So I am playing Mr. Mom for a few days while my wife has her company's annual meeting...this means that I have hours each day spent in a pitch black hotel room as our son sleeps.

So what do I naturally do? Play the ebay slots.

I am posting 1 picture of what I bought, and I would love to bets on the total number of parts and whether this is will be a winner/loser.

Once I get it and catalog what in the hell is in there, I'll deliver a prize of some sort to the winner.

Thanks for playing and to happy hunting!

 

You could sell each bin separately. You might actually make a few $$$ that way.

 

That will probably be the plan...lots for sute, otherwise, I'll need to open a store.

 

Looks like it could keep you busy for a while
Dibs on the Longines parts drawer !

 

Can’t trust anyone who labels a drawer le coulter.

 

Winner or loser depends on the price.
Would you share what you’ve paid ?

I’ve tried similar once or twice, but even when they winners the time taken probably meant they weren’t really worthwhile. Did get Heuer Monaco dial 1133B once though in a random drawer, but annoyingly it seemed an attempt to clean it had pretty much wrecked it

Dibs on the Enicar/Eterna parts drawer !

 

Surely a good sign in a situation like this

 

I was thinking of buying this too.
You can’t possibly lose with a bit of work.
Or you might even find a gem that is worth a fortune. Good luck to you.
He who dares.

 

I should stop reading OF. You guys keep inspiring me to do silly things My shot at a prize:

Winner.
+- 1500 parts.

 

The work may be greater than the reward, agree, and if that is the case, then bulk lots.

I've bought a parts lot before, so will be entertaining...at least the drawers are clear

 

FF parts!.... could be Rolex/Tudor caliber 59 stuff... it was a stash like this that provided the winding and setting clutch parts to fix my 47 Tudor last year... and Longines drawers... with Waltham and Elgin drawers present that dates this stuff to the era of the Longines 12.68z and other cool stuff... there's hours of happy trolling for bits of gold in them thar drawers. GOLD!

Have fun!

Der Fritzel

 

It will be interesting, and hopefully I'll be able to help members with parts.

 

I think there are around 923 parts in there +/- 10.

 

1777 bits and pieces.... that’s my wager

 

I’ll put in a bet at 861 parts, +/- 321...

(consider it squirrel bait).

 

Going in low at 800. Curious whether the LeCoultre drawer contains a suitable crown for my Memovox.

 

1762.

+/- a 500 cal rotor

 

768 parts in the bin.

"Can’t trust anyone who labels a drawer le coulter."

Yeah, and how many "A Shields" movements are seen?

Wonder if enough clues may be seen there to ascertain when the bin was put together and labeled or when it was in regular use?

 

Nice score Matt, hours of fun for all the family. Looks to be around 1171 parts in all the bins.

 

Am I the only one wondering how to determine winning from losing without knowing the bets made to secure this treasure?