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路I was pretty bummed that I got distracted at the last minute at work and missed this listing's end by just a couple seconds:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111205640901?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648
I had offered the seller $750, but they didn't want to cancel the bids with 4 days left. Guess they lost out too - they left $140 on the table.
.... but there's the thing ..... the Watch Gods take care of those who help n00bs so they threw me not one but two bones!
Well, Norm actually threw me the first one:
It's just like the one I helped Mike vet a few weeks ago. I was missing a caliber 280 from the box and this should fill it nicely.馃憤
Now it gets interesting. Even I had to contact Longines to verify this one, and thanks to a fellow Longines collector and member here I now have the vintage ad for this watch too:
Yep, a for realzy and truzy Silver Arrow! Best part is that it's the very uncommon (maybe rare does work here) caliber 23ZDS date version. It is a bit of a gamble with the mediocre pictures, but we'll see if my instincts are still good and the Watch Gods took care of me. Here's the ad, followed by the picture Longines sent me that verified the dial and case reference were correct:
Of course, I still want to upgrade my 22A at some point but that will have to wait.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111205640901?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648
I had offered the seller $750, but they didn't want to cancel the bids with 4 days left. Guess they lost out too - they left $140 on the table.
.... but there's the thing ..... the Watch Gods take care of those who help n00bs so they threw me not one but two bones!
Well, Norm actually threw me the first one:
It's just like the one I helped Mike vet a few weeks ago. I was missing a caliber 280 from the box and this should fill it nicely.馃憤
Now it gets interesting. Even I had to contact Longines to verify this one, and thanks to a fellow Longines collector and member here I now have the vintage ad for this watch too:
Yep, a for realzy and truzy Silver Arrow! Best part is that it's the very uncommon (maybe rare does work here) caliber 23ZDS date version. It is a bit of a gamble with the mediocre pictures, but we'll see if my instincts are still good and the Watch Gods took care of me. Here's the ad, followed by the picture Longines sent me that verified the dial and case reference were correct:
Of course, I still want to upgrade my 22A at some point but that will have to wait.
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