I agree that the number one thing is that it makes you smile and you enjoy it.
I think in general unless you get lucky and chance upon something somewhere random it's safer to buy watches from the private sales section here where you're more likely to get a good honest watch and a pleasant buying experience (I'm sure these guys will happily let someone know pretty quickly if they're listing something dodgy!).
But saying that my first purchase was from eBay and it's a bit over polished but still gets the most wear as I worry less about damaging it than the others and it still makes me happy so it's all good
I go to a stack of auctions every month with work and I've seen professionals hawking much worse redials as perfectly good watches so you're/ we're doing ok!
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