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·Hello - firstly, let me introduce myself as I’m newbie to the forum, I’m Dave! I hope you will not judge any posts too harshly. Ive naively decided to but a Speedmaster, I say naively as I didn’t realise the absolute minefield I would encounter following that initial decision. There are just so many varieties, different ages, combinations, condition etc etc, it made my head hurt.
I then realised that when I looked on the internet I just could not tell if a Speedmaster was original or not, whether it had service parts or not or even what age it was. The descriptions varied wildly and were quite often light on detail.
Here is an example:
I saw this watch online. It was advertised as a 145.0022 with a 861 movement. When I asked about the parts they said they were consistent with age (although they couldn’t tell me the age!) I asked for the serial number which they kindly supplied which is 77xxxxxx. That dates it, I think, to around 2005. So in turn the watch (in my extremely limited knowledge) is in fact a 3570.50.00 with a 1861 movement. No paperwork accompanies the watch. I can only assume they looked at the case back and no further!
Anyway, what’s your general advise don’t touch them with a barge pole as they clearly don’t know what they are talking about or is it still a decent watch. As I mentioned I cant tell if the dial, hands bezel insert are original or not?
Where would you buy a Speedmaster (non-current version)?
Apologies for rambling!
Dave
I then realised that when I looked on the internet I just could not tell if a Speedmaster was original or not, whether it had service parts or not or even what age it was. The descriptions varied wildly and were quite often light on detail.
Here is an example:
I saw this watch online. It was advertised as a 145.0022 with a 861 movement. When I asked about the parts they said they were consistent with age (although they couldn’t tell me the age!) I asked for the serial number which they kindly supplied which is 77xxxxxx. That dates it, I think, to around 2005. So in turn the watch (in my extremely limited knowledge) is in fact a 3570.50.00 with a 1861 movement. No paperwork accompanies the watch. I can only assume they looked at the case back and no further!
Anyway, what’s your general advise don’t touch them with a barge pole as they clearly don’t know what they are talking about or is it still a decent watch. As I mentioned I cant tell if the dial, hands bezel insert are original or not?
Where would you buy a Speedmaster (non-current version)?
Apologies for rambling!
Dave
