Railmaster 2777-2 updated info

mzee3500

I’ve already had an offer of $5000 but that is laughable to be honest. I’m looking for more like in the $20k range.

JwRosenthal

…nobody is gonna address the 1920’s bootlegger story? Was bootlegging still an issue in 1953?

krogerfoot

Unfortunately for the OP people here generally know from the worth of vintage Omega watches—it’s right there in the forum title. Maybe a history forum would be more receptive to tales of the Great Depression of 1955.

And as was pointed out in the first thread, isn’t this just a sales post? I’ve seen more innocuous posts than this get accused of soliciting sales.

mzee3500

Thank you for the great info everyone. If I do decide to sell it it wouldn’t be cheap. I’ve already had an offer of $5000 but that is laughable to be honest. I’m looking for more like in the $20k range. This watch has a very colourful past. It was actually my grandfather’s. back in the 1920’s, my grandfather was a bootlegger for alcohol and used the rails to get his products across state lines. He told me once, one of his buyers lost a lot of money in the markets, lost almost everything including his house and couldn’t pay, so my grandfather said, ok, I will take your watch as a down payment. It’s been family owned ever since. My father who now is in his 80’s has gone into long term care. I had a chance to clear out his safety deposit box and when I saw the Railmaster, I instantly knew the story my grandfather was talking about. I hadn’t seen the watch until last week. I went on this forum because I needed some insight. Thank you for the cat picture, and I promise I’m not AI. I’m a regular person and I’m not a sales person or Broker. Like I said above, I found it in my dad’s safety deposit box.

Davidt

It’s a rare watch but condition is poor-average and your asking price is far too high.

Jakeys

My Casio F-91W originally belonged to Rasputin. I can't confirm this but I believe he only survived his first assassination attempt because a passerby saw the faint glow of its LED backlight being activated and called for help.

I have over 200 posts on the forum so please DM me offers above $2000.

JimInOz

Good outcome.

However, keeping it running isn't a good idea.
Whatever lubricants remain after all this time will have dried out and, when combined with bits of lume, dust etc, turned into grinding paste.
If you intend to wear it you should get it serviced. Once certain parts are worn beyond repair, finding replacements for this watch will be difficult.