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Sometimes it's a gamble

  1. trash_gordon

    trash_gordon Apr 6, 2020

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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.
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    Imagine my smile when i received the watch :cool:

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    And here with her Sister


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  2. hejsam

    hejsam Apr 6, 2020

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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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  3. harrymai86

    harrymai86 Apr 6, 2020

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    Same patina developing on my Constellation ;)
     
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  4. hejsam

    hejsam Apr 6, 2020

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    Must be something with the black dials of this era, usually starts around the text and indexes
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  5. DaveK Ω 1

    DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Apr 6, 2020

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

    trash_gordon Apr 6, 2020

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    i changed the crown to a NOS one
     
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  7. MMMD

    MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Apr 6, 2020

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    My God, it’s full of stars :eek::thumbsup:
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  8. cristos71 Ω 2

    cristos71 Apr 6, 2020

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

     
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  9. Cuttysark

    Cuttysark Apr 6, 2020

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    Beautiful ::love::
     
  10. tomkenmag

    tomkenmag Apr 6, 2020

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

    MCC Apr 6, 2020

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    Great catch, congratulations.
     
  12. Rumar89

    Rumar89 Apr 6, 2020

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    Damn, what a dial. Congratulations!
     
  13. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Apr 6, 2020

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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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  14. Candle00

    Candle00 Apr 6, 2020

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    Makes me want to add a gilt dial to my collection.
     
  15. MTROIS Ω 1

    MTROIS Apr 6, 2020

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    ::love::::love::::love::
     
  16. vinylcall

    vinylcall Apr 6, 2020

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    Fantastic patina! Congrats on the gamble and the new sister!
     
  17. Candle00

    Candle00 Apr 6, 2020

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    168.005?
     
  18. Wuza72

    Wuza72 Apr 6, 2020

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    Lovely watch with a transformer crown … just kidding … verry nice find :thumbsup:
     
  19. raitosan

    raitosan Apr 6, 2020

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    Amazing patina!
     
  20. chronoboy64

    chronoboy64 Apr 6, 2020

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    Fantastic catch, stunning Patina, huge congrats :thumbsup:
     
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