blue. Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 (edited) Now that´s one of those moments I think is worth sharing! We all know 1016 dials (gen service ones in mint condition) are rare, very rare, and X times even more desired on the market, which is why prices inflate insanely... A few of us have missed some dials on the bay in the bidding process over the years. Some 6 months ago I missed a nice NOS dial + original hands from the UK, the seller was a retired person who had worked for Rolex Bexley as I understood Though, to no surprise ... was outbid by someone else (maybe a chap from the forums?) and the dial went for 960 $. I stopped bidding pretty early as the numbers got too high. Last week I was curiously browsing the bay for a 1016 gen service dial as they appear in a 3-6 months time frame, with open price end, lets say for bidding. A nice service dial appeared, stating mint condition. Upon picture inspection I saw at least 4 scratches ... hard to fix, if at all ... but not so severe. Talking about the price. As I landed into the bidding there were 2 bidders, price 2-3 $ by the time. Easy, would someone say, its mine in a few days! On Saturday the price had gone a bit up by 35 $ ... with 5 bidders! Now guess what! Today, the bidding ends in a few hours, we have 11 bidders and the price is about 560 $! I personally except (from experience) that the end price would end by around +900 $. Why? Because there are NOS 1016 dials with hands within the range of 1000$ on the bay. I bet at least 2 forum members are in the bidding P.S. Not sure who is ready to shell out 600-900$ for a scratched dial anyway ... Insanity at its finest. Edited December 2, 2014 by blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymanmatt Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Yes, we are all insane in this rep world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 As I assume many of the forums are, I am always looking for gen parts and have had similar results. Not long ago thought I had a 1016 dial for a decent price and in the last 10 minutes bidding went crazy and price increased by several hundred $. I have yet to actually score a good deal outside of people I know. Too many people collecting watches. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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