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·Hi Forum People!
This weekend was a blast for us Speedy Lovers,
there where two auctions held on Saturday that I followed.
The first one had a total of six Speedy 145.022:s.
and the second one had a lot of different Speedy references.
The one that I focused on was a 145.022-69.
The pictures on the website showed a nice watch with an amazing dial, that had lovey shades of brown.
So I had to ask for more pictures, and also to get more info…
The watch is a one family owned watch and never serviced.
You can see on the gaskets that they have almost melted away.
Serial nr 29.60 mil places it in the batch that might turn brown.
I have another 145.022-69 that also is from the 29.60 mil batch, but only with a very light brown tint,
this one here was in a different league!
So condition:
Dial - Amazing/Excellent
Lume plots - very good, perfect color, and nothing missing
Hands - very good
Bezel - also Amazing/Excellent, its very hard to find any faults here, there are 2-3 small marks..
The case - sharp and nice unpolished lines and edges, with the brushing visible.
There were maybe a few to many scratches, but nothing disturbing.
Sadly there were a few major dents that made me downgrade the watch.
They are quite large and could be a bit disturbing?
The caseback - also very nice,
but the previous owner has etched som numbers/date or something which is of course a bit boring….
So case and caseback good?
Pushers and crown are original to the watch.
The movement and the watch is in need for a full service and cleaning.
Had it not had the things with the case and caseback, I would have called the watch excellent.
But then there was the Brown Dial!!
And as a bonus, it had a 1039 bracelet.
With this in my mind, I made up my Master Plan and waited for the auction to start.
And it started with a Mayhem!
I counted in a total of 42 bids (not counting the pre-bidding), and we where 6 different bidders going at it.
I finally managed to be ”the top dog” for a little while,
but suddenly a new/fresh bidder came in and took the lead…
I did honestly have a few more bids to use,
but since a fresh one came in, I thought that he/she would have had more to go for,
and with that in mind (and also hoping that the bidder was a Forum member),
trying to be a gentleman - I stopped here!
If the case and caseback didnt have the dents/marks and etching I would have gone Full Throttle,
because the dial was REALLY REALLY amazing.
The watch landed at 9700 € / 10400 $ including the premium!
I think that the buyer won an Amazing Watch, with a very decent price.
And I do hope that a Forum member won it, and will show the watch here??
Enjoy the pictures, and please do comment??
This weekend was a blast for us Speedy Lovers,
there where two auctions held on Saturday that I followed.
The first one had a total of six Speedy 145.022:s.
and the second one had a lot of different Speedy references.
The one that I focused on was a 145.022-69.
The pictures on the website showed a nice watch with an amazing dial, that had lovey shades of brown.
So I had to ask for more pictures, and also to get more info…
The watch is a one family owned watch and never serviced.
You can see on the gaskets that they have almost melted away.
Serial nr 29.60 mil places it in the batch that might turn brown.
I have another 145.022-69 that also is from the 29.60 mil batch, but only with a very light brown tint,
this one here was in a different league!
So condition:
Dial - Amazing/Excellent
Lume plots - very good, perfect color, and nothing missing
Hands - very good
Bezel - also Amazing/Excellent, its very hard to find any faults here, there are 2-3 small marks..
The case - sharp and nice unpolished lines and edges, with the brushing visible.
There were maybe a few to many scratches, but nothing disturbing.
Sadly there were a few major dents that made me downgrade the watch.
They are quite large and could be a bit disturbing?
The caseback - also very nice,
but the previous owner has etched som numbers/date or something which is of course a bit boring….
So case and caseback good?
Pushers and crown are original to the watch.
The movement and the watch is in need for a full service and cleaning.
Had it not had the things with the case and caseback, I would have called the watch excellent.
But then there was the Brown Dial!!
And as a bonus, it had a 1039 bracelet.
With this in my mind, I made up my Master Plan and waited for the auction to start.
And it started with a Mayhem!
I counted in a total of 42 bids (not counting the pre-bidding), and we where 6 different bidders going at it.
I finally managed to be ”the top dog” for a little while,
but suddenly a new/fresh bidder came in and took the lead…
I did honestly have a few more bids to use,
but since a fresh one came in, I thought that he/she would have had more to go for,
and with that in mind (and also hoping that the bidder was a Forum member),
trying to be a gentleman - I stopped here!
If the case and caseback didnt have the dents/marks and etching I would have gone Full Throttle,
because the dial was REALLY REALLY amazing.
The watch landed at 9700 € / 10400 $ including the premium!
I think that the buyer won an Amazing Watch, with a very decent price.
And I do hope that a Forum member won it, and will show the watch here??
Enjoy the pictures, and please do comment??
