Sometimes it's a gamble

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Hi Folks

Sometimes luck is on your side when buying on bad pictures.

This was the only picture on a buy it now auction and pulled the trigger.


Imagine my smile when i received the watch 😎



And here with her Sister


 
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Congratz that patina is really cool, I had a black 2848 a while back which had started to develope the same kind of patina. Maybe it would have turned in to something like this eventuellt! 😀
 
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Congratz that patina is really cool, I had a black 2848 a while back which had started to develope the same kind of patina. Maybe it would have turned in to something like this eventuellt! 😀
Same patina developing on my Constellation 😉
 
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Same patina developing on my Constellation 😉
Must be something with the black dials of this era, usually starts around the text and indexes
 
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Nice! Did u change the crown or did it ship differently than the sales picture?
 
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My God, it’s full of stars 😲👍
 
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Wow, now I really get all the craze with vintage black dials. Absolutely stunning
 
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past gamble, you don't even want to see what it looked like when I found it, covered with crud, upside down in a box of junk parts at a watch sellers
 
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Makes me want to add a gilt dial to my collection.
 
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Fantastic patina! Congrats on the gamble and the new sister!
 
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Lovely watch with a transformer crown … just kidding … verry nice find 👍