Thanks Andee. Understand totally. Hopefully the buyer is a member of our community and we will hear the full version of the story soon. Congrats again on the sale. So pleased that you were able to bring this one to the market.

: dear greg,

: i have received your email. thank you very much.
: sorry for the late reply but i had to take some hours off today
: after that tsunami of emails and messages that came in
: yesterday.
: ..still not all answered yet.

: so i totally understand that lots of collectors are interested in
: the whole story,
: but i would please you for your understanding, that i have to keep
: discretion until the deal is finally done,
: and also after it if the buyer wants it so. i believe that´s the
: duty of a professional dealer.

: i would like to leave it to the new owner if he is willing to
: present the watch and it´s story to the public.
: there are a lot of collectors who prefer silence after they have
: bought.

: the only things i can tell are, that this piece goes to a private
: collector,
: and that there are still several others in the line which were too
: late and would also have loved to buy it at full price.

: hope that´s at least some little more info for now.

: thanks and enjoy your day guys! ;)

: andee