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  1. Nepomuceño Feb 24, 2023

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    All that money just for a 2846…

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  2. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 24, 2023

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    It costs nothing to ask I guess, but it’ll be asking indefinitely
     
  3. sheepdoll Feb 24, 2023

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    Makes me appreciate the ones I already have all the more.

    I do think these were some of the nicest watches ever made. And they look good too. Some designs simply never go out of style.

    Downside, is that the popularity make finding parts or project watches all that more difficult.
     
  4. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak Feb 24, 2023

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    i really like mine, but am glad it was inexpensive to buy so I could get it serviced by someone I trust. Purchase price plus service was not $1900, but within a few hundred. I see the one on Hodinkee is now sold. The @Nepomuceño effect?

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  5. Scarecrow Boat Burt Macklin, FBI Feb 25, 2023

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    It appears as though the watch in the eBay listing is the very watch in the sold Hodinkee ad. Possible buyers remorse?
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    I recall another instance of possible buyers remorse playing out the same way- a cheap but grossly over priced skin diver was sold by Hodinkee and soon after ended up on eBay for the same over inflated price… and languished. I can’t find it but I think, maybe, @JwRosenthal might remember it?
     
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  6. pdxleaf ... Feb 25, 2023

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    Love my next gen 14762SC-61. Also paid too much, although based on the design they should be more. Easy to get swept away.

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  7. Fallout Boy Feb 25, 2023

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    A very beautiful variant! :thumbsup: TOP!
     
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  8. Nepomuceño Feb 25, 2023

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    I should have elaborated a bit more but as @Scarecrow Boat said bought on Hodinkee and now being resold on eBay by the original buyer. And I remember that skin diver @Scarecrow Boat. As I recall it was chrome and was bought for over $1000 :thumbsdown:
     
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  9. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak Feb 25, 2023

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    My oversight. I so rarely go on EBay and did not notice that your first photo was one of their listings. We are lucky to have a FS section here on OF. For that EBay price that is high.

    I also remember the skin diver. I think it was a Sears brand. Something like “Tradition”.
     
  10. janice&fred Feb 25, 2023

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    I would be suspicious whether Hodinkee actually sold the watch in the first place.
     
  11. JwRosenthal Feb 25, 2023

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    https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/2828-orvin-diver

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  12. Aroxx Sets his watch Feb 25, 2023

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    Hodinkee can command their high prices because they have a large audience with money to piss away. Also, their reputation and buy the seller and all that. eBay is just full of cheap skates looking for a deal. :D I don’t think trying to leverage the dink brand is going to work there.
     
  13. janice&fred Feb 25, 2023

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    Gee Whiz we have an actual Sears 17 jewel alarm watch I was going to give away with our next watch purge. Good thing I seen this post of Hodinkee's as with the added complication of ours it certainly is worth nearly twice their plain diver.
     
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  14. JwRosenthal Feb 25, 2023

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    I saw another listing on eBay invoking the “H” name- hard to believe even they sold this this one

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  15. Dsloan Feb 25, 2023

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    @JwRosenthal watch out! Skin diver prices are about to go to the moon. You'll be able to buy your way into high society!
     
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  16. JwRosenthal Feb 25, 2023

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    If they can get $1.2k for a chrome plated Orvin, I should be able to get at least $4k for this stainless Deluxe
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  17. gbesq Feb 25, 2023

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    Agreed. I’m gonna sell my Ranchero for $30k. Shouldn’t be a problem.
     
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  18. Duracuir1 Never Used A Kodak Feb 25, 2023

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    No way. Not $30k. There’s a guy here selling an all original one for $18500. 4AE3EC31-D2CC-4001-8961-5B9B01C35E5D.jpeg C41CD367-E93C-4C48-B00C-D84F266ACEAC.jpeg
     
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  19. gbesq Feb 25, 2023

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    The Wagon Queen Family Truckster. If you’re taking the whole tribe cross country, this is YOUR automobile.
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  20. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Feb 25, 2023

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