Casio GM-301 Game watch

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 12:17 am Post subject: Casio GM-301 Game watch

Dont know much about game watches , but I noticed this one the other day and was going to bid but didn't.

Did this Casio gm-301 go for a fair price?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBay.....500wt_1033

Jamtex · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 1:52 am Post subject:

Well it did come with two other watches, including a 70s Bulova watch which can be worth a bit.

Although anyone who can't be arsed spending the $10 or so to test the watches by buying batteries should probably be avoided...

Jethro · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 3:25 am Post subject:

Or is another way to tell: "Do not Work".
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Jamtex · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:24 am Post subject:

That is true, although if it is cheap enough then it is worth picking up. I have bought games cheap which were untested (ie did not work) and scraping off rust / corrusion got me working games...

Although paying over $20 for something that is untested on ebay is asking for trouble.

GameWatchGuy · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:58 am Post subject:

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GameWatchGuy · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:02 am Post subject:

Jamtex · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:58 am Post subject:

Is the GM-301 really that rare? I paid $125 (shipped) for a fully working one 18 months ago, as it was my first watch I ever got and even I got it from a watch seller rather then Ebay. $20 is not a huge amount for me, but even so I rather spend money on something that works rather then half the amount on something that might work. A$250 is rather a lot for three untested watches...

With Ebay there is a high possibility that an untested item sold for spares, is faulty.

Although the battery in a watch from casio might have been the highest quality when bought new, there is no gaurantee that since then someone has not replaced it with a cheaper battery.

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 6:05 am Post subject:

Well there you go, I thought I was the only one from here looking at it.

I was looking at it for the exact opposite reasons, the guy selling the watches lived about 5 minutes drive from me. The auction finished 5:17pm local time here in Aus. I was planning to pick up the lot had I bid and won it.

The problem for me was I know nothing about collecting watches, I did see the last one was rare though as is the Casio.

Don't you hate it when you come across things for good prices when your knowledge about them is not good enough . Only to find out later what they are and what they are worth.

GameWatchGuy · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 6:29 am Post subject:

Rik · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject:

Another problem with watches is that a lot of people don't have the expertise to open them (and if they try, they usually mess up the case...)

If it's just 4 tiny screws, then it's pretty easy (if you have the little screwdriver), but other snap off in a certain way, or I've even seen some that the entire back unscrews. People try to pry these open with screw drivers and ruin them that way...

If they don't have experience opening watches, I'd almost prefer they just sell them as-is and let me deal with it (or they pay a little extra and take it to a jeweler to have it done properly, but most of the time people just aren't that motivated.)

But any watch that's listed as 'untested' can be assumed to have the original batter still in it. But even still, they are almost always repairable...

Rik