Special watch advice

[emyrjones88]

Hi

Wondering if the PH experts can look over the below, a friend is thinking of buying it as a special birthday gift for her husband.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/137159228162?_skw=leman...


Is it value for money? Is the eBay authenticity guarantee sufficient protection?

Any other thoughts/suggestions/advice welcome

Cheers
Tomos

[fflump]

You probably need a more specialized forum than this with expertise in military watches but it looks a legit series 2 monopusher. My main concern from looking at the state of the movement and related what the timekeeping and power reserve is like.

[Furbo]

emyrjones88 said:

Hi

Wondering if the PH experts can look over the below, a friend is thinking of buying it as a special birthday gift for her husband.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/137159228162?_skw=leman...


Is it value for money? Is the eBay authenticity guarantee sufficient protection?

Any other thoughts/suggestions/advice welcome

Cheers
Tomos

I know nothing of the watch, but I would be wondering whether I'd need to pay 20% VAT on it as it's in Jersey.

[crispian22]

Furbo said:

I know nothing of the watch, but I would be wondering whether I'd need to pay 20% VAT on it as it's in Jersey.

Yes you would.

[emyrjones88]

Thanks for the replies thus far, I'm sure that vat from Jersey is something that hasn't been considered!

[WhiskyDisco]

I'd be inclined to go see it, and save the VAT if bought.

[fflump]

emyrjones88 said:

Thanks for the replies thus far, I'm sure that vat from Jersey is something that hasn't been considered!

There’s a far cleaner example on EBay on the mainland

[BrokenSkunk]

I know nothing about these, but the lume on that dial is really shonky. It's all over the place. Are they all that bad, or has this one been re-lumed by an amateur?
Not sure where to tell you to go for advice on this one. You could try watchuseek, the guys on the vintage forum are experts, but they are mostly based in the USA, so probably won't be able to help here. Thewatchforum.co.uk has UK posters, but I don't know of any who collect military. TZ-UK might be worth a shot, but I'm unsure if they are taking new forum members (don't ask, it's a weird setup and weirder forum.)

Good luck.

[Badda]

You need andy_s’ opinion.