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LOL....I gotcha. I have some pictures coming from Mark and Teresa Heist....some really good shots. Next week I will have those up here. The inside is much better that the outside I promise you that. Cheers.

Looks great, I would say its worth atleast 10k to a collector, just get the plexi glass cleaned, if its a very clean example I would say worth even more than 10k, closer to 15k.

let us see decent pics before we can say anything of true relevance ?

Looks great, I would say its worth atleast 10k to a collector, just get the plexi glass cleaned, if its a very clean example I would say worth even more than 10k, closer to 15k.

Yeah, it sounds pretty easy, just get the plexi cleaned and sell it at 10-15 K, but where, and to whom ? ? ?
Furthermore we don't know the actual condition of the dial, and just one little imperfection sends the value into a free fall. From the pictures it looks like the sliderule ring isn't in the best condition, what have made it look like that is moisture / humidity, and from the very best of my knowledge it must have had an impact to the dial as well, but it's obviously much more visible on a white color than on a black color, to the naked eye.

I recall to have said what you say, but if I wrote a DRSD then I was wrong, I have meant a white reference 1665 SD.

But as Fred mention, you can't compare OP with me, I have a sky high reputation of only selling the best of the best, always completely serviced and guaranteed 100% original & unrestored.

He is looking for an honest feedback, and it's wrong of you to tell him what it's worth in the hands of the right person, as he is most likely miles away from being that.
Fact is.: Dealers buy at lowest possible prices in order to make as big a profit as possible, collectors tend to pay more, simply because we don't have to make room for a profit.

On eBay Rene's estimate is probably right, if sold to a private individual it is most likely in the high end of what Rene said. But basically it's very simple, as at the end of the day it's worth what somebody is ready to pay.

You might recall that both Rene and I was in contact with seller of the attached 1955 NOS Val 72 AOPA Navitimer with box & papers a couple of years ago. Seller did all the right things back then, used a lot of time, contacted a lot of guys, including Matthew Bain & myself, and I ended up buying it at $ 8.000,-, which was more than anybody else would pay.

This one looks like being an honest, but well used watch, with no goodies at all. The reference number also hurts the value a lot, as the real Grails are the pre 806 ones.

/ Kurt B http://www.kurt-b.com

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