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This 22285 just sold for GBP 2.400 excl 36%(!) fee. Perhaps the buyer knows for sure that the damage between 7&8 is on the plexi.... Link:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...7b1ee9-6c9f-44e2-adea-ae550122b5aa#lotDetails

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Interestingly this same watch sold again today on ebay UK, fetching £2050. That's over a £1.2k loss on the original auction price (incl BP) in only a year! Marked as running but not tested.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11585122...XIEqVCjR02&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 
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Still no decent pics of the 7-8 area...
 
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Quick query, but what is considered to be a rarer case size? Is a 33mm generally considered rarer nowadays than the larger 37mm cases? Or the other way round as watches were generally smaller back then and oversize cases were less common? Am guessing with the trend for larger watches nowadays, the 37mm is more desirable than the 33mm?
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Quick query, but what is considered to be a rarer case size? Is a 33mm generally considered rarer nowadays than the larger 37mm cases? Or the other way round as watches were generally smaller back then and oversize cases were less common? Am guessing with the trend for larger watches nowadays, the 37mm is more desirable than the 33mm?

I have not researched but in my casual observation I would say mid sized was are most common, then oversized, then small. However I feel like we do see a fair number of oversized compared to mid sized examples these days? Anyhow I think small is def the least common, and I would expect also the least valuable.

All other things being equal I would think the bigger the case the more valuable. I guess you could also say more desirable (in general, although kind of vague term).
 
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I have not researched but in my casual observation I would say mid sized was are most common, then oversized, then small. However I feel like we do see a fair number of oversized compared to mid sized examples these days? Anyhow I think small is def the least common, and I would expect also the least valuable.

All other things being equal I would think the bigger the case the more valuable. I guess you could also say more desirable (in general, although kind of vague term).

Thanks, and interesting. You would think that rarity (i.e less smaller cases) would drive demand and desirability (and price too), but then again, maybe not!
 
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Don't think 33/34mm watches have a lot of fans - besides in Japan & Italy - nowadays...
 
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Thanks, and interesting. You would think that rarity (i.e less smaller cases) would drive demand and desirability (and price too), but then again, maybe not!

I would say in general that rarity does not correlate with value, except in rare cases 😉

I think it takes kind of a perfect storm of variables to come together for rarity to equal significant value. I've had some watches that were the only known example, and they were not especially valuable.
 
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Don't think 33/34mm watches have a lot of fans - besides in Japan & Italy - nowadays...

The irony, of course, being that as wristwatches for men began to take off in the last century, the reverse was surely true. Smaller movements and therefore cases were one way that manufacturers could advertise their engineering prowess. 33/34mm wristwatches must’ve been a revelation for consumers after decades of lugging around much larger pocket watches on their person. “Hey lads, look how tiny my new wristwatch is - it’s amazing!”
 
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Agreed. But fashion has turned
 
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Still no decent pics of the 7-8 area...
There must be a lot of issues here for the price to be bouncing within this range. Pics are terrible.
 
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