Nanuq Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 The pain... the agony... the ideas for future tests! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tudor-submariner-7924-Big-Crown-Original-French-Navy-relic-/290850049069 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's definitely had a rough life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I saw it but 5k! This needs a new dial mid case hands and bezel. There's nothing there! A crown and movement for 5k!?? Can that case be salvaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc33 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Have my eye on this one http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Rolex-6538-Submariner-4-Line-Big-Crown-James-Bond-Watch-Steel-Refinished-Dial-/380567152990?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item589b91e95e&_uhb=1#ht_13772wt_1026 But, every collector prob does too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I looked at it last night. not sure the movement is salvagable. If you read the description, the seller found the watches under water at the military base. I suppose they were "decomissioned" and then thrown away. no telling how long they were under water. unless someone has some miraculous machining skills, it looks like this may be the sort of project that 5k and a whole lot of sweat, cussing and more money ends with the whole thing thrown back in the ocean. I wish him luck, because he sure as heck is gonna need it. I'm sure nanug remembers this, but a few years back, a Doxa T-Graph 200T came up on Ebay. It was in really sad shape, lots of parts missing, movement looked like it had a lot of water damage, but that didn't deter some folks, the bidding went crazy and some guy, who sounded like he didn't have clue won the thing. If I remember right, he thought he could send it back to Doxa and they would do a complete restoration sort of like the service Omega offers, NOT!! Well, long story short, a few months later the same one showed back up on Ebay in exactly the same condition, obviously a project that never got off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsandtigers Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 ouch. wonder if the guy with the hammer was crying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I looked at it & considered bidding. But, ultimately, it looked like a money pit with no clear path to resurrection, so I held off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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