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Question on Moonwatch Accessories?

  1. bucksandreds Dec 29, 2019

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    I was looking at actual sales on EBay and it looks like the box with booklets and coin go for $200, NATO Strap $150, and astronaut strap a little over $100. I’m keeping the bracelet ($400 or so) but would you sell these accoutrements? I can’t imagine I’ll use or want that stuff and I plan on giving this watch to my son in 40 years. Odds are I’d lose it all besides the watch by then.
     
  2. chronos Dec 29, 2019

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    I would keep it, especially if you plan to hand down the watch to your son in about 40 years. Imagine how much more special a full set with (unused) items will be for your son!
     
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  3. chronos Dec 29, 2019

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    Ps: if you fear to lose them before handing them down to your son, then just put all the things back into the box and lock the full box away, somewhere in a safe place. It shouldn‘t be too hard and is worth the effort in my opinion.
     
  4. CJpickup57 Dec 29, 2019

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    I second @chronos on both posts. Keep them and find a cool, dry place out of the way of everyday movement and place the box in a shopping bag of some sort to protect from large dust accumulation. I have my Aqua Terra boxes in a bag and on the top shelf in the corner of our walk-in closet. Kids cannot reach it and it is on “my” side so my wife doesn’t care that it’s taking up space in “her” closet :thumbsup:.
     
  5. mzinski Dec 29, 2019

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    Knowing full well the whole set will fetch more money in the future but, me, I take the other position. I’d sell the accessories I don’t want (I like the NATO so I’d keep it) and the box. It’s my personal preference. I’d rather pay less for a watch and only a watch over all the stuff. I also don’t have a lot of interest in collecting boxes and stuff. And as far as passing the watch on - for me there’s something appealing about a father-son talk and handing the watch to him outright.
    Anyways, it’s just my two cents.
     
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  6. Strangedream Dec 29, 2019

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    If you have a collectible Speedy (e.g. cal.321), intend to resell or pass on to your kids, then you should keep the full set.

    In my personal case, I second mzinski; I couldn't care less about the box and accessories. I got my Moonwatch for a good bargain because I directly bought the watch alone from a private seller. Also as an expat constantly on the move I cannot afford to carry too much bulk around.
     
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  7. Evitzee Dec 29, 2019

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    I keep everything, it doesn't take up that much space.
     
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  8. rob#1 Dec 29, 2019

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  9. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Dec 29, 2019

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    Sell it all, your going to keep it in a cupboard for 40 years then give it to your son for him to put it in a cupboard.

    Put the $450 in a term deposit for 40 years :whistling:
     
  10. CJpickup57 Dec 29, 2019

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    Would net about $1,700 from that (assuming 4% interest). Granted, that is better then a box and "stuff" though. Heck, that might be the going rate for a service by then...
     
  11. Deltatango Dec 29, 2019

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    Squirrel it away somewhere for safe keeping. Your son will appreciate it down the road
     
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  12. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Dec 29, 2019

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    Keep all the stuff...especially the presentation box...because it’s big enough to take pics from the inside with the lid fully closed...which is pretty freaking fun. :thumbsup:

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  13. OMEGuy Dec 29, 2019

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    From a collector's point of view, I wish that the previous owners of my watches had saved all of the accessories ... Well, very few have.

    So I would keep all the parts and the purchase invoice.
     
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  14. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Dec 29, 2019

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    I would highly recommend purchasing another astronaut strap...so that you can link it with your current astronaut strap...to make a Speedy Gonzales Moonwatch belt. :thumbsup:

    All the cool kids are doing it...

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  15. asrnj77 Jan 1, 2020

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    hopefully in 40 years people are still wearing wristwatches. I’m sure 100 years ago our ancestors thought about passing down the pocket watch and while pocket watches do have a dwindling collectors market the desirability isn’t the same.

    we want to pass down watches that we like because it’s what we wished were passed down to us but trends change. I would appreciate the nostalgic value of the 31mm watch my grandfather could have passed down but I would probably rarely wear it.
     
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  16. bucksandreds Jan 1, 2020

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    excellent point. I would totally carry a pocket watch on occasion if I had one passed down by my grandfather. Wristwatches are more practical however because they’re attached and don’t have to be stowed away. They’re also a form of jewelry that a pocket watch really isn’t. I’d imagine that wristwatches will fade to some degree, however.
     
  17. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Jan 2, 2020

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    They should better add in a few extra bezels and start using little cube boxes :whistling: