I bid on it, but set a limit of $1800 and kept to it...

R

: It appears that someone will be paying $2,585 for a super rare
: Carrera "Chronomatic" dial. We see that many other
: elements of the watch -- hands, movement, pushers, etc. -- have
: come from the parts bin, but this is not the first time that we
: have seen a "Chronomatic" dial sell for this kind of
: money, even when everything else about the watch is
: "wrong". We saw a Chronomatic Autavia dial, in a
: replacement case, sell for some serious money [I forget the
: exact amount]. It is probably worth keeping in mind that we have
: seen exactly three Chronomatic Carreras [including this one];
: this is the only one that was co-branded with Abercrombie; so
: this dial is -- in fact -- the rarest of the rare.

: Personally, I would not pay much for this dial . . . this is simply
: not my kind of "project", as it will be impossible to
: restore / complete this watch "correctly" . . . but
: some collector (or, more likely, some dealer) will now find a
: Caliber 11 movement, find the correct hands and pushers,
: refinish the case, and have a watch that looks just about like
: the original Chronomatic from 1969 . . . How much would you pay
: for the resulting watch? Again, I wouldn't pay much for it, but
: I suspect that someone else will pay dearly for this restored
: Chronomatic Carrera.

: Jeff