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Old Today, 11:03 AM   #1
Merlinthepoodle
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Somehow I acquired a new 116520 black dial.
It has snickered at me for quite sometime from the safe and I enjoy torturing myself not caving to it.
I kid myself it is actually an investment piece

What's the collateral damage of ripping off the stickers and slapping that bad boy on ?
I do have several other watches i kinda rotate.

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Old Today, 11:09 AM   #2
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Once you pull the stickers you might as well run over it with your car.


Wear it.
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Old Today, 11:11 AM   #3
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Once you pull the stickers you might as well run over it with your car.


Wear it.
Brilliant!
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Idk today probably 2-3k in 50 years no idea. My advice is to sell it and buy something you really want to wear. Usually if I have something like that, I wear it and then sell it 6 months later annoyed lol
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Sell it now or wear it
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Somehow I acquired a new 116520 black dial.
It has snickered at me for quite sometime from the safe and I enjoy torturing myself not caving to it.
I kid myself it is actually an investment piece

What's the collateral damage of ripping off the stickers and slapping that bad boy on ?
I do have several other watches i kinda rotate.

Salud!
Today's market, $5k ish. $23-25k for NOS and $18-20k for an I got drunk, ripped off the stickers and wore it once condition.
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A few K ? $2-3K more or less. It would be very hard for me! Daytona’s are irresistible to me. I would wear it and enjoy it, who cares about the money! Unless you don’t want it.
I have trouble with that too.

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I did the opposite. Took the stickers off and wore it daily for the last 17 years! It’s been surfing, off roading, fishing etc. Sure it’s scratched everywhere, but it still keeps decent time and doesn’t miss a beat. Probably should have it serviced soon due to the gaskets are old. I will request they don’t polish it, to keep its character.

Why keep it in a safe untouched for a decade so the next person can enjoy it? Imagine if we did that with our spouses ��
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