these kind of proto Daytonas fetch crazy prices. interesting to see how the market appreciated these kind of speedmaster examples. I think its cool but not sure like 20-30k cool
"These dials were discovered many years ago by the vendor solely as dials with their batch reference sticker applied on the back and no dial feet. They are presented today fitted to the correct watches from the period."
Translates as:
"These are fantasy put togethers, and their value should be no more than that of the correct reference, but without correct dial or hands. However, we're hopefully that some utter mug will blow his financial load all over his bidding paddle."
Well, if the dials can be proven to be genuine tests from the period, there's precedence for them having some value in watches. See: White-dialled Heuer Autavia 2446Cs, which were never sold; 2446 and 3646 Tachy dial models which were either never sold or were dealer options, depending on who you ask, etc. It certainly helps that TAG still have a catalog of examples of each old production and test dial they considered, so they can be understood to be genuine. We'll see about these.... I dunno.
....the case they stuck it in is pretty ratty, and the DON is far from the best. Not paring this dial with the best case and bezel you could possibly find doesn't really express that high of a level of confidence in its overall value.
I'll wager you $5 someone will do just that when they've bought it.... give it 3 months and it's back on sale.... but shinier.
That's a lot of "if". 😉
The colour scheme of the hands is the same as the racing dials if I'm not mistaken... That is, the time telling hands are different colour from the chrono hands...
