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lapince · 8 July 2018, 06:44 AM

Amazing story, almost a watch miracle...

All the facts are totally true and no exaggeration of any sort.

1 year ago I see my childhood friend, that I know 30 years, 25 years ago I went to buy an Omega Seamaster with him, he tells me that his dream watch is a Speedy, he was born in 1967, so for him having the watch which went on the moon is a childhood dream.

24 years later I see him one day and say where is your Speedy?
What Speedy?
Well the one you wanted 24 years ago and that you should have on your wrist.
Oh I don’t have.

So since 8 months later he had his 50th birthday, I told him he needed one and I was gonna put a good part of the price, his wife putting the rest.
I send them my part and tell him to wire to my friend who sells watches and who had a new Speedy in the bix with 3 bracelets, metal, leather and Nato, at that moment social services for entrepreneurs blocked 4000 euros on her account, when she owed 300, the money was blocked 4 months.
During that time he told his cousin that he was getting a Speedy for his birthday.

His uncle had died a few months earlier, and one day the cousin is cleaning his dad’s stuff and finds a Speedy, he called my friend asking if it wasn’t the watch he wanted, my friend said yes and they go to the Omega Boutique in Paris, they had no idea if it was real or fake.

My friend asks the director if it’s real, my friend or his cousin are not from the WIS community, the director says yes, takes it in the back and coming back says « you know what you have here?
It’s a real pre moon, and it has never been opened », they talk about the price, and my friend’s cousin sold him the watch for the same price as a new one, 3700 euros.

The other amazing part is that after 5-7 years it stopped working and his uncle just put it in a drawer, where it stayed 45-43 years in the dark, today it just came back from revision, through a contact of mine, so no depollution as Omega would have done, as they are obliged to take out the tritium, so the watch is 100% original, all parts were and are 100% original, in fact the watch is 50 years but was used 5-7 years.
What are the probability of that?
I think it is destiny, from a new Speedy it transformed into a pre moon in an ultra rare condition.

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incontrol · 8 July 2018, 06:49 AM

Very vary cool story Arnaud! The watch is awesome. Thanks for sharing this with us. The watch has the perfect home now.

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codecow · 8 July 2018, 07:45 AM

That is awesome. My 60th reissue is one of my favorites.

lapince · 8 July 2018, 07:56 AM

I forgot to mention that the watch is from 1968, my friend was born in 67, almost a birth year watch

BLACKHORSE 6 · 8 July 2018, 08:57 AM

Great story!

Racerdj · 8 July 2018, 09:14 PM

Great story!

ap1 · 8 July 2018, 09:34 PM

Neat

jrs146 · 8 July 2018, 09:40 PM

Wow! Very very cool!

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yoast · 9 July 2018, 01:48 AM

Great Story! Thanks for sharing!

Widows Son · 9 July 2018, 02:42 AM

I love stories like this!!!!!

GB-man · 9 July 2018, 03:26 AM

That’s great arnaud! Cool watch

doramas · 9 July 2018, 05:25 AM

Great story. Congratulations to your friend

lapince · 9 July 2018, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by incontrol

Very vary cool story Arnaud! The watch is awesome. Thanks for sharing this with us. The watch has the perfect home now.

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Thanks Kevin

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Originally Posted by BLACKHORSE 6

Great story!

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Racerdj

Great story!

Thanks

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Originally Posted by ap1

Neat

Thanks

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Originally Posted by jrs146

Wow! Very very cool!

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by yoast

Great Story! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Widows Son

I love stories like this!!!!!

Me too, my buddy also

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Originally Posted by GB-man

That’s great arnaud! Cool watch

Thanks man

mps354 · 9 July 2018, 10:54 AM

Great story, thanks for posting!

kneedeep · 10 July 2018, 01:51 AM

Super cool story.

lapince · 11 July 2018, 10:26 AM

Its strange, I thought this thread would bring a lot more reactions, seems to me very different than the usual stories, and that there would be similar stories from members, oh well seems most people are not interested

Ichiran · 11 July 2018, 10:47 AM

People are more interested in threads about the grey prices of nautilus apparently, or the waiting time at ADs. Those threads are bumped too frequently IMO.

PJ S · 11 July 2018, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lapince

Its strange, I thought this thread would bring a lot more reactions, seems to me very different than the usual stories, and that there would be similar stories from members, oh well seems most people are not interested

Have a free bump on me, for an excellent tale, Arnaud.
How ironic that a family relative had the very watch he was interested in, and its service preserved its originality.

Don’t worry about the lack of replies, many viewers probably appreciate the story, but don’t feel any need for their input.
That you posted it in the Patek section rather than the Omega one or Other non-Rolex means less views and, correspondingly, less comments.

HL65 · 11 July 2018, 07:52 PM

What a great story Arnaud and kind of you as well! He must be over the moon with his pre moon! Cheers,

arcadelt · 23 July 2018, 08:55 PM

A great story, a good friend and a lovely vintage watch. Amazed at the condition. The DON bezel alone is worth more than what was paid.

