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Sometimes, You Gotta Laugh . . .

Someone on Chrono24 offering this "Heuer Carrera 12 dato Oyster triple calendar J.C.Killy case" . . . at 80,000 € (= $86,936).

Some of the key features as follows:

  • Reference No. = 2923 extremly rare screw back case
  • Functions = Chronograph, Date, Weekday, Month, Annual calendar . . . [wow . . . "annual calendar" version of the V72]
  • screw back case same as Rolex Jean Claude Killy, but much more rare
  • the only 1 in the global market
  • LOOKS SIMILAR TO REFERENCE 2543 BUT IT IS A 2923 . . . [thanks for the solid caps . . . now, I am convinced]

And, of course, the key selling point -- "On Friday, December17, 2012, a Polex Ref. 6236 “Jean-Claude Killy” manufactured in 1960 went up on the auction block. Estimated at $120,000-180,000, it fetched an astounding $638,500".

I will stake no claim to this one and leave it for others . . . maybe a bargain if you can grab it for 70,000 € ? ? ?

[and in case any novice comes along and wonders what the giggling is about, we typically see these bought / sold in the $3,000 range.]

Jeff

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