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Re: Why are people bidding on this?

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: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HEUER-Vintage-WWII-German-Pilots-Chronograph-watch-/261049410544?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item3cc7c1e3f0
I think some people buy these as a curiosity knowing they aren't original, they are just big and cool and certainly old and still Heuer (or whatever brand the original maker made them out of). There's a few available every now and then of these in every brand.

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