: John - the warranty is expired and the watch is
: 3 yrs old. Would this qualify as a
: "older movement"? The watch keeps
: time to a tolerance of 2 seconds per day.
If you can get the first four digits of the serial number, you can tell the year the movement itself was manufactured. It will be 78XX, with the XX being the year of manufacture. Being that the watch itself is three years old, I would suspect that this is indeed an older movement, possibly produced in 2002. However, if the seller is honest and has not had any problems with it over 3 years, this is a good sign that this watch is not a "lemon". On the other hand, at 3 years old it may require a $400 servicing in the next 2 years or so (every 5 years or so a watch typically needs to be serviced), so just keep that in mind.
: As far as collectability, is this watch
: difficult to get, or can this be had upon
: any special order at an authorized dealer?
: Any millesimation numbers for the past 3 yrs
: to get an idea of production runs?
Broad Arrows are very common, so any AD who doesn't have one in stock can easily get one. Only the limited edition Olympic models are collectible, the rest are standard models with no collectibility value. I honestly don't know how many were produced and sold in the last 3 years, but given the high price tag for a new one ($4900 MSRP), it isn't a "massive" seller like the Bond SMP or the Aqua Terras.
