I've been watching this 105-002 on ebay and can't decide if the appearance of the nuked dial is pleasing or whether I just feel I want to rescue it like a starved and abused puppy or donkey.

 

Well I guess the beauty lies in the eye of the buyer. I don’t find it very appealing anymore. Others might feel differently about it...

 

Sorry. It's a 2998-62 and the thread posted before I had completed. Here is the listing.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTHENTI...rentrq:8ca08f381620ab6b34990a41ffff3c10|iid:1Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

When it comes to the choice between patina and degradation, it's entirely subjective. Personally, I think every "spider dial" is damaged. In this case, however, it's been baked - look at the way the lume has blackened.

 

I think that might be the one offered by Christies a few years ago that we all thought was cooked

 

If i'd paid £2k for it 10 years ago i'd love it.

 

Looks like Omega used this as the inspiration for the new Apollo 8

 

Whoever cooked that rare of a dial to make it "tropical" deserves a serious beating.

 

Looks awful to me.

 

It looks like somebody bathed the dial in mud, so I would call it a rare Mudmaster

 

+1

 

I would buy that watch for the right price (I don't have 17k right now, and if I did I wouldn't buy it). But here are examples of some of the watches I have owned and many would consider 'trashed'. Personally I enjoyed owning all of them, regardless of the dial condition.

That being said, I feel calling the above Speedmaster tropical is pissing on my boots and telling me it is raining.

 

The orange one looks cool !

 

Wow and I thought my 2998-6 was rough. Will be interesting to see what this goes for.

 

This cookie sat in the oven a little too long

 

I wish I could give double likes

For me that dial is trashed with no redeeming features

 

It sold for $5000 in chisties if its the same watch. ++ of course

 

Are the indices black? Maybe someone tried to use a blow torch?

 

Poor Speedy. Someone forgot to Slip-Slop-Slap!