Hi everyone, I have the opportunity to buy a 145.022-69 with the straight writing caseback, 32m serial and a 1039 bracelet with 516 endlinks. although the crystal is really scratched (easily fixes) it seems like a decent example Do you guys see anything out of the ordinary or alarming? The price is 5000 euros, would that be fair?
Wow, it has certainly lived a life but all seems to be correct. This is mine.. Old pic on a different strap.
Yes it looks rough unfortunately, but i´m hoping that it would cleans up nicely after a service and plexi polish! If the watch and its parts are correct and the price is right i might go for it.
It lived but that makes it’s charm! The dial looks ok from what I can see. Was it relumed ? I think a good service and clean up and the watch would be great. The price is a bit high for me as you’ll have to service it and the bezel is not so good and bracelet is a bit tired. Does it have an extract of archives? If you can reduce from the selling price the service I’ll go for it. It all depends on how you feel when you see it and have it in hands (if you can) and the budget you are willing to put to restore it. What ever your choice it’s a good buy watch. I recently bought a misprint 145.022-69 for 5100€ with extract and serviced. Here is a picture with a DNN replacement bezel and the original bezel:
Honestly, I cant tell for sure from these pictures, they dont look relumed to me and the owner says they're original too.
For 5000 euros id say its a good buy. Doesn’t look relumed; case, bezel and dial are in good shape. Crown and pushers appear original. Minor crystal polish, maybe a bracelet tightening and you have a great find for less than 6000
Lovely watch. Does anyone else see lume missing on the 11 and 12 plots or does it just appear that way due to the position of the light source in the lume photo? In one of the daylight shots those plots appear whiter but maybe it's my eyes playing tricks.
Buy it! The dial and hands look quite nice under those scratches and it should clean up nicely and have plenty of stories to tell. You can see some missing lume in the black light pic, but I don't think it should be a deal breaker.
Case is fairly polished but overall I think it's charming, I don't know if it's worth 5k EUR with a bracelet in that bad condition, but I think it's worth negotiating.
$6k US? No wonder the thread on best 10K Speedmaster has fizzled. But a nice new crystal will make it pop.