Independents

So the watch was not chiming correctly and so was in need of service. Does anyone know what that service might cost (estimate, roughly)? Just wondering if this was a deal for the buyer or not so much. On other Independents there was also a MB&F Legacy Mac...

The price is half of the MSRP, thus it's attractive, the main issue is how damaged is the movement. Anyway, those auction houses are selling everything, no matter the conditions (i'm referring to vintage frankenwatches!)

Didn’t have time to follow the live auction. I thought I saw a lot of lots that were passed. Or maybe the results page was not updated yet. I was thinking of doing a post about it on my IG.

There was another RO Perpetual too, I thought you might have followed that one.

The white dial, an older movement without the leap year indicator. Sotheby’s had it as circa 2000 but it is a much older watch, probably from early 1990s. Lots of wear on the watch. I thought the final price was very good considering it had no papers and ...

I have no idea, my curiousity is more how much could it be to fix a broken repeater? I know it depends what is actually wrong but what could the max cost be?

So, it could be quite a lot to repair that. Much more than just repairing the original issue.

What was he/she thinking?

The piece in question (036-RM) appears to have been (improperly) serviced by a third-party watchmaker. To put it in perspective, an older but actually functioning Répétition Souveraine just sold at Antiquorum for CHF 125k earlier this month. So that is a ...