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Hi Kenny, and welcome to the forum.
Looked a nice watch, I'm not surprised it went quickly at that price. Third gen Carreras have tended to be at the cheaper end of the Carrera spectrum, but that's the sort of price you might have been paying four or five years ago so pretty much a bargain today.
Whenever I talk about buying barrel Carreras, I urge any prospective buyer to try one on before buying. It's not that it's heavy as such, and the overall dimensions are within a mm of the second gen, but it's the height of the case that dominates the wearing experience with the barrels. Whereas the second gen has quite a domed crystal, the third is steel pretty all the way up with its mineral glass nearly flush. As a result, it feels quite high on the wrist. Not uncomfortably so and nothing you wouldn't acclimatise to, but I was certainly much more aware of wearing a watch with my first barrel than any of the other Carreras. Hence the advice to try before you buy.
Not to put anyone off, you get perhaps the most distinctive Carrera dial with most of these! http://www.calibre11.com/cotes-de-geneve/
Mark
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