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·Dear All,
I have been thinking about getting a Speedy for a while and have finally narrowed it down to getting a 145.012 (321 movement) or 145.022 (861 movement).
While the 861 movement is relatively easy to find, I have recently gotten the opportunity to buy the 321 movement as well.
As you can expect the price difference is significant (about 7500 USD), and I would like to ask you if this price difference is reasonable given the details below.
While both are within my reach financially, the 321 is a bit more than I was planning to spend originally, but I think I would be willing to pay the extra given the right watch that I can really see becoming a core piece in what I hope becomes a <5 piece (luxury) collection.
145.012 (321 movement) details:
Will try to post some pictures later if I can.
Thank you so much for your time and help!
I have been thinking about getting a Speedy for a while and have finally narrowed it down to getting a 145.012 (321 movement) or 145.022 (861 movement).
While the 861 movement is relatively easy to find, I have recently gotten the opportunity to buy the 321 movement as well.
As you can expect the price difference is significant (about 7500 USD), and I would like to ask you if this price difference is reasonable given the details below.
While both are within my reach financially, the 321 is a bit more than I was planning to spend originally, but I think I would be willing to pay the extra given the right watch that I can really see becoming a core piece in what I hope becomes a <5 piece (luxury) collection.
145.012 (321 movement) details:
- Stating the obvious but by far the rarer choice
- One of the main draws for me is that this is the first Speedy with the lyre lugs, so looking like a regular 861/1861/3861 movment Speedy to the untrained is kind of cool to me. Tbh, the lyre lug design is my favorite part about the Speedy
- This piece has what seems to me like an original decimal bezel. To be completely honest, I like the look of the standard tachymeter bezel more but same here, having that extra touch of difference indistinguishable to the untrained eye is nice for me (you can tell me if you think that's ridiculous I don't mind haha)
- Obviously polished but doesn't seem to be too bad
- Not sure if it's the original bracelet but seems to be a flat link bracelet (1039) from around the same time period (1960s)
- Watch seems to be working fine within +-30 seconds accuracy/day
- Watch dealer is one of the most famous one's in my geography so I think I can trust what they say but even they don't seem to know the full service history. They confirmed that they have not changed any movement parts since they got the watch (again, don't know about before though?). Only part that seems to have been replaced are the (lume of the) hour/minute hands (The tritium was lighting differently compared to the indices)
Will try to post some pictures later if I can.
Thank you so much for your time and help!