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    NSA Bracelet values...

    Many of us have been around this brand long enough to know more than we ever imagined about NSA bracelets.
    When I first started collecting Rado watches about 22 years ago, I bought some NOS examples (with their Novavit boxes and NSA clasps) from a seller in the UK who had obtained a lot of stock when NSA went out of business. Then Squinky got hold of a lot and was generous with his information (if not always his asking prices on eBay) and we learner about other brands that used NSA back inthe day (JLC, Heuer, Roamer, F-L, Longines...)

    Nowadays, it's still surprisingly easy to find people selling junk or near-to-junk watches for low prices...that include an NSA or parts thereof. Which made me totally surprised last week when I decided to list a scarce NSA 22mm stepped bracelet with Favre-Leuba logo flat clasp on eBay. I'd tried to sell the complete watch a couple times but, with the watch needing service, was not having luck. So I listed them separately and, within a day or so, had sold the bracelet...for $230!!

    This was a huge haul, in my opinion. Unexpected and quite welcome. The watch sold also, for less, go figure.

    I guess I have no real idea what any NSA is worth these days. I have loads of them, in various states, and use them on many types of watches, though these days I prefer the Staib mesh for anything modern (also pricey).

    Not much tops a classic flat-clasp 7-row, IMO, though the Blue Tiger below had a beauty of a 3-row.
    What's your favorite NSA?

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    don't surprise me I use to buy joblots of seikos sometimes just for their bracelets so my 70's seiko's would have the right one's .. still got a box of seiko bracelets and for that matter casio , swatch etc etc ..use to do the same for the vintage boxes ..more then one occasion I have bought a watch for the box then flip the watch on unwanted ...
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    I have at leats five, three in gp however. I have seen NSA and FL branded versions advertised as "suitable for your Heuer Silverstone" with asking prices north of a grand.
    Solve all your doubts through question mode.

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    I have this in black and chrome with an LR clasp. It came with my favourite 7724 but I think the watch is a bit heavy for the bracelt, whicjh si why I usually where it on the chrome cuff that my other 7724 came on.
    Solve all your doubts through question mode.

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    Don't I now have this bracelet?

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    Dunno...

    Quote Originally Posted by scottjc View Post
    Don't I now have this bracelet?
    Excellent question...you tell me! I've sold too many watches to remember where they all went.

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