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Wishful Thinking - Watches that have unrealistic price expectations

Mac5
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$6480. Yep. You read it correctly. For a quartz chronograph Wittnauer 1968 Quartz Chronograph. It does however, come with papers.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Vinta...127703?hash=item52280aff97:g:mCcAAOSwEJldh6T0
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Dedalus05
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"Beautiful 18 carat gold Omega consolation beautiful watch of 30 high quality year around 1970s our unique design the attention to detail is magnificent it's an amazing example of Omega watches lovely to wear at any special occasion please please no time wasters "

Asking price: €6,500

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https://www.adverts.ie/dress/gold-watch/18624355
 
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Gav1967 Gav1967
Not a watch per se but....wow

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Damn! I just bought one of those like 5 months ago, and I think I maybe paid $45 for it, if that. It was an original (Spiedel?) with the Omega logo on the clasp. EDIT, it was NOS... so never installed.
 
ewand
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OK, it's not quite as ludicrous as some examples in this thread, but check this out - being offered at Bonhams auctions, in January, with a 27.5% buyers premium to be added.

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Estimate of £400-600, but a starting price of £400. For a beaten up case and scratty dial. it might be an early cal 601 manual-wind 135.033 that you don't see too often, but if it went for top estimate, that's £765 + delivery charges...

Makes my 1969 166.039 beater that cost me £300, look like a bargain...
 
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Dead Link/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/383318491595

I am interested in purchasing this watch but I don’t know if it is authentic or worth this much. Thank you.
 
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Dead Link/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/383318491595

I am interested in purchasing this watch but I don’t know if it is authentic or worth this much. Thank you.
Please post in the proper thread and post pictures not links.
 
janice&fred
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I usually find the more long-winded the description of a posted watch for sale the more likely it's gonna have a startling price. you know the kind of posting i'm talking about...paragraphs taking readers for a walk down memory lane outlining the history of the brand and model and extolling the features. by the time one scrolls all the way down through the fluff and see the price it looks like the guy's phone number 😀
 
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WengerTodd WengerTodd
Damn! I just bought one of those like 5 months ago, and I think I maybe paid $45 for it, if that. It was an original (Spiedel?) with the Omega logo on the clasp. EDIT, it was NOS... so never installed.
I (briefly) looked at this bracelet as a match for my Driver, but somehow couldn’t get past the mental block of paying nearly as much for an original bracelet as I did for the whole watch!
 
whyboddau
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Not a whole watch but 30k for a dial. Looking at the other items for sale, the seller may be parting out a whole watch and hoping to total 50k in parts.

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