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I bought a couple of nice ones in 04 for 1500 each

Now the prices are just silly after antiquorum.

Chris

: Did the rise in Plo Prof prices come after
: Omegamania? or was it gradual?

: I distinctly remember seeing beat PloProfs for
: $750-1000 in 2003 that were trading on ebay.
: The big question was do you buy a beat one
: and restore for $400-600, so $1500 all in or
: get a complete kit in NOS condition for
: $2-2500?

: Folks were sending them to Bienne, CH, where
: complete restorations were like ~$450-600
: (xtal, gaskets, hands, dial, movement
: service, bezel, button, refinish case). Some
: complate NOS cases were even available. Now
: I saw an ebay page quote $4K for a Bienne
: restoration?

: So what happened? I opened up a Fortune.com
: website to see they are now $8-9K?

: Is this sustainable or fluke/bubble or is this
: the New Daytona?

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When did the Plo Prof boom hit?
I bought a couple of nice ones in 04 for 1500 each
Which one?
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