No, a new one introduced here for illustration.

 

Are you going for it?

 

Anyone else going for it?

 

sorely tempted, since I caught the Connie-lust from hanging around here - depends a lot on a few auctions between now and then....

 

Hmm I'm thinking I might reach for my wallet also, see how it goes

 

If you guys are in, I'm probably out. I'm a bargain hunter and this poker game is going to get very expensive.

gatorcpa

 

Well it is going up quickly and we will of course have the end push of the real bid contenders. In the end the winner may be an "Ashley bidder" , that is, the guy who snipes with a 10-50,000 bid to ensure wiping out the completion. Well, I should have bought Mike's white arrowhead when I had the chance.

You can't win them all, so one has to count the blessings of what you do have. I am still very happy with my original black 168.0010

 

Interesting. This is the pattern that has emerged with good-quality Zeniths as well. When you review the auction, there is a nice progression of increasing bids and then a very few high-value snipes in the last seconds - "Ashley-bidders" as you term it. It's OK if you are the only deep-pocket watch-nut in it (Ashley - not casting a personal aspersion, just speaking in general terms using Steve's terminology), but creates a giant sucking sound in the wallet when there is more than one of you. The flip side is that I have bid rationally, been smoked repeatedly, and am getting fed up with it.

 

You said it, bro.



gatorcpa.

 

It should be noted to Lou and others when I used the term "Ashley bidder", I am just razzing Ash. Ashley accidentally bid 50,000. on a gold pie pan Seamaster and won it. He was shocked and relieved to find that the watch came down to his projected "real" bid price. Close call

 

Yea... I'd meant to bid $5,000 on that Seamaster Steve's talking about but accidentally hit an extra zero, it didn't end up doing any more damage than the $5k bid would have though thankfully.

I'm a 25 year old systems engineer, so if I made a habit of doing that I'd be very broke very fast.

 

Well, I would like to see me a $50000 Seamaster. Pics or link please.

 

It ended up costing $4,500 but here it is: http://omegaforums.net/threads/seamaster-stepped-pie-pan-2627-review.1678/

 

I have gotten smoked so many times bidding what I thought was a reasonable price - I would say 50% of the time I am the underbidder. I love a good bargain as much as the next guy and have clearly lost several pieces due to this - perhaps I'll change some going forward and do my best to channel my inner Ashley...