....check he's not a scoundrel trying to make one sold in 1990 look nine years younger !
https://i.imgur.com/4v8GJPY.jpg
L case number, N clasp code ? Pfffft, amateur !
....check he's not a scoundrel trying to make one sold in 1990 look nine years younger !
https://i.imgur.com/4v8GJPY.jpg
L case number, N clasp code ? Pfffft, amateur !
How peculiar! Wouldn't a 1990s one be potentially more interesting to people anyway? At that age neither are exactly nearly new.
Seen it many times. It's on a par with those customers pawning a locket who put leaden putty or a pound coin behind grandma's sweet fizzog so that it weighs more when we put it on the scales.......Quote:
Originally Posted by hughtrimble
I wouldn't say that a 1990 Day-Date is any more interesting than a 1999 example, but its condition would typically be worse and there may be a small premium for the newer watch even if all else were equal.
The errant hand, of course, is usually that of someone trying to misrepresent their position in the hope of gain.
I do like your thread titles - it's like a pastiche of those American crime report voice-overs.
Shoddy work - colouring, smudges and style. Good detective work Mr. H (olmes). [Onto the next less-suspecting victim perhaps?]
Me thinks an 8 would have been the better choice given the picture.
Not a master forger at work based on that.
That takes me back. Was that slogan from Impulse or Milk Tray?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f0c0d875ca.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...224f5e7a4f.jpg
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You are seeing it somewhat enlarged, whereas in real life the figure is just millimetres high and the shape of the "naughty nine" mirrors those written by the original hand in front of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rinaldo1711
I've seen many variants.
1 becomes 4, 7 or 9.
3 becomes 8 or 9.
Strangely, if confronted, the bearer always expresses amazement at how it could have happened...."but how much will you give me anyway?"
Was the watch itself legit? (If you even got that far!)
A mix of accessories were cobbled together with it, but yes, the watch itself was correct and I bought it --- based on its condition and correct age !Quote:
Originally Posted by Peck
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Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton
Looks like my attempt to change my school report
I will be eagerly checking your website, I have a craving for one and these are a minefield when not coming from a trusted source (yourself!)Quote:
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I would like to propose a weekly thread were Haywood updates us with the watch related shenanigans and strange happenings that cross his path.
If you ever compile the stories into a book Haywood, I would like a signed copy please :-).
Interesting!
Are you allowed to give out the name of your website here so I can look at your stock and see if there’s anything that takes my fancy? If not can you PM me the details..?
Cheers
Jack
Could the seller have been Prince?
Just Google Miltons pawnbrokers. But not to be confused with HQ Milton in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by FazerBoy
That plan is flawed, as it happens.Quote:
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I think I found it. I’m not very good at spelling and the word millionaires is very difficult for me ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton
Is that the one?
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by FazerBoy
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