Spectacular Rubbish Ebay Ed White

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Spacefruit

·Aug 28, 2019·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

I mean for £10,000 does it get worse?
Seller is describing it as untouched.
Check the movement ring(or gasket - not sure what the card board is doing), and the serial


Not one, but three different incorrect subdial hands, that takes some doing. Especially without touching it.



Check the movement ring:



There is some wonderful rubbish about on ebay this month....

happy hunting all!

 

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MTROIS

·Aug 28, 2019

…and someone worked with a chisel on this poor movement!! 😲

 

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STANDY

·Aug 28, 2019

Bit of in movement welding

 

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nonuffinkbloke

·Aug 28, 2019

£10,000? 😲... It really is such a shame to see that a vintage Omega Speedmaster has been treated in that manner.🙁

 

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cristos71

·Aug 28, 2019

I'm just waiting for some bright spark to come along and say they love the 'well worn' look and it is surely worth around €5-6K, blah, blah, blah...

 

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alam

·Aug 28, 2019

- untouched - certainly by a qualified watchmaker 😀

 

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Cuttysark

·Aug 28, 2019

"One man's trash is another man's treasure"..
I think we have to change the proverb.

 

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ConElPueblo

·Aug 28, 2019

That movement ring is comedy gold 😁

Speedmaster Superleggera!

 

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palatine

·Aug 28, 2019

if it could be any uglier it would be the mother in law!!

 

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Martin_J_N

·Aug 28, 2019

I reckon that it will become a first post by someone new to OF - 'I am looking for information on this watch that was bought new by <insert relative> and has now been passed to me, what are your thoughts on this watch that I have inherited?'

 

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Archer

·Aug 28, 2019·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

Movement spacer (enlargement ring) appears to be there, so what purpose the cardboard serves is a mystery.

Serious water damage in the movement...and I'm sure a lot of other things as well.

On the positive side, no paperclips are visible. 😀

 

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JimJupiter

·Aug 28, 2019

Archer

....so what purpose the cardboard serves is a mystery.

Maybe some kind of blotting paper, to get the water out of the movement?

Nico

 

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Spacefruit

·Aug 28, 2019·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

I suspect to stop the movement rattling, as there is no dust cover.

Forgot to link the original listing
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OM...rentrq:d8a1c7f516c0a9cc55ba47c8ffdf4c14|iid:1

 

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Aludic

·Aug 28, 2019·@SpeedyBirthYear

Fortunately, you can still happily 'buy the seller' who is clearly very knowledgeable, friendly and a true poet (judging by the description of this supposedly 10k+ worth item). 🤦

 

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kingsrider

·Aug 28, 2019

On the positive side, it has a meteorite DnN bezel.

Edited: Aug 29, 2019

 

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KingCrouchy

·Aug 28, 2019

It's probably the worst I saw in a while. That movement spacer is the work of a highly skilled craftsman.

 

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simonsays

·Aug 28, 2019

I think the movement regulator is being used to indicate the level of watchmaking employed.

(Its not pointing to advance)

 

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Mark020

·Aug 28, 2019·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

cristos71

I'm just waiting for some bright spark to come along and say they love the 'well worn' look and it is surely worth around €5-6K, blah, blah, blah...

Are you on your period 😁

 

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NT931

·Aug 28, 2019

Aludic

Fortunately, you can still happily 'buy the seller' who is clearly very knowledgeable, friendly and a true poet (judging by the description of this supposedly 10k+ worth item). 🤦

Hey and don't forget the tempting offer of 'Free Shipping Worldwide"! 😉

 

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Archer

·Aug 28, 2019·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

Spacefruit

I suspect to stop the movement rattling, as there is no dust cover.

Yes - wasn't aware that the inner cover was missing, so that makes sense.