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I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description “hard-core pornography,” and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it. It cannot be proven to be 1 of 1 because Cartier’s dial signing records are not fully available. It’s likely that it’s one of one but not such that an auction house could make that claim. Sadly 7 figure speedies may take a long while to come about. Aurel Bacs, Made In 1981 40 Years Of Being Awesome Quarantine Edition T-Shirt the auctioneer that sold Paul Newman’s Paul Newman Daytona recently opined, based on the weakness of the Speedy market, that if Buzz Aldrin’s moon-worn Speedmaster were found today it would sell for less than the Paul Newman and possible only a little above $1 million.

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Speaking as the rare watch aficionado who doesn’t really care for either speedys or daytonas, and who doesn’t have a dog in the fight, how could this be? How could a watch that was just worn by a movie star be valued higher than a watch that literally made it to the moon? I mean, I get it, watch collecting generally and vintage valuation in particular are not rational, but still…Made In 1981 40 Years Of Being Awesome Quarantine Edition T-Shirt that just seems absurd. Because one is a Rolex and the other isn’t. I agree that Omega has been around for longer and the history and heritage is just as interesting, if not more. But, let’s face it: a Rolex is a Rolex.

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The brand name entails that almost every single person you’ll encounter will know what that is, and without knowing prices of APs and PPs, will consider Rolex to be the epitome of luxury horology.  Fair enough. I was focused on the historical reason for the mark-up but you are right that one has a higher base and more perceived exclusivity to start… Made In 1981 40 Years Of Being Awesome Quarantine Edition T-Shirt There would be a lot more people bidding on it for the historical significance of going to the moon rather than the value of the watch. Either way, the point is moot since I’m pretty sure the watch is the property of the Smithsonian, so the government would probably just take the watch back.