Hi Forum Friends,
its time again for another auction!
The one that I followed this time was a 2998-5, so it might be a bit outside my comfort zone…
And I wasn't going to bid on this one..
Some of you have of course already seen this one since it is a well know auction house?
I do like to learn more, so I asked for more pictures and extra info.
The watch was a one owner, and serviced at least one time.
Serial nr 18.945 mil, so that would be correct for this ref.
The crystal was very very scratched,
but looking at the different pictures, the lume plots looked very nice and complete.
And according to the curator, the dial was very nice also (and sometimes you have to trust them?).
No Professional text and Swiss Made at the bottom.
The hour and minute hands are the nice alpha hands with the triangle lume.
Not sure about the length of the minute hand?
The bezel (DON) was really beaten up, so that was a big minus.
The case and caseback were of course polished, but there were visible edges/lines (not so sharp..).
The crown and pushers were serviceparts.
The movement was in need for a serious service/overhaul,
and there were same strange color differences on some of the copper parts.
It did have the symmetrical clutch bridge, and since it was a one owner,
I didn't think that the movement had been ”dealer tampered”.
The estimate was 8800 - 13200 € / 9000 - 13600 $ plus the 25 % premium.
There was some action during the biding, I think a total of 8 bids,
and finally the hammer went down at 11650 €/ 12300$ including the premium!
There has not been so many 2998:s on auctions recently so its a bit hard to compare,
but I do think that the winner got himself a nice watch with a decent price.
What are your thoughts??
