The Rest of the Story About That Crazy Auction

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Like watching "The Sixth Sense" for the second time.

Um, exactly why were two viewings necessary?
 
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Um, exactly why were two viewings necessary?

Sort of a "Rashoman" kind of thing ... you see everything entirely differently once you know the surprise ending. Unless someone spoiled it for you before you saw it the first time.
 
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Sort of a "Rashoman" kind of thing ... you see everything entirely differently once you know the surprise ending. Unless someone spoiled it for you before you saw it the first time.
He was alive the whole time?
 
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Sort of a "Rashoman" kind of thing ... you see everything entirely differently once you know the surprise ending. Unless someone spoiled it for you before you saw it the first time.

I think I was about 15 or 20 minutes in when I said "Oh, I just figured this whole movie out", so no second viewing required.
 
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Don't you do it! 😁
Haha! If the movie is spoiled for someone who hasn’t seen it yet, they only have themselves to blame. It’s been out since 1999. Speaking of, now I feel old. 🤔
 
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Its in better condition than my 2017 Speedy 😀😀
 
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Congrats on winning this beautiful gem of a watch. 😎 I watched this auction from afar - even after the original thread was up; fortune indeed favors the brave. Not sure if one in this condition will pop-up anytime soon.
 
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Congrats on winning this beautiful gem of a watch. 😎 I watched this auction from afar - even after the original thread was up; fortune indeed favors the brave. Not sure if one in this condition will pop-up anytime soon.
Thank you. I watched it live and it seemed the auctioneer was doing his/her damnedest to get a higher bid... warning, warning, going once, going twice... seemed to take forever and I don't know how brave I was, I do know how nervous I was... thanks again for your kind comments.
 
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There is no subtitute to the feeling of knowing the example on your wrist is superb in everything. Congratulations mate 👍🥰
 
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Superb watch. Congrats.
 
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Went to the watchmaker today.... and the verdict is in:
Yes, it is a 145.022-68 transitional
Movement # is 27.32x.xxx
The watchmaker was amazed at the condition, said he’d never seen one better and probably never will in the future. He placed on a timegrapher and showed me the amplitude which he said was great, beat error was .5ms and tested timing in three positions... face up 1 sec/day, down 3 sec and side 2 sec. He thought it had been recently serviced but when he opened the caseback, the gasket was dried out and no watchmaker’s mark. Omega quality... amazing.
So, a basic service is to be done and I’ll have the watch back in three weeks.