro

< HAD

gatorcpa

Still on the fence on the LV bags.

Only because I know your wife! 😁

larryganz

I. hate. You.

Fished in...

U ulackfocus

....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. 🙄 🙁

U ulackfocus

I'll go to almost any length to set up a prank. 😉

I believe the proper word nowadays is "OWN3D". 😜

Yeah, that's possible on any given day. Luckily for me, this time it was part of the gag.

😝

SeanO

if he had said X33 or Flightmaster I might have been fooled.