Pretty Impressed With His Watch

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The asking price on this watch has bothered me... for what seems like a year. Funny how it hasn't sold:

http://www.secondtimearoundwatchco.com/watches-for-sale/zenith/defy-28800/8182

The watch is supposed to look something like mine:

A3651wrist.jpg


Or even better, just search for "Zenith A3651" on Google Images and click on the photos stamped "LouS" (big surprise), or "Veritas99" to see what it's really supposed to look like.

The "tropical" thing works or it doesn't. Here... not so much. I think the price is roughly 10x too high.
 
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There are a TON of overpriced watches on eBay. I don't mean by a couple hundred, they're triple market value or more. I guess Zenith isn't immune to this.
 
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The asking price on this watch has bothered me... for what seems like a year. Funny how it hasn't sold:

http://www.secondtimearoundwatchco.com/watches-for-sale/zenith/defy-28800/8182

The watch is supposed to look something like mine:



Or even better, just search for "Zenith A3651" on Google Images and click on the photos stamped "LouS" (big surprise), or "Veritas99" to see what it's really supposed to look like.

The "tropical" thing works or it doesn't. Here... not so much. I think the price is roughly 10x too high.

10 x? you mean it should be just around USD 350-400?
 
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Got it, the sweden item definitely a better specimen, and it's just sold at USD 930.
 
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The Stockholm one was a solid price for a good piece.

Whatever Zenith's dialmaker used for metallic blue does not hold up well over time. It tends to flake. On the tri-color, the blue subdial is always the first to show flaws.
Fig24dialdam2.jpg


Fig23dialdamage1.jpg
 
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I believe so too, but I don't know it for a fact.
 
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Your scalp might get sunburned ;)
That was kind of a low blow,
You're thinking like me :thumbsup:
 
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Your scalp might get sunburned ;)

Wouldn't be the first time. :p

That was kind of a low blow,
You're thinking like me :thumbsup:

Just waiting for Mr. Photoshop to do his thing. :rolleyes:
 
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Wouldn't be the first time. :p



Just waiting for Mr. Photoshop to do his thing. :rolleyes:
Sometimes the mental image is more then sufficient.:p
 
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I think someone needs to teach him how the decimal system works.