This arrived on Tuesday. I'm happy to add it to my modest collection.

 

That's a beautiful looking watch!!!

 

Like the overal look & comdition of that watch. Congrats.

 

wow!
congrats

 

Awesome. The rarer of the 2 straight writing casebacks! Fabulous condition front and back. Well done.

 

Sweet honey patinas. Like how the bezel just thinly faded on the outer edge. Congrats!

 

That's awesome. I just scored my first vintage speedy, the gold Apollo XI. Now I need that one too. Beautiful!

 

I have both vintage steel versions but no gold

 

Very nice. He's my humble contribution.

 

Well done! Great rare Speedmaster. Enjoy it.

 

Lovely patina!

 

Big congrats! Looks great!

 

Congrats ! Well done the condition looks Awesome

 

A beautiful and rare variant straight writing means that your collection, by definition, is not modest.

 

I love it, The apollo XI is becoming increasingly rare and yours is very nice, congrats

 

Very hard to find model with an incredible patina..top!
Congrats mate

Cheers

 

Mad patina and rare Straight Writing.
It gives me hope that there are still some good finds out there.

 

Thanks all for the feedback and @amphib44 for giving me something else to chase. I got so lucky with this that I think I used up all the "barn find" luck I'll ever have. And @repoman, it's "modest" because I had to sell a few pieces to make the deal work and now my collection is quite modest!