Late night impulse buys

sheepdoll · Feb 2, 2023

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The seller accepted my BIN offer which was just before I went to bed last night. Some weeks ago I got some Ladies F1 that are missing bezels. Will be interesting to see if this fits. (One forgets to check the shipping cost when impulse buying shippin is almost as much as the item.)

I resisted rushing out to throw more mony after Val-72 parts. I did however grab an AS 1194 balance for cheap.

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Hopefully there is a balance in the container.

MRC · Feb 2, 2023

Ohmeguh
After a lengthy shipping delay it has just arrived. This is absolutely stunning and in mint condition in person. There are zero flaws on the beautiful gilt dial and the lume is bright orange all around. I also happen to have a lead for the original crystal. Impulse buy turns into one of my best acquisitions of all time.🥰

Love those lugs! I have not seen a dibs yet, so please register mine.

But you would have to a damn fool to sell it :whipped:

sheepdoll · Feb 4, 2023

The AS 1194 balance arrived this evening. Was not expected till Monday. There was a balance in the container. Too bad Val-72 balances are not as plentiful.

The Heuer bezel is coming from the UK. So I suspect it will be some weeks before I see it.

Spruce · Feb 5, 2023

Whilst not hugely into new micro brands (although I recently bought a nearly new Dan Henry Gran Turismo 1964) I’ve always liked the look of the Baltic HMS1 & HMS2 38mm automatic.

Spotted this on eBay for £310 in nearly new condition and with all the boxes and paraphernalia included. I think there’s still around 18 months left on the warranty.

The other attractions included free postage and, because the seller and I are both UK based, no import tax.

Another late night (well, evening) foray that I hope I don’t regret.

Alpha · Feb 5, 2023

A lovely convivial evening with friends and our arrival back home I checked the Bay on this Bulova I had been watching and the rest is history 😀

I think I just may give it an outing tomorrow 👍

JwRosenthal · Feb 5, 2023

Alpha
A lovely convivial evening with friends and our arrival back home I checked the Bay on this Bulova I had been watching and the rest is history 😀

I think I just may give it an outing tomorrow 👍

Hubba-hubba!

joeshoup · Feb 6, 2023

Last week, sometime around midnight, I made a low but not unreasonable offer on this one, and to my surprise it was accepted:

Looks to me like a ref 3640 from the mid 30s. Pretty much the Longines version of the Omega medicus, but I haven't seen one quite like it. Inside is a caliber 290 with center seconds complication - fun to see in such an early watch! Can't wait for it to arrive next week!

DoctorEvil · Feb 6, 2023

Was looking for a dressier watch to complement my SMP and Speedy FOIS. Pulled the trigger late one evening on this Aqua Terra as it was supposedly in new, unworn condition with box and papers and I couldn't resist the price:

Found out the following day that the watch I would be getting would not be the same one as in the photo, not all the cards were present as pictured, they "needed a few days to get the watch from the warehouse" before I could get pictures etc. Pulled the plug immediately. Breathed a sigh of relief as I really preferred the blue dial version anyway and was glad that I could cancel the deal without financial penalty.

Spruce · Feb 6, 2023

DoctorEvil
Was looking for a dressier watch to complement my SMP and Speedy FOIS. Pulled the trigger late one evening on this Aqua Terra as it was supposedly in new, unworn condition with box and papers and I couldn't resist the price:

Found out the following day that the watch I would be getting would not be the same one as in the photo, not all the cards were present as pictured, they "needed a few days to get the watch from the warehouse" before I could get pictures etc. Pulled the plug immediately. Breathed a sigh of relief as I really preferred the blue dial version anyway and was glad that I could cancel the deal without financial penalty.

My 'like' is for your relief rather than the watch 😀

DoctorEvil · Feb 6, 2023

Spruce
My 'like' is for your relief rather than the watch 😀

Thanks. It was the first time I had ever tried buying a watch online and I wasn't alert to ploys such as the use of stock photos. I should have known better given that some of the seller's photos looked very similar to those used in a couple of other listings. It could also have been that there were photos showing protective stickers on the watch and this sucked me in. The listing also said "photo is of the actual watch". The seller was supposedly a professional dealer in Japan. Lost in translation maybe?

Spruce · Feb 6, 2023

DoctorEvil
Thanks. It was the first time I had ever tried buying a watch online and I wasn't alert to ploys such as the use of stock photos. I should have known better given that some of the seller's photos looked very similar to those used in a couple of other listings. It could also have been that there were photos showing protective stickers on the watch and this sucked me in. The listing also said "photo is of the actual watch". The seller was supposedly a professional dealer in Japan. Lost in translation maybe?

Don’t let it discourage you. I buy most of my watches online - although my watches are generally worth much less

Timetron · Feb 6, 2023

Mine started like this:

I was still awake at 2:30am so I went to the website...

A couple of clicks later ended up like this...

So fresh! I have not received a shipping notification yet...

JwRosenthal · Feb 6, 2023

Timetron
Mine started like this:

I was still awake at 2:30am so I went to the website...

A couple of clicks later ended up like this...

