: For anyone interested, this same watch (same piece) sold via
: Antiquorum's "Direct Bid" platform, in October 2010,
: for $3,770 ($4,140 with buyers premium) . . . I remember being
: the second place bidder, as described here --
: http://chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?md=read;id=39099
: "Direct Bid" was a short-lived Antiquorum platform
: for online-only auctions, for more moderate priced watches.

: I am 99.9% certain that it is the very same watch, as I kept some
: file photos from October 2010 (and the fingerprints are the
: same, specifically, the scratch and dot on the tide dial).

: This is not to suggest any impropriety -- just another instance of
: an Antiquorum buyer (in auction one) becoming an Antiquorum
: seller (in auction two). And once again, the seller in today's
: auction did very well!!

: Jeff

I think, its the same play as with the Rolex Daytonas, these watches where never real sold, they all are in the same hands. The seller is the same as the buver. And the game is repeated again. In the next round, these watches go to Christies for three times the price. Just ask Patrizzi, Maron and his clan.