amanico[JLC Moderator]
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These 2 vintage Fifty Fathoms for me.
Feb 14, 2019,09:01 AM
1/ The early Fifty Fathoms Milspec:
A friend of mine who was in Philadelphia called me at 4 AM to tell me that he was offered a Vintage Fifty Fathoms, nice looking, in its condition. He was not interested, but asked me if I was.
I asked him to send me some pictures, he did, I couldn't believe my eyes.
I told him how much he had to pay for it, it told me 3, 500 USD...
Once back in Paris, I gave him 3500 Euros.
2/ The Pakistani Milspec. A bet. Another friend of mine had two. I asked him if he was willing to sell one to me, he said " well, why not, but I don't know what this P and its arrow means "...
I bought it as a bet. Not sure of what I was buying, but I had a good intuition.
One year after, I got the information from two different sources... A Pakistani Milspec, and an uber rare one!
Best,
Nicolas