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·Greetings Forum Friends!
It is Friday today, and soon time for Afterwork for us Europeans maybe?
But before that, I would once again lika to share an auction that I followed yesterday!
Yepp.... WTF....!!??
Doesn't the Swede give up...
Anyway;
The watch had been up for a while, and a few of you have obviously looked at the auction?
First impression is of course - what had happened to the watch?
But reading the description, there was not much information.
No reference or movement pictures.
And the estimate was ridiculously low (1425 - 2140 € / 1520 - 2295 $ inc the premium),
anybody can google up a decent value!
The auction house added some more info after some time, a one owner, and bought new in 1969.
So I had to start looking at the pictures, and trying to find out more?
The easy part….The crystal is cracked/destroyed, no top pusher, and the crown does not belong to the watch.
The lume plots looked amazing, and the dial looked very promising.
Applied metal Omega logo.
Chronohand had a spear end.
The lume on the hour and minute hands had poured over/bubbled out, maybe condensation?
Wide spaced T:s.
The bezel looked very good, with scratches/marks that would fit the rest of the watch.
The case looked untouched, but sadly with a few serious marks/damages,
the lines where still sharp and very appealing.
The caseback has nice edges, but scratched and also marks after a failed opening.
The pushers did not look lite the ”short and fat” ones, and TBO, I really had a hard time figuring these out.
But I decided it was either a 145.012 or a 145.022.
And the watch was DIRTY!!!
And I liked the watch, so I asked for more pictures and info.
They couldn't open the watch (not the right tool),
and the only additional info I got was that it had never been serviced.
I zoomed in on a couple of the new pictures, and I could se the Omega logo on the crystal which would fit these older references.
So with this in mind, I decided that I would like to bid on the watch.
I checked in on auctionday, and the pre-biding was already up to 6700 € / 7150 $ inc premium
This made me a bit concerned, since there was a lot to do with the watch to make it decent again.
And since I couldnt really assess the dial, I didnt want to take a chance over my budget....
And when the hammer went down, the price landed at 7000 € / 7445 $ inc the premium!
I was sooo close/tempted to bid on this one (over the winning bid),
but I do think that the winner knew what he was biding on,
he might have seen the watch in person, and could assess the dial.
And possilby continued biding..
So congrats to the Winner!!
I also hope that this watch was landed by a Forum member,
so we could see the watch and follow the progress of turning the watch back to a beautiful timepiece!
Please correct me if I have assessed the pushers incorrectly, these were troublesome for me…
And I do have 66, 67 and 68 Speedys to compare with…
Enjoy and have a looooovely weekend!
It is Friday today, and soon time for Afterwork for us Europeans maybe?
But before that, I would once again lika to share an auction that I followed yesterday!
Yepp.... WTF....!!??
Doesn't the Swede give up...
Anyway;
The watch had been up for a while, and a few of you have obviously looked at the auction?
First impression is of course - what had happened to the watch?
But reading the description, there was not much information.
No reference or movement pictures.
And the estimate was ridiculously low (1425 - 2140 € / 1520 - 2295 $ inc the premium),
anybody can google up a decent value!
The auction house added some more info after some time, a one owner, and bought new in 1969.
So I had to start looking at the pictures, and trying to find out more?
The easy part….The crystal is cracked/destroyed, no top pusher, and the crown does not belong to the watch.
The lume plots looked amazing, and the dial looked very promising.
Applied metal Omega logo.
Chronohand had a spear end.
The lume on the hour and minute hands had poured over/bubbled out, maybe condensation?
Wide spaced T:s.
The bezel looked very good, with scratches/marks that would fit the rest of the watch.
The case looked untouched, but sadly with a few serious marks/damages,
the lines where still sharp and very appealing.
The caseback has nice edges, but scratched and also marks after a failed opening.
The pushers did not look lite the ”short and fat” ones, and TBO, I really had a hard time figuring these out.
But I decided it was either a 145.012 or a 145.022.
And the watch was DIRTY!!!
And I liked the watch, so I asked for more pictures and info.
They couldn't open the watch (not the right tool),
and the only additional info I got was that it had never been serviced.
I zoomed in on a couple of the new pictures, and I could se the Omega logo on the crystal which would fit these older references.
So with this in mind, I decided that I would like to bid on the watch.
I checked in on auctionday, and the pre-biding was already up to 6700 € / 7150 $ inc premium
This made me a bit concerned, since there was a lot to do with the watch to make it decent again.
And since I couldnt really assess the dial, I didnt want to take a chance over my budget....
And when the hammer went down, the price landed at 7000 € / 7445 $ inc the premium!
I was sooo close/tempted to bid on this one (over the winning bid),
but I do think that the winner knew what he was biding on,
he might have seen the watch in person, and could assess the dial.
And possilby continued biding..
So congrats to the Winner!!
I also hope that this watch was landed by a Forum member,
so we could see the watch and follow the progress of turning the watch back to a beautiful timepiece!
Please correct me if I have assessed the pushers incorrectly, these were troublesome for me…
And I do have 66, 67 and 68 Speedys to compare with…
Enjoy and have a looooovely weekend!
