Maybe it's just coincidence, but it seems to happen more to early Carreras. Not just because the two highlighted in this thread, just generally.

Stewart

: I think it's probably happened to an extent for a good few years
: now, but the frequency does seem to be increasing.

: There are a lot more reference points now, so we rarely see very
: underpriced watches there and we do see the same watches over
: and over again. Still, I would never write it off as a source,
: every now and again there are still some great watches on there.
: Particularly on the national version of eBay you link to, I have
: found ;)