Thought I had a chance (aka major fail in watch hunt)

It was a bit of a crazy week so I thought id try retail therapy. I used to have time to stop by little junk shops I don’t go in expecting crazy deals but sometimes you find a cool Seiko, omega or one of the many that can catch one’s eye. This place had several boxes as pictured below. I did find a couple cool accutrons but I still have one in storage I need to find a place to properly repair. It’s a nice condition Bulova astronaut

So it was nice going through a pile of watches I really can’t explain how I lost the time to do an activity I once did often and enjoyed. I could tell the shop owner was eager to make a sale and tbh I was eager to give her money but I just didn’t find one that tickled my fancy. This one Waltham would have been of interest but as you can see it’s just really beat up. I don’t mind if it needs a service of course and even if it is not running it’s worth a gamble but if it’s so badly scratched you can’t make out the back is it worth the bother?

Well it was fun too look it reminded me of the days not long ago this would be an every couple week thing for me.

It certainly stood out to me but what could I do about the case on that? I think they were asking 400 plus. Im not considering like “making money” on it just getting it back to presenting all right.

Ya the store owner said she saw it on eBay for 1,000 I knew it was a lost cause at that point