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n85ae
·I would need to see better photos, but it looks like a lot of the lume on the dial has been lost
Speedmaster Professional Selling Question
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Davidt
·If you’re selling, do nothing. If you try and restore it, 1, at best you’ll likely only increase the value by the amount you spend, not including the time and effort you put in, and 2, as an inexperienced watch collector, there’s a reasonable chance you would get some details wrong or not get it done by quality watchmakers who understand vintage and decrease the value (or at least increase it by significantly less than you spend).
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Dan S
·Fair point and looking at it in person it obviously has deteriorating lume. Now that I see it, I can appreciate that would need to be fixed. The bracelet I have is a 1039, and the end links are 516. So if I am correct, to restore it I would need to: Put bracelet and end links back on, restore the lume, restore the original hands, and replace the bezel? So to the earlier points, this watch could either be restored, or sold as essentially a collection of parts for use in other restorations?
And also, very few people can restore lume on the dial in a way that it doesn't look like crap.
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Canuck
·Almost anything is worth more to the owner than it might be to anyone else. So you are pretty much at the mercy of the market, and what a buyer might be prepared to pay.
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n85ae
·Almost anything is worth more to the owner than it might be to anyone else. So you are pretty much at the mercy of the market, and what a buyer might be prepared to pay.
"There's a sucker born every minute" - PT Barnum
Someplace between your comment, and this quote is reality. I just want to make sure I find a reasonable place in the middle.
Jeff
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Dan S
·As you probably know, this site is literally teeming with people looking to buy vintage Speemasters, including an enormous silent population of people that never post, but are reading along. You've made your intent to sell clear, so if people are interested, you have probably been getting offers by PM. Some may be low-ball offers, but it may give you a sense of what people are willing to pay. If you are not getting many offers, that may also tell you something.
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