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    When Parnis was just emerging on Ebay, I sniped a lot of auctions, and bought at least 7 or 8 for $20-$30, which is somewhere below the 20 GBP mark. Just some examples:


    (I did sell this one, for €50 )




    I think the straps on these were more expensive than the watches themselves



    But I also bought quite some vintage SeaGulls in the $10-$20 range, excluding on average $8 shipping, when they were not as collectable as they are now:

    I think the colored dials were a tat more expensive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    When Parnis was just emerging on Ebay, I sniped a lot of auctions, and bought at least 7 or 8 for $20-$30, which is somewhere below the 20 GBP mark. Just some examples:


    (I did sell this one, for €50 )




    I think the straps on these were more expensive than the watches themselves



    But I also bought quite some vintage SeaGulls in the $10-$20 range, excluding on average $8 shipping, when they were not as collectable as they are now:

    I think the colored dials were a tat more expensive.
    remember our guys going mad over the parnis white dial and then the silver dial but was a lot more to get them then plus £70 I think it was well caught mate
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    Quote Originally Posted by is that my watch View Post
    remember our guys going mad over the parnis white dial and then the silver dial but was a lot more to get them then plus £70 I think it was well caught mate
    While I loved scoring them in auctions for sub $30 prices, I think I only bought one these watches for $70-80. Because I wanted that movement:


    To be honest, I have worn the thing only 3-4 times because it's huge! And I do have multiple 44 to 47mm watches that I wore a lot.


    Now I'm gradually switching back to 40mm and below

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    While I loved scoring them in auctions for sub $30 prices, I think I only bought one these watches for $70-80. Because I wanted that movement:


    To be honest, I have worn the thing only 3-4 times because it's huge! And I do have multiple 44 to 47mm watches that I wore a lot.


    Now I'm gradually switching back to 40mm and below
    well got a lot of 38mm but I built this for my self just because I think it's a 48mm Name:  PICT0005_13.jpg
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    time for a few more great buys
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteamJ View Post
    All of my watches are less than 20 pounds though 2 came close to it it felt like... or am I doing this wrong?
    In UKspeak, less than a stone and a half

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    In UKspeak, less than a stone and a half
    yeah it did not convert as well across the road it was $20 dollar or less let's see them . that's us English for you. a lot of our word spell the same but mean complete different things . depend on context of the message lol we like to confuse ya. or some that sound the same but are spelt differently it's even worse when like me you are dyslexic.

    like weather ... in our case raining.
    like whether ....it's going to rain.

    it a bit tricky at times haha
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    here's a couple more great buys
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    Using pounds instead of dollars really opens things up. All these were under that price, though the new straps cost more than the watches:

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    Orient Mako w. Sapphire Crystal Mod (Black) - 1947 Tudor Oyster - 1921 'Claridge' - Some Seiko 5's of various ages - Vostok Amphibia Blue Scuba Dude - Modded Soki & Bagelsports - Modded Orient Chicane 'Explorient' - HMT White Pilot LE - Shanghai - Vintage Citizen from 1971 - Quartz Casio dress watch - Casio G-Shock (Not sure of model, silver with analog hands) - Otron digital watch from the 70's.

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    here's another couple
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