Sometimes it's a gamble

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trash_gordon

·Apr 6, 2020

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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hejsam

·Apr 6, 2020

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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harrymai86

·Apr 6, 2020

hejsam

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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hejsam

·Apr 6, 2020

harrymai86

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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DaveK

·Apr 6, 2020

Nice! Did u change the crown or did it ship differently than the sales picture?

 

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trash_gordon

·Apr 6, 2020

i changed the crown to a NOS one

 

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MMMD

·Apr 6, 2020·unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist

My God, it’s full of stars 😲👍

 

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cristos71

·Apr 6, 2020

And for the old rave generation in da house...

 

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Cuttysark

·Apr 6, 2020

Beautiful 🥰

 

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tomkenmag

·Apr 6, 2020

Wow, now I really get all the craze with vintage black dials. Absolutely stunning

 

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MCC

·Apr 6, 2020

Great catch, congratulations.

 

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Rumar89

·Apr 6, 2020

Damn, what a dial. Congratulations!

 

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cicindela

·Apr 6, 2020·Steve @ ΩF

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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Candle00

·Apr 6, 2020

Makes me want to add a gilt dial to my collection.

 

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MTROIS

·Apr 6, 2020

🥰🥰🥰

 

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vinylcall

·Apr 6, 2020

Fantastic patina! Congrats on the gamble and the new sister!

 

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Candle00

·Apr 6, 2020

harrymai86

Same patina developing on my Constellation 😉

168.005?

 

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Wuza72

·Apr 6, 2020

Lovely watch with a transformer crown … just kidding … verry nice find 👍

 

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raitosan

·Apr 6, 2020

Amazing patina!

 

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chronoboy64

·Apr 6, 2020

Fantastic catch, stunning Patina, huge congrats 👍