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Radiumpassion
·This is what dreams are made of🥰
My New Ed White
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rott3
·As soon as I recover from my memomatic cure...I may be looking forward to the speedmaster treatment as well...the question really is ho the hell do you find these specimens?
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CoDiffe
·Would you take $5,000 for it? 😁😉
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Dash1
·What a fantastic example, they just don’t get much better than that. Speedies in particular often seem to lack original papers.
My one (previous) owner EW says hullo:
My one (previous) owner EW says hullo:
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·@Spacefruit Congrats William what a beauty.
My Ed white was was consigned by the original owner and came with it’s box and some paperwork. I had no intention of buying it or even knew it was in the sale. I popped down 1 or 2 days before the sale at lunch time to see a different watch and literally had 10mins at the viewing. Then I saw it in the display case and the rest is history...with some much appreciated help from William.
My Ed white was was consigned by the original owner and came with it’s box and some paperwork. I had no intention of buying it or even knew it was in the sale. I popped down 1 or 2 days before the sale at lunch time to see a different watch and literally had 10mins at the viewing. Then I saw it in the display case and the rest is history...with some much appreciated help from William.
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jimmyd13
·An absolutely superb example which, as you know, comes along once in a decade at best.
The price list raises a question, though: did the original owner buy it new in '69; was it a pre-owned watch; or, did he just collect little pieces of interest over the years?
The price list raises a question, though: did the original owner buy it new in '69; was it a pre-owned watch; or, did he just collect little pieces of interest over the years?
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X vintage
·Stunning to say the least.🥰
May you wear it in good health!
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May you wear it in good health!
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loniscup
·What a beauty!! Congrats 🥰
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nkhandekar
·That is a fantastic watch and deserves to be treated just as you do, and the owner before you. If I were to have this watch its exactly what I would do. Congratulations on a museum quality piece.
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GandOsDad
·Absolutely gorgeous. Museum quality.
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aj_tucker
·Congratulations! A watch of this caliber belongs in the hands of a collector like you.
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josephgsy
·WOW!!!! 😲 Congrats
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donashby
·Time capsule! I find it amazing that people get watches like this new and for some reason never wear them? I guess it is good for us enthusiasts that find them like this any years later. Congratulations!
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Martin_J_N
·Time capsule! I find it amazing that people get watches like this new and for some reason never wear them? I guess it is good for us enthusiasts that find them like this any years later. Congratulations!
That's always amazed me, why buy something never to wear it.
How would anyone know that the watch they get today is going to be the collectible of tomorrow, you don't so why is the watch never or early worn and is in pristine condition. Still I suppose we have to be thankful that there are people who do do that, it keeps the collector happy 😀
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Seaborg
·Funny to see a twisted lugs Speedy with the ref 145.003 in the paper 😗
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··Vintage Omega AficionadoThat's always amazed me, why buy something never to wear it.
How would anyone know that the watch they get today is going to be the collectible of tomorrow, you don't so why is the watch never or early worn and is in pristine condition. Still I suppose we have to be thankful that there are people who do do that, it keeps the collector happy 😀
Accidents (had a watch that was gifted to a young man who shortly thereafter died in a vehicular accident - dad sold it to me locally and we had a handshake deal that I wasn't going to turn around and sell for a profit), sudden moves (another watch I got was one discarded in the garbage after an abrupt move by the family who owned it), retirement gift that is too blingy (meant to be stored rather than worn) or a gift that is particularly valuable to be worn very sparingly (that's why there are way more solid gold vintage omegas in great shape than stainless steel models), unsold stock from a long defunct jewelry store, stock stored in the walls to protect from chaotic external forces (yes this actually happened), bought two with one to keep and one to wear (yes it has happened) and I'm sure many other reasons both common and obscure.
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palatine
·congratulations on such a wonderful piece William
incredible condition
incredible condition
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Martin_J_N
·Accidents (had a watch that was gifted to a young man who shortly thereafter died in a vehicular accident - dad sold it to me locally and we had a handshake deal that I wasn't going to turn around and sell for a profit), sudden moves (another watch I got was one discarded in the garbage after an abrupt move by the family who owned it), retirement gift that is too blingy (meant to be stored rather than worn) or a gift that is particularly valuable to be worn very sparingly (that's why there are way more solid gold vintage omegas in great shape than stainless steel models), unsold stock from a long defunct jewelry store, stock stored in the walls to protect from chaotic external forces (yes this actually happened), bought two with one to keep and one to wear (yes it has happened) and I'm sure many other reasons both common and obscure.
Yes, all of those scenarios would lead to a watch in almost perfect condition.
