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I picked this up for $200 a few days ago as my first vintage watch. Just wanted to say thanks for all the info on this page and I hope to add to the collection soon.
Well done! đź‘Ť That will be a great watch to start with!

If you intend to wear the watch as a daily timepiece - and why not? - we generally recommend that you first take it to your local independent watchmaker and ask for a "clean, oil, adjust" service. The watchmaker will disassemble and inspect the watch movement, repair or replace the broken bits (if any), clean and lubricate the movement, and reassemble and adjust the watch for reliable timekeeping. Make sure you specify a hand-polish-only of the case (or no polish at all), lest they take it to a polishing wheel thinking you might want something shiny.

Then be sure to post pictures of that new beauty in this thread and this thread!
 
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Sparkyspot Sparkyspot
I picked this up for $200 a few days ago as my first vintage watch. Just wanted to say thanks for all the info on this page and I hope to add to the collection soon.
Way to jump in! Now you need to make an avatar and stay a while.
 
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Lol- that’s the LE, slight differences (Swiss movement, lumed bezel, higher dome crystal and full relief diver on the back) that I don’t think warrant the price difference from standard one- but that plastic divers helmet is cool….$1.6k cool I don’t think so.

Fair play,
ketchj ketchj
Another watch to the collection. Let's see if it shows up.

Nice! That’ll be a fun one. Were you able to negotiate price at all?
 
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ketchj ketchj
Another watch to the collection. Let's see if it shows up.
ketchj ketchj
Another watch to the collection. Let's see if it shows up.
Well, this could get interesting. I offered $390 on the 13th, seller accepted late that night, I promptly got sucked into the chaos at work and didn't check back to see the acceptance until yesterday....I sent the funds at that time, but the listing stayed up until just recently.

@ketchj if you receive the watch, please let me know so I can be sure to get a refund. And, wear it in good health! Likewise, if I hear anything, I'll let you know via PM
 
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Well, this could get interesting. I offered $390 on the 13th, seller accepted late that night, I promptly got sucked into the chaos at work and didn't check back to see the acceptance until yesterday....I sent the funds at that time, but the listing stayed up until just recently.

@ketchj if you receive the watch, please let me know so I can be sure to get a refund. And, wear it in good health! Likewise, if I hear anything, I'll let you know via PM

A buyer has 4 business days to pay after an offer is accepted, very strange that someone else could come in with an offer after one was accepted.
 
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Well, this could get interesting. I offered $390 on the 13th, seller accepted late that night, I promptly got sucked into the chaos at work and didn't check back to see the acceptance until yesterday....I sent the funds at that time, but the listing stayed up until just recently.

@ketchj if you receive the watch, please let me know so I can be sure to get a refund. And, wear it in good health! Likewise, if I hear anything, I'll let you know via PM
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A buyer has 4 business days to pay after an offer is accepted, very strange that someone else could come in with an offer after one was accepted.
Oh, this will be fun. We should call this watch Solomon’s baby.
 
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I will gladly release the watch to @ketchj to spare it the blade!
I will find you another one if it doesn’t go your way. They are on my radar.
Milships for everyone!

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Very nice Enicar Seapearl with EPSA compressor case. Not sure on the size of this one (maybe an expert on EPSA cases can chime in- paging @Bill Sohne ) .This seems to be a very early one with a date code of 10/57 in the back. The rear engraving is spectacular on this one- they usually are polished to a nub or look like someone took a pair of scissors to open them. Patina on the dial is the only reason I didn’t buy this one (I can’t do dial patina)- if you like a little frappachino on your dial- this is your watch. New seller so may be pricing low to build cred or is just a very realistic seller. Has make offer so may be a screaming deal.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3853001672...iUtOx0VTa-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

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Very nice Enicar Seapearl with EPSA compressor case. Not sure on the size of this one (maybe an expert on EPSA cases can chime in- paging @Bill Sohne ) .This seems to be a very early one with a date code of 10/57 in the back. The rear engraving is spectacular on this one- they usually are polished to a nub or look like someone took a pair of scissors to open them. Patina on the dial is the only reason I didn’t buy this one (I can’t do dial patina)- if you like a little frappachino on your dial- this is your watch. New seller so may be pricing low to build cred or is just a very realistic seller. Has make offer so may be a screaming deal]

any comment on the mismatched bridge?
 
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any comment on the mismatched bridge?
Good eyes! I was so dazzled by the back I can actually read I didn’t notice the bridge. I wouldn’t doubt it was swapped during a service- but at the price and specs on the timegraph I wouldn’t be turned off.
 
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Ooooh all these lovely watches. Thank goodness they’re in the US, and I’m in the UK.
Otherwise my family wouldn’t be getting gifts except watches
 
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ketchj ketchj
Looks like the seller cancelled my order. I think @Syzygy got the beauty.
Then the next Milships is for you! We had 2 under $450 in less than 2 weeks, another will come
 
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Looks like the seller cancelled my order. I think @Syzygy got the beauty.
Seller replied last night...sorry @ketchj, we'll hunt one down for you next, and you are first on the dibs list if I ever release this one! (@JwRosenthal can attest to my respect of the dibs)
 
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Seller replied last night...sorry @ketchj, we'll hunt one down for you next, and you are first on the dibs list if I ever release this one! (@JwRosenthal can attest to my respect of the dibs)
A disturbing memory of other people’s dibs list- you must see the world algebraically.
 
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Seller replied last night...sorry @ketchj, we'll hunt one down for you next, and you are first on the dibs list if I ever release this one! (@JwRosenthal can attest to my respect of the dibs)
Thanks! I am a sucker for a good deal. As I can attest to the watches I have bought here in Qatar.
 
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