What you probably didn't buy - EFA / Chrono / 0320

[rossr]

Or maybe you were fortunate enough to pick something up. I watched the YJ auctions last night (my time), as there were some very interesting pieces that came up. There seems to be a very large collection of mid to high-end Seiko, Citizen and Orient pieces being liquidated, a process that started maybe 6 to 8 weeks ago. The pieces are always in good condition, and they have been getting very good prices at auction.

One of the pieces that came up for auction (not from the previously mentioned collection) was a Citizen 8810 EFA. This the top-end version of the first quartz watch from Citizen - a balance-wheel quartz for want of a better description. The "regular" version of these are the 8811, which surface very rarely (maybe one or two per year). I have never seen the EFA version, the Extra Finely Adjusted model come up for sale - until last night. The only ones I knew of are owned by collector on Instagram, and he has two - but that is not so much of a surprise really. This one was described as non-working, "dead battery perhaps". Maybe it is just a battery, or maybe not. If parts are needed, a donor would be required, and these are near non-existent, and so it was a bit risky for me. I would liked to have picked this one up, but it seems my role as the underbidder in this was just to ensure the winner paid a reasonable price. Good fortune to you, and I hope after a battery and a service, it is in operation again.

Then there was a Citizen 67-9151, a close relative of the Citizen hexagon and "Speedy". This was in operating condition, and it looked pretty good, but I didn't think that it would go for anything near as much as it did. I know that the prices of Citizen chronos are trending upwards strongly, particularly as their Seiko equivalents are doing the same, but this was particular result was unexpected.

I've written previously about the 2517-0320, which could be described as the ladies version of the 6159-700x, a monobloc diver. There are very few of these around maybe 2500 in total), but the one last night went for about twice as much as I would have expected.

There was also a Laurel Alpinist that came up - a bit of a dream watch - and as expected it achieved a fair price (way out of my league).

Regards,
Ross

[trilo]

One of those hexagon shaped Citizens went for around 200e recently in here Finland. The dial feet had been fixed quite crudely though (holes on the dial where the feet were). But 2k for that. Geez.

[Rod]

The 2517-0320 had it's imposable to find original strap, which may have led to the high price. It's nice to see some of the Ladies watches selling for reasonable money. 

My wife has a 2517-0320.