Missed a bargain?

[dieselpower]

Hi all,

I missed out on buying a gen1530 movement for $520, was this a bargain? What do you think? If it was and the buyer was a fellow member then congratulations - I forgot to set my alarm clock to wake me up for the end of the auction. I had no idea what they are worth anyway so I didn't bid.

Oh well, next time.....

Cheers

[llsteve80]

Hi all,

I missed out on buying a gen1530 movement for $520, was this a bargain? What do you think? If it was and the buyer was a fellow member then congratulations - I forgot to set my alarm clock to wake me up for the end of the auction. I had no idea what they are worth anyway so I didn't bid.

Oh well, next time.....

Cheers

I think I was watching the same thing, I expected it to go to 800 or so. Thats the butterfly movement with 18000 bph, good for a vintage sub. I have no use for it but I watch them just in case, I think cleaned up it would have been worth between $800 and $1100. I've seen non working ones go for that, it just depends on who is looking at the time really, but even so the ebay market value is very consistent. Now that I think of it, the 1530 is non-date, the 1535 is worth a little more. Either way, IMHO, it was a deal. It may have not gone high enough because of the bridge marked 1556.....People don't like that stuff.

Now my question.....can a 1530 be converted to a date movement? I see indentations that look like maybe they would accept the mechanism, but I'm not privvy enough on watchmaking to know if thats even possible.

[llsteve80]

I'll start a thread on this one too BTW, this one looks like an old eta movement so I'd steer clear until someone confirms it: 130166943584

[alligoat]

$530 for a 1530 isn't a bad price, but you always have to add in the cost of a service, say $200, and parts above that if required. S&H brings you to around $750- about par for the course. 1575's run in the $900-1000 and once again, add in the service. If you want a date movement, buy a date movt- don't think you can convert unless you're a watchmaker w/ a stash of parts, because it's not cost efffective.

[docblackrock]

$530 for a 1530 isn't a bad price, but you always have to add in the cost of a service, say $200, and parts above that if required. S&H brings you to around $750- about par for the course. 1575's run in the $900-1000 and once again, add in the service. If you want a date movement, buy a date movt- don't think you can convert unless you're a watchmaker w/ a stash of parts, because it's not cost efffective.

Good advice, couldn't have put it better myself. Unfortunately there are no short cuts and bargains are as rare as hens' teeth.

[Dizzy]

The last thing you want to do is buy a movement for $500 plus shipping then find out it needs a $200 service and $400 in parts to make it keep time properly.... even then theres always the chance the movement trashed or all rusted inside.. always be careful when something thats worth $1000 is selling for $500... there's probably a reason for it. buyer beware.