Vivalas · 23 July 2018, 09:51 PM

Interesting story to share with us so thank you. Great result indeed.

lapince · 23 July 2018, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ichiran

People are more interested in threads about the grey prices of nautilus apparently, or the waiting time at ADs. Those threads are bumped too frequently IMO.

Yes but you must admit that threads about Nautilus grey prices are very rare, ones about pre moons are at least a dozen a day

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Originally Posted by PJ S

Have a free bump on me, for an excellent tale, Arnaud.
How ironic that a family relative had the very watch he was interested in, and its service preserved its originality.

Don’t worry about the lack of replies, many viewers probably appreciate the story, but don’t feel any need for their input.
That you posted it in the Patek section rather than the Omega one or Other non-Rolex means less views and, correspondingly, less comments.

The whole story is crazy, that his uncle had it for almost 45 years in a drawer and had not sent it in for service when it stopped working, he had bought it for the birth of his son, is amazing, he was a butcher and apparently didn't care about watches, had just bought this one to mark the occasion of becoming a dad, and that he had the exact model that his nephew, my friend, wanted is nuts. And also that social security blocked the money on his wife's account, saying she owed them 3-4000 euros, for 5 months, without that she would have wired the funds to my friend who had a new Speedy for sale, and he would have gotten a new one instead of this very rare piece.
Anyways the probability of something like this happening is so close to zero that it's really amazing that it happened the way it did

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Originally Posted by HL65

What a great story Arnaud and kind of you as well! He must be over the moon with his pre moon! Cheers,

Thanks Ken, oh he is exactly over the moon, he is not a watch guy, until he got his pre moon he was wearing a quartz Seiko, not a Grand Seiko, but had always loved the watch and wanted one, even though he never put his desire into action, like he told me I am the one who made this happen, without me he would still be wearing his Seiko, his cousin having found the watch would not have told him about it, he just told him about it since my friend had told him that thanks to me he was getting a Speedy for his 50th birthday, other than that he had never told his cousin, or his uncle of course, that he loved that watch

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Originally Posted by arcadelt

A great story, a good friend and a lovely vintage watch. Amazed at the condition. The DON bezel alone is worth more than what was paid.

Yes amazing really, he went to the Omega Boutique in Paris and the director took it to open it, and the director told him that it was the first time he had seen a pre moon in this condition, 100% original, which had never been serviced, he told my friend that some people would come from the other side of the planet to see and buy such a watch, the only thing lacking is papers and box, but my friend doesn't care as he will never sell it

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Originally Posted by Vivalas

Interesting story to share with us so thank you. Great result indeed.

Thanks

subtona · 24 July 2018, 12:05 AM

great story and kindness for an old friend.
thanks for sharing it

lapince · 24 July 2018, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by subtona

great story and kindness for an old friend.
thanks for sharing it

Thanks Gus

kitsgq · 26 July 2018, 03:03 AM

Serendipitous story. Thanks for sharing.

And yes, the odds of this happening were almost non existent so it makes the story that much more intesting.

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Justindo · 26 July 2018, 08:23 AM

What a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

cajunron · 27 July 2018, 08:05 AM

What a generous gesture. Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend! Great story as well. Thanks for sharing.

Louribal · 27 July 2018, 11:09 AM

Thanks for sharing!

oldman2005 · 27 July 2018, 04:18 PM

Cool watch, nice story, and a good friend!

lapince · 2 August 2018, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Justindo

What a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Originally Posted by cajunron

What a generous gesture. Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend! Great story as well. Thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Louribal

Thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by oldman2005

Cool watch, nice story, and a good friend!

Thanks guys

8 July 2018, 06:44 AM	#1
lapince "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Mars Watch: 5712 Posts: 11,509	Watch miracles Amazing story, almost a watch miracle... All the facts are totally true and no exaggeration of any sort. 1 year ago I see my childhood friend, that I know 30 years, 25 years ago I went to buy an Omega Seamaster with him, he tells me that his dream watch is a Speedy, he was born in 1967, so for him having the watch which went on the moon is a childhood dream. 24 years later I see him one day and say where is your Speedy? What Speedy? Well the one you wanted 24 years ago and that you should have on your wrist. Oh I don’t have. So since 8 months later he had his 50th birthday, I told him he needed one and I was gonna put a good part of the price, his wife putting the rest. I send them my part and tell him to wire to my friend who sells watches and who had a new Speedy in the bix with 3 bracelets, metal, leather and Nato, at that moment social services for entrepreneurs blocked 4000 euros on her account, when she owed 300, the money was blocked 4 months. During that time he told his cousin that he was getting a Speedy for his birthday. His uncle had died a few months earlier, and one day the cousin is cleaning his dad’s stuff and finds a Speedy, he called my friend asking if it wasn’t the watch he wanted, my friend said yes and they go to the Omega Boutique in Paris, they had no idea if it was real or fake. My friend asks the director if it’s real, my friend or his cousin are not from the WIS community, the director says yes, takes it in the back and coming back says « you know what you have here? It’s a real pre moon, and it has never been opened », they talk about the price, and my friend’s cousin sold him the watch for the same price as a new one, 3700 euros. The other amazing part is that after 5-7 years it stopped working and his uncle just put it in a drawer, where it stayed 45-43 years in the dark, today it just came back from revision, through a contact of mine, so no depollution as Omega would have done, as they are obliged to take out the tritium, so the watch is 100% original, all parts were and are 100% original, in fact the watch is 50 years but was used 5-7 years. What are the probability of that? I think it is destiny, from a new Speedy it transformed into a pre moon in an ultra rare condition. Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

