Nice pickup Jason, I do like those.
So there I was doing my usual Saturday Ebay trawl when I saw a new listing inviting offers, it was a watch I have had before but sold many years ago and always regretted it, as ever with these things the prices went a bit mad soon after, this one popped up with pretty poor photos and was advertised with a couple of issues, the crown is wrong and its difficult to set the time due to the stem not clicking to the set position, but apart from that it runs very well and keeping time and the chrono resets as it should, I put in a offer at the start bid price and then immediately thought I should offer more as there was one other offer pending, I was just about to increase it when I got a notification the offer was accepted! Not car boot sale cheap but significantly less than the price of others on Ebay.
It came today and its actually in better shape than I thought it was going to be, a quick polish of the crystal made it look much better and its running well, it will need the crown and stem looking at as some point but Im sure thats not a big issue.
1970s Sekonda Strela cal 3017 with the famous paddle hands.
( quick iPhone photo )
This is its more sophisticated looking cousin with the same movement and case I picked up last year.
Cheers..
Jase
Nice pickup Jason, I do like those.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
That looks like a corker! Funnily enough I've been feeling chuffed with myself for snagging a really nice 3017 at the weekend in an auction that finished at £343. Bet you did better than me though.
Cheers guys.
I did a little better, £200 😉
Cheers..
Jase
Well done Jason. Wont be many more car boots from now on mate season at a end .
Off to Marks Tey in the morning as off work at mo , im not expecting much !
Cheers Robbo, yeah, I think my local one is finished now. Good luck at Marks Tey..
Cheers Tony, they are pretty distinctive 👍
Cheers..
Jase
Very nice, good luck with the searches, I’ll keep an eye out .
Cheers..
Jase
i have looked at these myself.
never too keen on black dial and i am paranoid of it being a redial
Thanks Raj, Ive been wearing it all day and its running great, I had factored in a service cost in buying it but Im not sure it will get one
Cheers..
Jase
Nice and a bit of a steal really!
Oooooo love the white one, worth getting it fixed.
I would love the challenge. Sent you a PM.
Cheers..
Jase
Be nice to see how this turns out...
Nice thing, always thought they were something of a classic.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
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This seems as good a thread as any to post this. Just arrived this morning and hidden amongst a large parts lot. Came in at under £200 and it looks to be in pretty good condition and seems to run well. I’ll get a new crystal ordered then it’ll be good to go.
Last edited by HookedSeven; 2nd July 2020 at 08:44.
Well done! Looks really good.
Cheers..
Jase
[adds Sekonda 3017 to saved eBay searches]
Sent through the ether by diddling with radio waves
Corking find, well played H7.
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