The remarkable journey of a BA145.022

I've been watching with some interest as an example of the gold BA145.022 has traversed the globe in a matter of days, changing hands between a few dealers. Here is the story.

I first saw the piece on LunarOyster's insta here, about 4 days ago:

https://instagram.com/p/6SrEYQBcT_/

After an alert from a buddy and a pricetag (15k), I took a look and it was soon up on his site. And then just as quickly, it was gone. "Man," I thought, "that was quick." And indeed it was. I happen to follow Jacek from hqmilton on insta, and less than a day later this appeared:

https://instagram.com/p/6XzNQHMmQE/

Huh, I thought, two in one week. Too good to be true. After checking examining the bezels a bit more carefully, it was clear they were the same watch. So, now it was in California. I was excited to get some detailed pictures on the site, and see how much the markup would be. But alas, foiled again, as I never was able to find it on hqmilton.com. Then I thought maybe it resurfaced here:

https://instagram.com/p/6bqNYDCORN/

In Hawaii. Also has a damaged bezel, but WAIT, its the not the same damaged bezel. So, different watch.

So, I guess it's still in the hands of the blokes at HQMilton, and I still patiently await the day when it might resurface.

Anyway, all this is to ask, Is this type of inventory swapping fairly common? What is the purpose? Is it a buy and hold strategy for these dealers?

@Slevin kelevra I think the watches are different. The hands on the Hawaii one are lumed, while the other one has all black hands. So unless the hands were also changed (which I guess is possible), seems like different watches to me.

It's a well known fact that @Barking mad has cornered the worldwide market for gold Apollo 11 moon watches.

@Gemini4 @Barking mad in preparation for the pending nuclear holocaust im sure. Gold, and watches!