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stryfox wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:29 am

I'm also a sucker for boxes

Wonder where you picked up that bug.

Also scored a second of the rare original Ventura long boxes with the original "Electric" sash:



More about these boxes can be found in this thread:

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Acquired this NOS 1990s Hamilton King Chrono III (automatic Valjoux 7750) with box, papers and strap. (This pic does not show the original strap — I removed the original one to preserve it and was too lazy to swap it back on for these photos, LOL.)

. . . Update to my original post from over a year ago (page 1, this thread): And then there were 2. (Boxes, that is. :) ) Ventura pair + boxes2.10.jpg Now both my black and white dial Electric Venturas have a proper home. :D . P.S. For those who don't want to review all the pages in this thread: The...

I say let's leave it up to show what a great forum and resource we have here.

Prices are required on our sales postings: Please add a price, thanks.

Yes, 2 on eBay for quite a while at absolutely ridiculous prices.

I had been aware that the watch was coming up for auction, and had seen speculation about the million$$ it would bring, but hadn't read its history, so thanks for the link, Bryan. P.S. Good thing you mentioned you stop at this forum first in the morning, otherwise we would think you were cheating on...

Hmmm, I just relisted some unsold stuff on eBay and I see that the embedded Photobucket links in my custom HTML descriptions are still working?? I know nothing about this stuff, but the links are in this format (I have X-d out some private info in the example): <img src="http://XXXXX.photobucket.com...

GJH wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:28 am

Yes, I can wind clocks and tell time.

Don't sell yourself short — that's TWO jobs.