Some thoughts on the elusive Contax

Nice article on OF: https://orologi.forumfree.it/?t=80471837#entry674613437

Some of my thoughts:
I have recorded 15 Contaxes with (partial) serial number. To come to an estimate of production I use a couple of methods
1) Known Survivor Rate: based on other batches this number generally lies between 1% and 10% (of course 0% is an option but that is a bit a filosofical thing)
2) Tank formula (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem).
3) Some gold UG’s have a number…

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Interesting Japanese (vintage) watch traders

While hunting for UG/Movado serials I sometimes run into Japanse traders which for some reason don’t easily show up in Google but are very interesting to browse. Perhaps not if you are mainly interested in Rolex and Omega but especially more obscure brands are well covered. Quality – in general is – (very) high. Thought it may be fun to share here.

Some remarks:

  • Not all sites are easy to navigate. Some of them are in English but if not use Chrome (as browser) right click and…

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Little rant about auctions….

Couple of weeks ago I bid on a book set. Auction house from Poland. I had to submit a KYC form before I could bid anyway, which was already annoying. Estimate was EUR 3-5k but estimates are useless anyway. So guess what my bid was (and if you any doubt…

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