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[Scar]

mkulltra the only reason I have the Rolex is because my mother gave me a Boluva Acutron for Christmas of 1970. It was a dress watch and I was climbing towers at the time. I told my mom that I would tear the watch up in the first week. She told me to take it back and get what I wanted, so I brought it back and told the sales person that I wanted the toughest watch they had and he handed me the Submariner and said it would be $60 more.

 

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[mkulltra]

Wow! Bet you wish you would have bought ten more and kept them NIB. I have bought and sold the the Yachtmaster, the Submariner, and the Daytona. Each time I flipped them, I made about $1000-$1500. This was on ebay about 10 years ago when using different color text was as fancy as you could go on listings. That is how I ending up with the Patek and have kept it ever since because it was my favorite. One of my other favorite watches was a Seiko. It was one of their high end watches in two tone. Cost about $700 but it really was beautiful. I worked in a watch and fine jewelry department at the time and the Invicta watches were just taking off.

 

[ARC]

Great score.

 

[Drmad7]

And OP, even if it is fake(or you can't guarantee the Rolex's authenticity)...simply list it on eBay and say that you bought it at an Estate sale and take a lot of pics and explain that bidders should buy it because "it is a nice watch" and not because its a Rolex. I bought a jar of jewelry from Goodwill Saturday for $51.00. I sold the very nice(but not real I'm sure) Rolex Yachtmaster for $250 BIN on eBay within 12 hours of listing it. Also got an IWC Automatic listed with same info. 30 watchers and it ends tomorrow. Up to $99.00 already.

 

[seeker46]

Take the watch to a local Rolex dealer. If it is authentic, there will be a serial number behind one end where the band attaches to the body of the watch. (You normally can't see the number unless you remove the band). Assuming it is a Rolex, you could ask the dealer for an estimate of its worth. Also, Rolex has a web site where you can key in the serial number and see whether a former owner registered the watch. Good luck. Great finds!

 

[scaupus]

I found a sale like that last year. If only they were all that way. The Rolex is probably real.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Thanks MasterJedi!
I'm glad I finally had a reason to jump in the conversations!

we need a reason?

 

[Garrett424]

INNNNNNNNNNN credible!!

Congratufreakin' lations.

 

[Bquamb]

WOW. I would love to see the value of all this combined. The watch looks so similar to my grandpas and he sold it used for 8500$ lets hope you have a true RARE gem!