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Rare Connie dial on Ebay

cristos71
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Now it's not often that we see original and early Constellation dials come up for sale on Ebay, or anywhere else for that matter. Here's a very nice black rail track dial for I think the reference 14393...anyway the date version of the 14381.

I've only seen a couple examples of this ref with the black rail track dial, I believe @qazwsx1 has recently acquired one. Anyway a great opportunity to upgrade a vanilla dome dial or so if you have one lying around ( no offence all you dome dial lovers out there 馃榿 )....with the only stumbling block the very high asking price of $2150, although fortunately the seller is taking offers.

If I was in the market I'd be happy paying up to probably around $750-850 for this dial

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144289832481?hash=item2198581e21:g:xlIAAOSwEWVhkF4f

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NotAClue NotAClue
On a auction with no reserve price I bet it could fetch even more than those 850$

Nicely spotted @cristos71 馃憤
Yea id tend to agree, its uncommon enough to find that someone will really want it
 
Dero13
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Nice spot Cristos. Most black railtracks I have seen have degradation on the dial. This one is very good. Too bad the crazy price
 
seekingseaquest
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That鈥檚 the problem with this dial - pretty much only non-luminous YG accent pie pan or railtrack Connies will have the correct hand length. Most dome dials have longer hands.
 
ConElPueblo
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Those Arabic numerals... 馃グ

I don't think the cost is too far off; any collector buying this would (should!) have it as a keeper in his or her permanent collection.
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
any collector buying this would (should!) have it as a keeper in his or her permanent collection.
DO IT! Ebay says there's one offer in on right now.
 
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Those Arabic numerals... 馃グ

I don't think the cost is too far off; any collector buying this would (should!) have it as a keeper in his or her permanent collection.

If it was in Europe I'd have given it a shot, but it's just too much hassle here in NL with importation.
 
cristos71
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seekingseaquest seekingseaquest
That鈥檚 the problem with this dial - pretty much only non-luminous YG accent pie pan or railtrack Connies will have the correct hand length. Most dome dials have longer hands.

That's true...but who ever said that a project should be easy? 馃槈馃榿
 
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cristos71 cristos71
That's true...but who ever said that a project should be easy? 馃槈馃榿
Oh yeah, it didn鈥檛 stop me from submitting an outrageously high offer.
 
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That鈥檚 the problem with this dial - pretty much only non-luminous YG accent pie pan or railtrack Connies will have the correct hand length. Most dome dials have longer hands.

seekingseaquest seekingseaquest
Oh yeah, it didn鈥檛 stop me from submitting an outrageously high offer.

I like your style...'helping' the other members to see the potential pittfalls 馃槣馃槑馃槈
 
seekingseaquest
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I like your style...'helping' the other members to see the potential pittfalls 馃槣馃槑馃槈
Haha I was already out, he鈥檚 not interested in my offer. It鈥檚 also a legitimate concern.. I went through all Connies I鈥檝e ever owned and none fit the bill for this dial.
 
dsio
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bbl1998 bbl1998
It was sold for $1750. Anyone from here bought it?
The price doesn鈥檛 really surprise me as if someone has a mint case, that鈥檚 going to be one hell of a nice watch, hopefully it does turn up here on someone鈥檚 wrist
 
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dsio dsio
The price doesn鈥檛 really surprise me as if someone has a mint case, that鈥檚 going to be one hell of a nice watch, hopefully it does turn up here on someone鈥檚 wrist
I tried to negotiate with the seller. He said he wouldn't sell for less than 2k as he received two offers at 1750 and 1875. I am kind of surprised that it was sold for ONLY 1750
 
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I tried to negotiate with the seller. He said he wouldn't sell for less than 2k as he received two offers at 1750 and 1875. I am kind of surprised that it was sold for ONLY 1750
Could be postal reasons. Sometimes I sell something for less when I know shipping is easier.
 
No Mercy
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This dial looks very problematic to me. Scripts & serif are a little bit too thick, and markers have been removed before.
 
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