WTH is going on here? (Vintage Speedmaster content)

Passover · Aug 7, 2020

OK, what do we have here?

A heavily polished Speedy with a 321 movement (SN 249566XX), 145.022 caseback, dial and hands, a totally messed up DON, 6 days to go at 6K USD with at least one dubious bidder?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/omega-Spee...456384?hash=item3fe694e180:g:7lcAAOSwOrNfLHx3

Scarecrow Boat · Aug 7, 2020

Seems like a spoof account bidding it up.

I am always curious why a lot of the sellers take pics of the watch with the Chrono hand randomly stopped somewhere on the dial and not in the reset position. Is it to give the illusion the Chrono has been running for hours on end to hide any sub dial hand drift?

Dan S · Aug 7, 2020

What a mess.

rob#1 · Aug 7, 2020

Scarecrow Boat
Seems like a spoof account bidding it up.

I am always curious why a lot of the sellers take pics of the watch with the Chrono hand randomly stopped somewhere on the dial and not in the reset position. Is it to give the illusion the Chrono has been running for hours on end to hide any sub dial hand drift?

Nah, it just took them one hour and eight and a half seconds to get the best shot 😉

Kigro · Aug 9, 2020

Yeah looks like someone is pushing the price up for the seller...

eugeneandresson · Aug 9, 2020

How did they get a 90s dial on a 321? Glue?

aprax · Aug 9, 2020

Scarecrow Boat
I am always curious why a lot of the sellers take pics of the watch with the Chrono hand randomly stopped somewhere on the dial and not in the reset position. Is it to give the illusion the Chrono has been running for hours on end to hide any sub dial hand drift?

It's all done in the interest of full disclosure. You have to let the minute recorder stop randomly between markers in order to draw the attention of potential buyers to the shot spring:

Archer · Aug 9, 2020

aprax
It's all done in the interest of full disclosure. You have to let the minute recorder stop randomly between markers in order to draw the attention of potential buyers to the shot spring:

Ironically the “new” 321 that Omega has sent out had a similarly f’d up minute counter spring...

WTH is going on here? (Vintage Speedmaster content)

Passover

Scarecrow Boat

Dan S

rob#1

Kigro

eugeneandresson

aprax

Archer

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