Just bought a new Speedhawk silver bezzel, leather strap, of a guy on ebay, he only listed it this afternoon. He is a Watch collector but this was an unwanted gift. Bought it for the buy it now price of £400 which seemed very reasonable to me, as it has never been worn, apart from a try on his wrist, which i believe to be genuine.

Should receive it by the end of the week, along with my wifes Victoria, which by coincidence i ordered this morning.

Mick.

Nice. You won't regret it.

Congrats. Good price too - assuming it is 'as described'.

Congratulations, we look forward to the pictures.

Sounds like a bargain, don't forget the pics when it arrives.

Congrats Mick, you will not regret it, its a cracking watch.

Great first buy... and two in your first week. Welcome to the slippery slope

Thank you all.

My original intention was to purchase a C70 DBR1 - Chronometer Version - Limited Ed.

However i was informed yesterday that they are waiting for new stock to arrive.

I then decided i would really like another Automatic CW, and thought the Speedhawk would fit the bill nicely, but would have to wait a couple of months longer so i could save a little more "pocket money" as its a little dearer than the C70.

By a sheer fluk thought i would look to see if any of CW watches were listed on ebay. The rest is history.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180835787248? ... 1497.l2649

Happy bunny.

Great. I had already emailed this seller asking if he was interested in shipping it to the US. I was all ready to buy it.

Cripes...

Sorry,
I made him an offer first of £380, but then thought, NO, somebody will probably snap this up at £400 , so decided to push the button within 30mins of making the offer before even getting a reply, YOU have just proved the point.

But i do know how you must feel, because i would feel the same.

Sorry once again.

Mick.

PS. What is even stranger, the seller of this watch lives in the same London borough town (Eltham) as i lived in 40yrs ago and only two streets away. Jesus i think i will do the lottery this week.

heliharris wrote:Sorry,
I made him an offer first of £380, but then thought, NO, somebody will probably snap this up at £400 , so decided to push the button within 30mins of making the offer before even getting a reply, YOU have just proved the point.

But i do know how you must feel, because i would feel the same.

Sorry once again.

Mick.

PS. What is even stranger, the seller of this watch lives in the same London borough town (Eltham) as i lived in 40yrs ago and only two streets away. Jesus i think i will do the lottery this week.

Oh don't be sorry. I would have done exactly the same thing. Ha!

As a matter of fact, I bought a Tag Aquaracer on ebay a month ago where the guy had a "best offer" option on the auction, I submitted an offer, and thought about it...

The price was already obscenely low, and I sat and thought -- ok someone is going to snap this up. Then I went back to the offer screen and it showed me that 6 other offers had been made. So I jumped on it.

Well done!!, pleased you have no hard feelings about the C40.

Rob, the seller has contacted me this morning, confirmed that the watch is AS NEW, has ALL the CW paperwork, and is being sent today, next day delivery, so will post photo`s tomorrow.

Happy bunny

heliharris wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180835787248? ... 1497.l2649

I see that the Ebay listing says "Movement: Quartz: Battery" which would be a surprise for a C40! I expect the seller accidentally left this field on a default value when doing his listing.

Congrats on a real bargain. As everyone else has said, you won't regret buying a C40.

I'm wearing mine this week, I forget what a lovely piece it is and every now and then you get the wobble... just to remind you its there and working away. Brilliant!

Enjoy and don't forget those pictures..

Get it on steel quick!