Omega 2915-1 “Speedmaster” at UK Auction

This watch was a bargain, if you can use the parts
The bezel and hands were real, and will change another watch from undesirable to desirable.
A truly correct 2915 is worth 125,000 + unless it has attraction issues. Usually more if it has minimal damage.
Recently an auction house sold a 2915 for about 50,000 with wrong hands and wrong bezel…
Put the two together….

Look at it from the other side. You possibly helped the sellers get more reasonable compensation for the watch. So you may have really helped them out.

The bridge looks to be without the pink plating, which indicates it may have come from a compatible Tissot or Lemania chronograph movement.

Regarding the watch itself, the price at auction seems to make some sense as a parts donor for other watches. Even the incorrect dial would have significant value for a collector with the right movement and case.

I don’t have any issue with the “outing” of this or any other auction on forums like these while still active. It helps to insure that a healthy market continues to exist for vintage watches through online channels. I feel bad if someone had to pay more than if this were in a a more opaque setting, but if we are helping the market for everyone on an equal basis, the benefits outweigh the costs, even if I have to pay more occasionally. Note that I am not the purchaser here.

I would not be surprised if the buyer turned out to be Omega, as the parts could be more valuable to them than to anyone else.
gatorcpa

We have always discussed things like this in progress here irrespective of whether it would be good or bad for the auction, the fact that Timezone used to ban any discussion of price or auctions was one of the pet peeves I had before we began here. 321 Speedmasters at auction are rarely secret anyway and I don’t think a transparent discussion is a bad thing, flattening out the market and reducing arbitrage opportunities within the vintage Omega world was one of our aims anyway.

Neither would I.

However, I’m not going to be upset if someone else does it. They don’t know what I’m watching or bidding on.
gatorcpa

Good morning from Sweden!

This post has become very interesting and entertaining!
Those of you who have read my previous posts know by now that I love auctions!
And have made several posts both before and after auctions.

When it comes to auction houses, the majority of these have their own website,
a number of which are then in turn connected to portals/sales platforms.
Anyone can open an account there and then sign up for a wish list,
where you then receive emails for the type of watch you are interested in.

This is, of course, to reach as many potential bidders as possible.
And their reach and target audience are significantly larger than our Forum here.

Many people here know about this and maybe even have accounts on several of them?

As for this watch, I received an email about it a while ago,
of course I looked at it and thought about it for a while.
But I don't have the knowledge when it comes to the older Speedmasters,
and that I didn't succeed so well last time when I followed a 2998-3 that I made a post about.
So I let it go and moved on to other things…

The thing is, you can't believe you're alone about a watch you find online.
If I who live in Northern Europe, receive an email from an auction house in England (or from somewhere else in the world),
then it's obvious that there are a lot more that got the same message.

After that, it is up to everyone to invest the time and energy required to understand the watch and its value.
Trying to hang the OP regarding this watch is quite naive and childish!
Those who knew the watch and its true value have long since read about it, asked for more pictures,
maybe even gone to the auction house to feel it in the flesh and made up their Masterplan.

To think that someone sees this thread three hours before the bidding and decides to join the bidding is probably not that likely.
Those who bid seriously and stuck around until the end were very well-read and knew what they were getting into.

You must understand that you are never alone with a watch that you have found online,
you just need to understand its true value and have a good plan of action and follow it.

Today is Midsummer in Sweden and we Swedes love to celebrate!

So take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Oh, I’m quite sure.

Even if someone hacks my watch list in eBay, they cannot know my intentions. I always use a third-party sniper to bid. I’ll take my chances on someone hacking both eBay and the sniper.

I’m just not that interesting.
gatorcpa

It’s actually very simple:
If it’s on my watchlist, I want silence.
If it’s on my sell list I want it talked about as much as possible.

Clear? lol 😎
I get it from both sides of the argument. But I do agree with Ash, a healthy market is best for all.

And to the above, collectors love finding bargains too, not just dealers.