Ok... question... what makes more sense... dude is selling a rep no one ever heard of... or dude bought bracelets because he didn't like or wore out the leather straps that they probably came on?
Remember, that canal street fantasy shit that this would have to be if fake, doesn't get anywhere close to looking gen... and there are lots of people like me that change out nearly every strap they ever tried for stainless bracelets...
Yeah, he wrote one story, and made it sound as good as he knows how (only drove it on Sundays to church) and sold two watches cut and paste because they were similar... how many other computer wonks, ebayers, lawyers, doctors, etc... do the same thing every day to save time and effort?
Why should there be a reserve? And why should they be higher? "No one" recognizes what they are yet... Gilbert, Engle and Shugart don't even have them listed... and have other chronomats of the period listed cheap... hell, they still have "Bond" subs listed under $10K in their 2008 price lists... there isn't a fully realized market for these yet... but there will be... THAT is where you have the chance to make an investment... like all investments, it will involve an element of risk... but... protect yourself... these watches are almost surely Gen... and will almost surely appreciate in value once the Blackbird is a classic... maybe not as much as an original Explorer or Milgauss or Sub... but they will definitely be up there as FIRST YEAR OF ISSUE watches...
Remember serials aren't exact as to published dates... and cases can sit in supply stores for a year or two before being used... who is to say that the Blackbird wasn't dreamed up one day just to get rid of a pile of chronomat cases that were sitting because demand was lower than projections?
Really Fakey... not everything that looks like it might be too good to be true is a fake. And not every variable can be found in a reference, or even ten...