So fresh! I have not received a shipping notification yet...

That’s pure sexy right there.

sheepdoll · Feb 10, 2023

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I give up.

I do not think I am going to find the missing cannon pinion stuck to the iPhone case magnet. Now I get to wait for this to arrive. Wonder how many distractions I will have between now and then.

I am still waiting for the pink Tag/Heur bezel. I wonder which I will get first. (The Val-72 parts to not qualify -- that was pre-meditated zombie influenced madness, as that watch keeps threatening to eat my brains.)

sheepdoll · Feb 15, 2023

That was weird. Midnight package delivery. Although USPS says it was delivered after 9PM. I thought I would check on the status before bed. Said it was delivered. Sure enough there it was in the mailbox. It came from Canada and the package says Canada Postes. Those geese sure seem to work late.

Good thing I checked as mail gets stolen from time to time in this neighborhood.

Technically this does not count, as these were the Zombie Val-72 parts, which did arrive before the others. Still it is Midnight madness.

sheepdoll · Feb 16, 2023

Everything came at once. Well the 8200 came at midnight the other night.

Here is the pink impulse test fitted onto the watch. It even came with the plastic spring clip. I think it goes well with the rusted hands. Now I need to get a pink rhinestone from the craft store for the index. I think I will also use the craft store glow in the dark glitter to re lume the hands. Perhaps they have pink lume.
Still have not taken the electronics apart to see if I can get them to work. I put a battery in the other one and it has been running for weeks.

Of course getting the cannon pinion is not enough. So last night I made an offer on a 351 sweep hand. Then I notice it said seller is away till Sunday. But they accepted my offer. So next up is this.

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Too bad I did not order it last week, midnight, as it is the same seller I got the canon pinion from.

Get Omega hands while you can, because these things are becoming the proverbial hens teeth. The seller had more than one and came down from the already overpriced discount. I still think I am paying more for the hand than I did for the watch decades ago. But as they say In for a penny in for a pound. Only 19 and six yet to go give or take a bob or two.

RevZMan123 · Feb 17, 2023

sheepdoll

Everything came at once. Well the 8200 came at midnight the other night.

Here is the pink impulse test fitted onto the watch. It even came with the plastic spring clip. I think it goes well with the rusted hands. Now I need to get a pink rhinestone from the craft store for the index. I think I will also use the craft store glow in the dark glitter to re lume the hands. Perhaps they have pink lume.
Still have not taken the electronics apart to see if I can get them to work. I put a battery in the other one and it has been running for weeks.

Of course getting the cannon pinion is not enough. So last night I made an offer on a 351 sweep hand. Then I notice it said seller is away till Sunday. But they accepted my offer. So next up is this.

Too bad I did not order it last week, midnight, as it is the same seller I got the canon pinion from.

Get Omega hands while you can, because these things are becoming the proverbial hens teeth. The seller had more than one and came down from the already overpriced discount. I still think I am paying more for the hand than I did for the watch decades ago. But as they say In for a penny in for a pound. Only 19 and six yet to go give or take a bob or two.

That's a pretty cool patch up job so far.

I'll have to start hitting up cheap Omega auctions ... er, more cheap Omega auctions that is.

sheepdoll · Feb 17, 2023

RevZMan123
That's a pretty cool patch up job so far.

I'll have to start hitting up cheap Omega auctions ... er, more cheap Omega auctions that is.

Cheap, Omega, Auctions, you only get to pick two of three.

I'd be wary of cheap Omega stuff. It is well picked over. One really has to look and know what one is bidding on. I literally got half a pinion in lot of used watchmaker parts. While the 351 plate was sold with a good balance. The plate itself was worn out and the included center wheel was bent.

A lot of the sellers are just selling bulk items. Others use old practices, like removing single parts from packing. I try and look for stuff in the mfgs package when possible. Some times these parts are being sold under the 'Art and jewelry' part of the heading.

Currently I think there is still some value to be found in the smaller calibers and ladies watches (Now called unisex.) Cocktail watches are their own category. I am amazed how quickly these get bid up on Goodwill.

Now when I think about it. Most of the watch material purchases have been offers on buy it now. Why they are late night impulses. Often offers on items that have been listed for months. Also usually after I have been on the bench all day and have lost or broken something completely different.

By the time the part arrives, I have already looked through three other projects.

ghce · Feb 17, 2023

After watching a reality TV program ( Aussie Gold Hunters) I almost made an impulse buy of one of these

But thankfully common sense set in, well until tomorrow night 😁

https://www.minelab.com/metal-detectors/gpx-6000

gatorcpa · Feb 19, 2023

I was having a text message session with a couple of watch collecting friends Friday night, when this watch and its silver box popped up as for sale in the “Recents” feed here on OF.

A couple of PM’s, a visit to PayPal and a package arrived Saturday afternoon.

Probably my most expensive impulse buy, but I think I did well. The dial spots are superficial in the lacquer. I’ll leave them alone. The question is whether I’ll polish up the box. Think I’ll start with the inside cover and see how it goes.

gatorcpa

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