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Nice two-tone Fab Suisse dial, albeit a bit bleached, blued hands and crisp print. 32.5mm.
The crown is missing and it has a broken balance, but I'm sure the right crown and a donor 12.68Z mov't can be sourced fairly easily. At the current price, nice project watch; however, the seller only ships to France.

 

The buyer is indeed quite happy.

 

We'll need a before/after shot of the restoration!

 

No shit, 30 euros

 

Sure!
I will try to change the balance staff myself. Never done that on a Longines yet.

 

@François Pépin c’est donc toi qui l’a achetee? Felicitations!
Il faudra que tu me la montres!!

Did you post the auction while it was still live? If I had been a bidder I would have been very upset- even though in this case the harm was minimal quite obviously.

 

Oui, c'est moi! Je te la montrerai avec plaisir!


[/QUOTE]Did you post the auction while it was still live? If I had been a bidder I would have been very upset- even though in this case the harm was minimal quite obviously.[/QUOTE]


I aknowledge I have feared at first glance that this message could increase the price or prevent me from getting this watch. But I cannot blame someone called Mephisto for that!

 

Je m'excuse; est-ce que c'est contraire aux normes de faire cela? Sans avoir voulu causer de dommages, je pensais simplement que c'était une sacréement bonne affaire!

 

Ca n’est pas contraire aux regles mais contraire a l’etiquette. Quand on met en ligne une enchere en cours et qu’on alerte la terre entiere, ca n’est plus une bonne affaire pour ceux qui ont fait l’effort de la trouver avant vous. La publication prematuree ruine le travail des vrais passionnes, et donne l’information a une foule qui n’a rien fait pour la trouver ou pour acquerir les connaissances necessaires. Beaucoup de gens qui ne participent pas activement viennent lire le forum.

Nous sommes au moins deux ici qui etions en train de la surveiller avant la publication de ce post. Heureusement je n’ai pas encheri mais ce post pouvait faire monter le prix pour @François Pépin qui la voulait.

 

Pardon my french....

 

Dans ce cas-la, mes sinceres excuses a @François Pépin . Grosse erreur de noob de ma part, et un trop-plein d'enthousiasme. Pourtant j'avais bien cru que OF etait suppose etre un groupe de passiones. Merci de l'indication; j'en sors plus humble et moins étourdi!

 

Just for you T.

 

Well in the end no harm done, so all good- and better learn now. Again, there are many people who lurk and read OF without being members or participating.
When you see a good deal that’s BIN is not the same as an auction where the price will rise if several people join the bidding process.

 

No problem Mephisto!

 

You can do it! It would be good if you show us how it all goes.

Good luck with it.

 

Yes.