Valjoux 72 donor watch on Ebay

[polexpete]

Hiya all,

Anyone looking for a V72 this might be interesting. Looks clean but has no winding stem and doesn't mention about how it runs.. maybe worth asking the seller...

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MENS-DELBANA-CHRONOGRAPH-WATCH-VALJOUX-72-726-/270632385055?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item3f02f27a1f

Cheers

P.

[alligoat]

It looks like a bit of a gamble to me. Stems are no big deal, but the watch will definitely require a service- of course most do- and that's $200-300 in the US. But it is a 726 which is a later model of the 72, but I don't know what improvements were made to the 726. It's too bad he didn't reset the 30 minute and 12 hour counters back to zero for the picture- do they really work?

It'll be interesting to see if anyone bids. Nice find PP.

[lhooq]

Zero bids suggest someone knows something I don't, and $589 is too much for a pig in a poke.

I bet it sells for ~$650 after five guys bid on it in the final minute!

[polexpete]

Looking at the movement again looks like its running in the pics maybe why the counters are not re-set

If anyone picks it up from here i have a winding stem...

Cheers

P.

[dieselpower]

I was really tempted. Am looking for a V72 reasonably priced but I know too little and played safe. Thanks for the heads up anyway PP.

[alligoat]

Good call LH, 4 bids and $637.52!

[lhooq]

They say my ability to predict events on eBay is a gift, but I assure you it's a terrible curse!

A fifth bidder could have driven it up past $650. Maybe that fifth bidder was supposed to be... me?