I’m not sure what’s driving the price of this Connie so high esp with several days to go. “Private listing” bidders Omega marker appears oxidized.
The arrowheads also show signs of rust. Unusual combo of gold medaillon and steel arrowheads BTW. I guess the good dial condition drives the price up.
it is very common when the bidders are hidden behind "private listing" - one further hint is when the price climbs so early, long before end of auction. The "experienced bidders" drop their bid in the very last seconds. BTW the gold medallion you questioned is very common and legit on this kind of Conny
Yes, most of us bid 5s before closure to stop n00bs increasing their bids. But if there are many interested n00bs? The gold medaillon is very common indeed, I just thought it used to match the dial markers (I have a steel connie with rose gold medaillon and rose gold shark tooth markers).
I like the 552 dress Seamasters and can't see anything wrong with this, which looks like a good value BIN with proof of service. Disregarding of course the same type of "aftermarket" (ie fake ) bracelet as on the last Seamaster I mentioned here (from a different seller). Obviously I don't know how professional the service was but nothing leaps out to me as wrong with the movement. If I've missed anything, someone please point it out. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-OME...769558?hash=item1caf65d056:g:128AAOSwD5Za1OITPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
There are no white gold/steel medallions on these - if the markers are as this one, I'd expect a yellow gold medallion too. The markers are not steel, though. I believe they are rhodium plated white gold?
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No they don't It's tarnish - here's a few good examples: https://omegaforums.net/threads/2-watches-the-same-yet-so-different-marker-tarnish.43011/
This is not shill bidding, it's proxy bidding. eBay has very sophisticated methods of detecting shill bidding; knowing the IP address of all bidders is just the beginning. This eBay seller with nearly 38,000 sales and 100% feedback is NOT going to risk losing his account so he can get an extra few hundred dollars for one watch. To be specific: Say a watch is sitting at $100 and I have a proxy bid in at $800. Joe puts in a bid of $1,000 and the price jumps to $801 (just above my "hidden" bid). Sam puts in a bid of $1,500 and the price jumps to $1,001 (just above Joe's bid). And so forth.
Nice full set Constellation 168.018 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-Co...981505?hash=item285e12ca01:g:62oAAOSw~7ZbLf98Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
Odd that it didn't come in a Constellation box... But seeing that it was sold three years after production the correct box could well have been lost at the dealer. I would have been sorely tempted by this. Luckily I didn't see it early enough to buy it
Sloppy relume aside, it's not everyday a dial this shade crops up. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253706922382Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network