8 July 2018, 06:49 AM	#2
incontrol "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Kevin Location: Somewhere in PA Watch: All of them... Posts: 10,355	Very vary cool story Arnaud! The watch is awesome. Thanks for sharing this with us. The watch has the perfect home now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Patek Philippe Rolex

8 July 2018, 09:14 PM	#6
Racerdj 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Indianapolis Watch: Patek-Philippe Posts: 16,832	Great story! __________________ Rolex and Patek Philippe

8 July 2018, 09:40 PM	#8
jrs146 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Josh Location: Lost in time Watch: Me Nae Nae Posts: 9,821	Wow! Very very cool! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ "Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own." -Jerome J. Garcia, Robert C. Hunter

9 July 2018, 01:48 AM	#9
yoast "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: HK Posts: 2,261	Great Story! Thanks for sharing! __________________ IG: @yoast.watch https://www.instagram.com/yoast.watch/

8 July 2018, 07:45 AM	#3
codecow "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Real Name: Louis Location: Bay Area, CA Watch: PP 5131R Posts: 4,785	That is awesome. My 60th reissue is one of my favorites.

8 July 2018, 07:56 AM	#4
lapince "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Mars Watch: 5712 Posts: 11,509	I forgot to mention that the watch is from 1968, my friend was born in 67, almost a birth year watch

8 July 2018, 08:57 AM	#5
BLACKHORSE 6 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Dave Location: USA Watch: Rolex SS Daytona Posts: 2,623	Great story!

8 July 2018, 09:34 PM	#7
ap1 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: usa Posts: 19,042	Neat

9 July 2018, 02:42 AM	#10
Widows Son "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hudson Ohio Posts: 3,554	I love stories like this!!!!!

9 July 2018, 03:26 AM	#11
GB-man 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: USA Watch: addiction issues Posts: 36,862	That’s great arnaud! Cool watch __________________

9 July 2018, 05:25 AM	#12
doramas Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gran Canaria Posts: 3,469	Great story. Congratulations to your friend

9 July 2018, 10:54 AM	#14
mps354 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Real Name: Mike Location: CT Posts: 8,972	Great story, thanks for posting!

10 July 2018, 01:51 AM	#15
kneedeep "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Not 2 far from u Posts: 3,457	Super cool story. __________________ Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2017 Official Member "WIS-CON" Las Vegas International GTG 2018

11 July 2018, 10:26 AM	#16
lapince "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Mars Watch: 5712 Posts: 11,509	Its strange, I thought this thread would bring a lot more reactions, seems to me very different than the usual stories, and that there would be similar stories from members, oh well seems most people are not interested

11 July 2018, 10:47 AM	#17
Ichiran 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Real Name: Michael Location: Dotonbori Watch: Mostly blue dials Posts: 7,623	People are more interested in threads about the grey prices of nautilus apparently, or the waiting time at ADs. Those threads are bumped too frequently IMO.

11 July 2018, 07:52 PM	#19
HL65 TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Ken Location: SW Florida Watch: One on my wrist. Posts: 63,400	What a great story Arnaud and kind of you as well! He must be over the moon with his pre moon! Cheers, __________________ *SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT*

23 July 2018, 08:55 PM	#20
arcadelt "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Monaro, NSW Posts: 846	A great story, a good friend and a lovely vintage watch. Amazed at the condition. The DON bezel alone is worth more than what was paid.

23 July 2018, 09:51 PM	#21
Vivalas "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Real Name: Stephen Location: UK Watch: AP Posts: 2,532	Interesting story to share with us so thank you. Great result indeed.

24 July 2018, 12:05 AM	#23
subtona "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: gus Location: East Coast Watch: APK & sometimes Y Posts: 25,995	great story and kindness for an old friend. thanks for sharing it __________________

26 July 2018, 03:03 AM	#25
kitsgq "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: US Posts: 403	Serendipitous story. Thanks for sharing. And yes, the odds of this happening were almost non existent so it makes the story that much more intesting. Sent from my SM-N920W8 using Tapatalk

26 July 2018, 08:23 AM	#26
Justindo "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: California Posts: 2,176	What a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

27 July 2018, 08:05 AM	#27
cajunron 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 X2 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Real Name: Ronnie Location: Southeastern USA Watch: Omega Seamaster PO Posts: 3,853	What a generous gesture. Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend! Great story as well. Thanks for sharing. __________________

27 July 2018, 11:09 AM	#28
Louribal "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Low Country Posts: 697	Thanks for sharing! __________________ Instagram @Louribal

27 July 2018, 04:18 PM	#29
oldman2005 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: norcal Posts: 3,031	Cool watch, nice story, and a good friend!

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