What did they call this Hamilton? Thoughts on price.

24 Feb 2006, 17:09

Picked this up on ebay a while back...a trailing bidder has been after me to sell it. It is almost mint, did need a new module(done). And that is a large faced, Man's - big chunk of bling. Any thoughts on a reasonable price.
I know, you either love the look or hate it. Not MY cup o' tea.
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24 Feb 2006, 18:15

Nice, but without the matching module it is probably worth less than a doughnut. Well in working condition its a quite cool watch, I like it as the design is kinda "out of the ordinary". Oh for a price? Absolutely unsure. Maybe a Hamilton collector would pay like 100 bucks for it? Got no idea. Always depends on how many people want that watch. If you have box and manual, then add a bit to the price. Sorry, just guessing, putting a pricetag on a vintage watch is always quite hard.

24 Feb 2006, 18:50

If I really liked the look of a watch, and it's in excellent, and working, condition, I could certainly see myself paying $200. In fact i've just done that with another Hamilton. If the module is not Hamilton, yeah that'll bring the price down, but if it is, I wouldn't personally be that bothered. To me this will only be a big factor if we're talking rare models that I want to be 100% authentic, even then i'd make exceptions - synchronar. Sorry, this one isn't my cup of tea, but the other collector seems to want it. If I was selling to a non DWF member, i'd probably come in with a higher price than I wanted and let them negotiate down, so we're both happy.

24 Feb 2006, 23:23

Appreciate the thoughts guys...I thought some die-hard Hamilton fan would look at an old brochure and say,"dude, it's the Cyclops II model". I'll probably tell him $350 with a Hamilton box. Not really a hefty model, and it's only 10k gold, which looks a little cheap, IMHO.

10 Mar 2006, 16:00

Yup, popped that critter for $360 flat, me eating the postage.

10 Mar 2006, 21:48

So the moral of that story could be, consider the advice of others, but ultimately go with your own instinct. Nice deal little1up, how do you fancy trying to sell a couple of watches for me :D Ok, i'm not after an answer to that one, think it'd be better to learn by my own mistakes.

10 Mar 2006, 22:04

I did have to put 1.5-2 hours into working on it, replace the module, screw around with placement of module(notch in case vs. "key" on module, left display like 1/4 degree off....screwy,screwy). I wish I had a before picture of this other "bling" one that came out of an odd lot bag from a few months ago...looked like someone had barfed on it,rolled it in mud and let it dry for 30+ years :oops:

. It's damn near flawless now, but I probably have 5 hours into it. Oh well, it keeps me away from the public :lol:

10 Mar 2006, 23:37

little1up wrote:I did have to put 1.5-2 hours into working on it, replace the module, screw around with placement of module(notch in case vs. "key" on module, left display like 1/4 degree off....screwy,screwy). I wish I had a before picture of this other "bling" one that came out of an odd lot bag from a few months ago...looked like someone had barfed on it,rolled it in mud and let it dry for 30+ years . It's damn near flawless now, but I probably have 5 hours into it. Oh well, it keeps me away from the public