: This Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer, in what appears to be
: fair condition, just sold for 11,250 CHF, including the buyers'
: premium.

: Has the world gone mad? Is this the "Hodinkee Effect",
: from this posting ?

Jeff,

A couple of things....First, wouldn't you like to see this watch in the flesh after seeing the picture. I am not going to say that the picture looks "doctored" but the photographic treatment is certainly odd. Second, on the question of "Is this the "Hodinkee effect""?...I think that if you mean specifically that Hodinkee is making a market I think maybe you give them too much credit, however, if you characterize the whole rabid watch market as "The Hodinkee Effect" then yes. I will not go so far as to say that Hodinkee makes the market and I will not go totally the other way and say that the market makes Hodinkee. Probably a bit of both are true.

What I can say with some certainty is that I wish I had a few watches sold in the last couple of years back right now...but looking back gets you nowhere.

JohnCote