Speedmaster101 Price Chart

Well said. As stated earlier:
'Buyers desire or impatience' is the disparity we are witnessing, albeit first hand

you can find out the accepted offers as well...... the Net has it all. kind regards. achim

What???... you mean... they threw the shoes in as well??? 😕

I totally agree with Foo2rama.
Thank you Mr Fruit .

A WORD TO MY FELLOW NOOBS: If, like me, a buyer (or seller) is very new to this game, I think the price chart on Speedmaster101 should be used to add meaning to what has already been learned from studying it's main articles. I don't think there is a 'fast track' route. In order to use it as a 'quick reference' valuation tool, you've really got to know your stuff. It's well worth the effort to learn the correct details of each reference. This is helpful in order to place the watch, in question, in it's correct catagory, along with any variables that may effect it's value and slide it up or down the scale.

Speedmaster101's 'Assessment Guide' begins with the subheading in the form of a question; "What have we got?" Some of the adverts presented on ebay give the impression that maybe the seller doesn't know 'What they have got'. (or maybe they do but they are going to try and sell it anyway)😉

If you use the four 'condition' headings on Speedmaster101's price chart as a guide, (Poor, Running, Good, Collector) you are able to see that some items listed on ebay and even Chrono24 as correct, good quality watches are in fact not as good as they may, at first, appear. Do they really warrant such a high price? Closer inspection sometimes reveals that these items have issues that ought to effect the price by way of a reduction.

An extreme example (that is of interest to me) is that of 'tropical dial' 105.012 Speedmasters listed on ebay and Chrono24. At present Chrono24 has 3 watches (similar to my own) listed. All 3 are offered at prices in excess of $20,000, one in excess of $28,000! Now I am aware that Chrono24 prices are going to be higer than some other sources, but these are not 1950's or early 1960's Speedmasters. One of them has a DNN bezel for Gods sake! Will buyers really overlook such an obvious issue on a 105.012 and pay up on the basis that the watch has a brown dial?

If I consider the value of my own mid 1960's 105.012 in comparison to the 3 on Chrono24. It's my only Speedmaster and I like to think it is worth 'a few bob', but it would be crazy of me to assume that my watch would automatically warrant a similar value simply because it shares the same reference and has a 'brown dial'.

When you look closely at other references listed on ebay, details that put a question mark over the items quickly become evident. One of the functions of this forum is to highlight those items as points for discussion. Inexperienced members (such as myself) can ask questions and avoid adding to the madness by buying poor quality watches at high prices.

Instead of focusing just on the numbers (€€€£££$$$) in the price chart our most important guide to valuation should be the 3 vital factors that are explained through out the site content.
CONDITION - ORIGINALITY - APPEARANCE


I, too, would like to join the other members who have thanked Spacefruit for his hard work in preparing and presenting this valuable resource. I'm sitting here looking at my pre-moon 321 Speedmaster. It has one or two minor issues but I have learned that it is a good watch. Without Speedmaster101 I may not have fully realised exactly 'what I have got'.

Maybe we should be asking the question, If a poor quality or incorrect watch sells for a high price does that really mean it is worth it?😕