And then, near the end of the Phillips catalog, there's a very attractive 2998-1 with a tropical dial that is not necessarily extraordinary outside of its great condition, but it's hard not to draw parallels to
link the unexpected success of the tropical-dial 2915-1 from this time last year. Outside of Phillips, Sotheby's has a first-series 2915 that
link could
link help serve as a bellwether of interest in early Speedmasters at the very top end of the collector pool.