Buy a watch, help save the world? #24 (Piece-unique Seiko Explorer II!!!)
Friends!
Up for charity auction today is the piece-unique, one-of-a-kind, modded Seiko Explorer II. It has an exquisite champagne sunburst dial.
In addition to the watch, you will also receive an official WatchCrunch coffee mug!
The watch will also come in a beautiful 3-watch travel case…
Some WatchCrunch stickers…
And, finally, the watch comes on an official WatchCrunch nato strap!
All proceeds go to GiveDirectly.org. GiveDirectly.org DIRECTLY sends on funds to recipients in some of the poorest countries on Earth, with an incredible track record to-date. The effort sprang out of the Effective Altruism movement.
https://www.givedirectly.org/beta/
https://www.givedirectly.org/financials/
The first 23 auctions worked out spectacularly, in which our esteemed colleagues @Bessio @Robcollects @Ichibunz @Deeperblue @Edge168n @Jklotz @CliveC @laurik @tempus @Al_Ra_Ra @TimeJunkie @tuanvinh2000 @UtahExplorer @biglove @Whitesalmon @JapanExclusive @moemoe @lmchew @ckim4watches @ChronoGuy @SpecKTator @Hierophis69 @whystopatone have helped to raise $28,838 for Kenyan families living under the global poverty line of $1.90 / day. All of the auction proceeds went directly to them, and the funds from the 23 auctions thus far will effectively double the incomes of 79 families for a year!
Previous auction:
Here's what I propose:
Let's open up bidding at, say, $20
Please post your bid by commenting below
The highest bid by Friday, August 25, 12pm PT wins the auction
Here’s where we do some real good for charity: If you are the winning bidder, please then Paypal or Venmo me the winning bid amount. I will make the donation of your winning bid, plus get a match for that amount! Thus, every $1 of the winning bid will get doubled!!!
Let me say that again - every $1 of the winning bid will turn into $2 donated to GiveDirectly!!!
I will then post the screen shot of the full donated amount!
So, in summary:
Win the auction
Have the entirety of the proceeds go towards lifting a family out of extreme poverty
DOUBLE the size of your charitable contribution
Whaddya say?
* If shipping outside of Continental US, I ask that winner international bidder pay shipping costs. Thank you!
The Artist formerly known as @HotWatchChick69 and formerly-formerly @Omeganut
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I say $69.69.
NGL, doing this for the strap.....🤪
$133.45 US, IFYKYK.....😅🤔🫣🤐
NGL, doing this for the strap.....🤪
$133.45 US, IFYKYK.....😅🤔🫣🤐
I say $69.69.
Apparently we think along similar lines.... @Aurelian
Great to see this kind of post to help people in need. Who said watch collecting is a waste? 😆
I was tagged, that should be my WC highlight.
Lets say $142.69 just for fun. I have already my new watch in sight so hopefully this time someone will outbid me.
I was tagged, that should be my WC highlight.
Lets say $142.69 just for fun. I have already my new watch in sight so hopefully this time someone will outbid me.
$200. Brian, does your work happen to match? Good way to get this up to 4x if they do.
$200. Brian, does your work happen to match? Good way to get this up to 4x if they do.
That's where I get the match from! Last year I was doing the whole 4x thing by matching myself as well, but wife put the kibosh on that until we've saved up enough for our upstairs remodel. So, at least for now, it's only the winning bid + work match. 😢
$204.54
I truly wish I could buy ALL the watches. 😢
$204.54
I truly wish I could buy ALL the watches. 😢
@bigben not sure why your comment isn't showing up, but yes this is open to UK as well. I only ask that anyone outside the U.S. help cover some of the shipping cost. Probably like $40 or so.
210 dollars,
Lets bring this bad boy across the pond 😉
Great 😸 #seiko and other watch crunch products
What time is it in the US? This not done yet ?🙄
What time is it in the US? This not done yet ?🙄
We got 23 hours to go! Between now and then, anything can happen...
@Aurelian @solidyetti @Hierophis69 @AllTheWatches
😂😂😂😂 ffs
Wait… are you bidding $350? Or are you just posting a plesiosaur Free Willy meme?
It’s a South Park reference. Loch Ness monster tricking Chefs parents out of tree fiddy. In this case it is a bud of $350.
Should've kept my mouth shut......
I need a GMT,,,
I need a GMT,,,
But, the watch isn’t a GMT!!! The charm of it is that it’s got the Explorer II bezel, but no GMT function!!! That’s why I love it!!!
But, the watch isn’t a GMT!!! The charm of it is that it’s got the Explorer II bezel, but no GMT function!!! That’s why I love it!!!
Yeah i know mate,,what i meant was, if i had a GMT, idda had it on US time, and would've known when the auction runs out, and i wouldn't have asked which would've bumped the thread and i hoped it wouldve went under the radar 🙄
My mind works like GS snowflake mechanism, complicated 😜
Yeah i know mate,,what i meant was, if i had a GMT, idda had it on US time, and would've known when the auction runs out, and i wouldn't have asked which would've bumped the thread and i hoped it wouldve went under the radar 🙄
My mind works like GS snowflake mechanism, complicated 😜
Awesome! Don’t beat yourself up over it. I always tag all the bidders about 24 hours before the end of each auction. Was getting ready to send out the comment anyway!
We have a winrar!
@AllTheWatches will DM you!
Okay, gang, @AllTheWatches is the winner of the auction, with a winning bid of $350! And, @whystopatone has, yet again, incredibly generously donated another $222 match! So, in all, $577!!!