Nanuq Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 What think ye about this recently closed transaction?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipSlap Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 I love it. It would be perfect as an emergency set of brass-knuckles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 What think ye about this recently closed transaction?? I owned an Alpha Swordfish Prototype awhile back. It came with anemic hands and dial lume. I installed a dial and handset from Bill Yao and it looked just like this one. Great watch.........but I doubt Comex had anything to do with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 B, I know that Parisian seller, and he's very much above board. What I don't know is enough about COMEX history to know if there was any suggestion they ever commissioned such a watch, however the word 'prototype' on the caseback would make me wary - not something I'd expect to see, numbered or otherwise. It certainly has more Doxa Dreadnought DNA in there than Omega Ploprof, in fact so much that it looks like a redialled DN. Something I'm not sure Doxa would allow COMEX to get away with. The lack of supporting paperwork doesn't help either - even a letter of acknowledgment from Marseille would do the business, hard to believe this hasn't been obtained by a French seller. However playing Devil's advocate, I am aware many companies prefer not to officially acknowledge prototypes. So all things considered, I think there's some very reasonable doubt there about its provenance. Your own expert reservations are on the money I think and combined with the price realised - nowhere near high enough if this were indeed a genuine prototype - suggest this is a ringer. A nice one admittedly, but a ringer nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justasgood Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Mea Culpa.....it was an AlphaTime Sawfish Prototype. Here is the ad from which I procured mine: XXXX://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=1770286&rid=0 Replace x' with http Great watch.....I wish I still had mine:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 That looks a lot like Kenzo's Nautilus... Just with a different dial... Basically a Fricker built case, I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 That looks a lot like Kenzo's Nautilus... Just with a different dial... Basically a Fricker built case, I think? BINGO!!! And the stuffed animal goes to Ubi!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 I certainly wouldn't mind having that watch... It looks nice and burly! Very cool design and I love the PloProf hands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 I love the watch too, but don't think I could stand the "Incredibles" logo on the dial... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 BINGO!!! And the stuffed animal goes to Ubi!! Seriously? That's a WM rep base? Christ.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) BINGO!!! And the stuffed animal goes to Ubi!! newer but SEIKO-like nice for those interested http://www.gnomonwatches.com/KenzoNautilusSS.html Nautilus SS Credit Card Price: $1390 Edited May 27, 2009 by Gran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messenius Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 First time I've seen this case was at tz-uk/timefactors where the host Eddie Platts desinged a PRS-2 aka Dreadnought. There has been some arguments which was the first watch to use this case design: Dreadnougt, sawfish, nautilus. Who knows, but it's a handsome watch I forgot one: Jacques Etoile's Atlantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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