I have a feeling more people are checking every outlet possible to buy/sell/trade SpongeBob Topps cards after seeing the market surge this week!
Looks like the supply is starting to match the demand and prices are coming back down bit by bit.
Be on the lookout for steals on eBay over the next few weeks as people list BANGERS for sale at $1 starts expecting last weeks prices to hold for a few weeks.
Happy bidding!
Hey All,
Didn’t get much traction on my post yesterday about VSF 116610LN datewheel font seemingly getting much thicker than previous batches but wanted to report on some more differences in this batch worth noting.
Noticed corrosion on the polished sides of the fixed links all the way through. Brand new watch, I pulled the stickers off 48 hours ago. I know it’s been some controversy about whether VSF actually uses 904L steel, and after weighing this watch against an older VSF K25 serial number - can confirm weight has gone down 5 grams with the same quantity of links. I don’t have that spectrometer that reads metals, but my father does so I will get him to test, but I suspect a lesser quality steel.
Floating “m” may be fixed but the second 0 in “300” is elevated. OF FICIALLY still a concern. Extreme bezel stiffness. Positive notes watch winds great and have no issues functionally. Still a great looking watch and some of these issues appear to be specific to the 40mm submariner, but still feel as though there’s several quality issues in this batch that may make avoiding 6X0 serials worth it.
I know these are reps and will have flaws yada yada, but just want to call out 6X0 serial VSF as having some weird issues going on that I don’t find typical from that factory! VSF crystal/datewheel was always a positive, this batch looking like a negative in my opinion.