I'll take all your Constellations with bracelets in that condition, even if it's a C-cased 1011.

Clean dial, all lume intact (the exception rather than the rule on these, IMO), perfect case with a stellar bezel and a correct bracelet. I'll take that any day at that price. Have a look at that bracelet - it looks better than the one on the one year old Oris I'm trying to flog on here at the moment.

Great buy, IMO. Your buddy can be happy, but make sure to have it looked over. The movements in these are not as robust as the earlier ones.

 

Agreed 100%, would value this watch 250-350£ higher every day of the week.

 

Okay, as expected, the deal fell through. The way it fell through is quite peculiar though. The whole story:
After seeing the watch posted in this topic, my buddy contacted me to arrange the buy-it-now (he doesn’t have ebay or paypal himself, he is sort off a collector beginner).
I agreed, pressed the button, and sent the seller a message asking for the shipping to Belgium.

Eventually, I got the total invoice, and paid immediately. Paypal said the amount was unclaimed, and it quickly became clear that the seller email was @yahoo instead of @gmail, so I cancelled the paypal payment (which is annoying as is given that it will appear pending for a while before showing up in my paypal balance), and sent the seller a message stating that ebay now considers the invoice as paid, and the only way to move forward is to cancel the first ebay deal after which the seller should relist (with correct paypal linked).

As you can imagine by now, the cancellation took minutes, but I waited more than an hour on that relist. When sending a message to ask what was going on, the seller stated that he now wanted more money. He saw I hit the buy it now button within the hour of listing, and he noticed I was now already messaging for the relist, and for him this added up to the item being worth more than in the initial sale.

For me and my buddy, it ended there. I left the guy a negative feedback, and I saw this morning that the watch is relisted for 550 (or best offer). Just a heads up for people with genuine interest, I would not trust this guy.

 

I’ve just offered him £400... we should all do the same if he accepts, and I get it, I’ll sell it back to you

 

I’m wondering how long the negative feedback will stick, as ebay seems to delete without consulting on first complaint from seller side..
Is this your experience as well?

 

This would make a nice slim dress watch, just note it only 32mm. Yes, the printing is correct for this reference, caliber 711.

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For those who are searching for a grail diver; ends in a little over an hour:

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One could do a lot worse with $850.

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Not in the best of conditions, but cheap - hopefully the case isn't too bad:

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Dial looks great.

 

Cheaper than that via a boutique...

 

For the new ones, these are the old ones

 

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No affiliation with the seller.

 

That went fast. I had the chance but mobilized adequate restraint!

 

Don't see these come up too often...
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105.002-62 caseback. Someone might need it:

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No affiliation with seller...
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That looks very nice.

 

Redial? "Seamaster" is not flush with "officially".

 

It seems to fall halfway down a hill before recovering. Which is odd, because otherwise the dial looks spot on.

 

While it isn't very attractive, I believe it has been discussed here on OF previously; variants of the crooked Seamaster are fairly well known, IIRC.