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Littleroger

·Jul 15, 2012

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Incidentally there was also a two-tone black/18K gold variant of the grail made for the Italian market in even smaller quantity than this one

Wow! Never heard of that one. Any photos?

 

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dsio

·Jul 15, 2012·Ash @ ΩF

Littleroger

Wow! Never heard of that one. Any photos?

 

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Littleroger

·Jul 15, 2012

Interesting. Just had a look into The Master of Omega by Alberto Isnardi (a wonderful book btw) and its not even mentioned. Tx - you selling ? 😉

 

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Littleroger

·Jul 15, 2012

The st 145.0022 for the Italian market is mentioned though. same year 1987.

 

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dsio

·Jul 15, 2012·Ash @ ΩF

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Interesting. Just had a look into The Master of Omega by Alberto Isnardi (a wonderful book btw) and its not even mentioned. Tx - you selling ? 😉

Nope, stole the pics off the interwebs!

 

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dsio

·Jul 15, 2012·Ash @ ΩF

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The st 145.0022 for the Italian market is mentioned though. same year 1987.

Probably got glossed over because the grail was the worthless cousin of the moonwatch until Chuck got involved, it was just another German market Speedmaster that nobody cared about, prices were really low, then he started chasing them and the rest is history. Its sort of like the manual wind Daytonas, there are stories of deep discounts on them well under $1000 even in the 1980s, it wasn't until the last decade or two that people started caring about them at all.

 

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Littleroger

·Jul 15, 2012

Yep. Strange this whole concept of "value" of vintage watches. I had a manual wind Daytona which I also inherited (!). Personally, it doesn't do much for me and I sold it at a ridiculous price that some collectors thought was the minimum it might be worth. However, if it goes out of fashion in a few years, it may well be worth only a fraction of what it's. Is "worth."

 

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SpikiSpikester

·Jul 15, 2012·@ ΩF

dsio

Be prepared to shell out quite a bit of dosh for it, its one of the most interesting modern-ish Speedmasters but due to Chuck's love of them its now also the most overpriced, Roger's method of acquiring it through inheritance is the only sane route lol

As I'm a cheapskate I might just go for a Mk 4.5 instead then 😀

 

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ulackfocus

·Jul 15, 2012

After work switch for a couple hours around the house:

 

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cicindela

·Jul 16, 2012·Steve @ ΩF

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ulackfocus

·Jul 16, 2012

First time out for the jumbo Seamaster bumper.

 

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Wetworks

·Jul 16, 2012

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kyle L

·Jul 16, 2012·Grasshopper

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First time out for the jumbo Seamaster bumper.

Glad you're wearing it! Looks perfect on your wrist. 😀

 

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ulackfocus

·Jul 16, 2012

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Glad you're wearing it! Looks perfect on your wrist. 😀

Thanks Kyle. Fits pretty well too so it might steal some wrist time from the Chrono Cockpit on days off.

 

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ulackfocus

·Jul 17, 2012

Starting with the sparkle - used to be my Monday watch, now is my Tuesday watch (until a real watchmaker fixes it).




Then we're hitting the beach so the Seiko gets the call.

 

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cicindela

·Jul 17, 2012·Steve @ ΩF

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SpikiSpikester

·Jul 17, 2012·@ ΩF

Speedy on NASA strap this evening

 

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ulackfocus

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·Jul 18, 2012·Steve @ ΩF

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