My current grail is a Speediorite. Whenever I'm traveling I will stop by local shops to look around, because you never know. Well, after telling a sales person at a store in SanFran that I'm always on the lookout for the Speediorite, she located a NOS piece at a another location and has it coming in overnight. One potential glitch, the presentation box is still being located. I imagine it would be harder to find a box separately than it has been to find the watch...but the price is really outstanding, so we will see. Stay tuned, I should know in 24 hours

 

As a Speediorite fan myself I would cross my finger for you and say: Welcome to the club!!!

 

What do you guys think about the prospect of no box? For me, it would be an annoyance, but it wouldn't detract from my enjoyment of the watch, especially when its on my wrist. I don't envision ever selling it, so I'm not that concerned about resale. My premoon Speedy has no box, and I don't care one lick...but, that speediorite box is no ordinary presentation box, its really sweet, and it would sting a bit not to have it.

 

If you don't plan to sell it, box will have low value except if you want to take picture on it.
I almost lost mine. Buy in UK during vacation, brought the watch with me but send the box via mail. It took 5 months to arrive in my home. I believe there is customs and shipping issues in between which I didn't understand and care.
Bottomline: enjoy the watch.

 

Usually AD will give you 'no box credit' before the box arrived. It could be between USD 500-700, payable when the box has arrived.

 

box and papers makes a huge difference on Rolex. It doesn't seem as important for other watches.


lolzzz i get somad at myself because I chucked the boxes for my first (3) Rolex watches. I didn't lose or misplace them; I consciously tossed it all in the garbage. "honey, can I get rid of some of this clutter…you don't need all this stuff, do you…yeah, I guess you can throw it away, the warranty is long over". Ugh. It's not nearly the end of the world but I take dumbass to never explored places...

 

Unfortunately for Limited Edition Speedy pro it is the case. Speedy pro Apollo XI panda dial with complete Box & papers sold for USD 4200-4400, while without Box and Papers just sold for USD 3500 in eBay. So about 20-30% difference.

 

you're right on point about limited editions for any manufacturer. I was just trying to make a broad point that it in my experience, box and papers are super important to a buyer of a used Rolex. Especially for noobs...they want the full experience with a discount


Once again: I'm just being a little self loathing and passive aggressive...

 

The boxes do come up for sale occasionally on ebay............. or at least I've seen one for sale a few months back when I was looking for a FOIS box.

I'm not particularly interested in the boxes but they do add something extra to the watches value for future resale or investment and I would always seek one out for a limited edition model.

 

Yeah the wooden boxes are very nice to have and regularly for sale on ebay but I would say a LE should have its original LE box.

That pic of the wooden box and SM300 looks vaguely familiar

 

Grail quest complete

 

Sorry, end of a long day, sitting on the BART, admiring my score, the best I could muster with my crappy android phone. Proper pics will come later.

 

Big Congratz !!!!
Speediorite is my first have to go Grail.