IMHO, this watch worth 3K, the dial is original (not perfect but in acceptable condition), the moon disk is original (the serial number must say if it matches the year production), the days/months disks are original aswell and appears to be in good condition, the movement is clean.
The only parts to change/find are the hands for the chrono (hours & seconds), eventually the crown (signed or not, depends the year), and these parts are easy to find.
BTW, if someone has a better Tri-Compax for 3K, please do contact me, I'm buying ! 馃憤馃榾
I don't mind a bit of a bruising in exchange for free knowledge from years of experience.
I can't imagine how many watches you've commented on or how many people you've helped over the years. I am one of those you've helped and still appreciate it.
Ya i sent pics of a UG I was considering to two people I talk to here to ask for feedback. At least one of them recommended I send the picture to Larry S. Turns out I didn鈥檛 have to as I鈥檓 trying for something else the seller has, but I鈥檇 be happy if he told me it was a piece of crap I鈥檇 feel like I saved a lot of time and research. Then again I hear nasty stuff usually daily I had to tell someone they had to wait a half hour to get their meds today at work, they threatened to come back with a panzer tank and squish me like a grapefruit. That鈥檚 almost verbatim. I took tomorrow off just in case but I鈥檓 always grateful for any help or comments I have received. As the scammers step up their game it鈥檚 very valuable to have people who know these watches inside and out. I considered steering away from vintage for a while but there are still a lot of decent people out there selling legit things. I get it though everyone has way they prefer to be approached a certain way, @pdxleaf has hurt my feelings many times.
Unless I see the case back, serial number, and ref number, and better overall pics of the wear on the case, not sure how you would say it鈥檚 worth 3k ?
IMHO, this watch worth 3K, the dial is original (not perfect but in acceptable condition), the moon disk is original (the serial number must say if it matches the year production), the days/months disks are original aswell and appears to be in good condition, the movement is clean.
The only parts to change/find are the hands for the chrono (hours & seconds), eventually the crown (signed or not, depends the year), and these parts are easy to find.
BTW, if someone has a better Tri-Compax for 3K, please do contact me, I'm buying ! 馃憤馃榾
This is really interesting. His "forward guidance" back in 2019 was way off. Otherwise, this is 1:45 well spent (recommend playback at 1.25x speed). Thanks for sharing.
I wonder if there's a market for a website to crowdsource condition assessments. As we've seen in this thread, it can get a bit personal. How about a site that's a cross between Hot or Not and Instagram - rather than simply a "Like" you rate it on a couple of scales like condition, correctness, originality. Something like Reddit's scoring (karma) system could weight experienced users evaluations. Shall I build it? 馃榾
