Hi,

there’s a nice 145.022 on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334512577616?epid=6051398607&hash=item4de280dc50:g:z6wAAOSw1v1i11R-Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

some red flags like serial being late 80s and it being reported as a 1975 make.

However, the replacement bezel(reported as “NOS”) looks like a replica.

Would be interested in your thoughts.

 

Do the back of the lugs look to be soldered back together?

 

No. Look at the shape of the endlink tabs compared to the shape on the back of the lug.




The Speedmaster was not presented/cleaned up for sale, so what you are seeing is a build up of someone’s DNA

 

Looks like an honest watch to me. Probably produced in the second half of the 80s and comes with the coveted (and valuable) 1450 / 808 bracelet. Definitely worth its current price and a bit more too.

A clean-up and a polish of the plexi will work miracles.

Should you be a little too uncertain to proceed on this one, there is a similar but better maintained example available FS in the Private Watch Sales here on OF...

 

Thanks all for the comments. It seemed a good deal. I did get a bit concerned when the seller was trying to flog a fake bezel replacement as a NOS.

 

I’d be a bit wary about this watch. The seller’s story (timeline or owning, service, etc) doesn’t fully stack up to me. Also, whoever serviced the watch didn’t fit the bezel correctly - clearly the 60 does not align with 12 o’clock. You could take a chance if the price was right and it has a nice bracelet but there’s been no interest to date.

 

Relisted and sold for best offer of $3,450.

 

That’s a great deal.

 

If I’d be in the US, I’d certainly buy it at this price. Bargain!

… and that’s clearly what someone else thought too. Sold.