Antiques Roadshow viewers were treated to a brand new instalment of the show filmed at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Expert Richard Price was tasked with evaluating a Rolex and left the owner stunned by its value when he uncovered a rare feature of the watch on the BBC show.
Richard began: “Whenever I see a Rolex of this type I have to ask you, are you a professional diver?”
The guest confirmed he wasn’t before Richard added: “So what tempted you to buy a professional divers watch?”
“Well I was aware that Rolexes made the best watches and my brother-in-law, who’s now passed away, had a Submariner,” he answered. “He said if you’re going to buy one buy the Sea-Dweller.”
The expert explained: “This particular one is all described in your original invoice so you bought it new, January ’82.
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Richard began: “Whenever I see a Rolex of this type I have to ask you, are you a professional diver?”
The guest confirmed he wasn’t before Richard added: “So what tempted you to buy a professional divers watch?”
“Well I was aware that Rolexes made the best watches and my brother-in-law, who’s now passed away, had a Submariner,” he answered. “He said if you’re going to buy one buy the Sea-Dweller.”
The expert explained: “This particular one is all described in your original invoice so you bought it new, January ’82.
“Well, the only thing I can fault it on really is the fact that the glass is very scratched, what happened there?” Richard asked.
“I was cycling with my daughter and I was going downhill too fast, came off and it cut on the gravel,” the owner explained. I ended up in hospital for a week with a punctured lung. It survived and so did I.”
Richard remarked: “Wow you’re here looking very well to me.
“This is what we call the full set pretty much, your bill of sale, I noticed you’ve got a discount, cash discount £34 that was a useful sum off because the list price £403 was quite a chunk of money, wasn’t it? So you’ve not done too badly, actually.”
“People are asking silly money for them but I reckon for you a mid-market price of £18,000 to £20,000 would be fair,” Richard revealed.
“Unbelievable,” the owner replied before Richard added: “Do you know what I’d do if I was you? I’d take off that Quartz that you’re wearing and wear this for a little bit.”
“I might do,” he responded. “That’s amazing, I’m absolutely staggered.”
He later added: “Well, I watch Antiques Roadshow, I never miss it, and I’ve seen Rolexes coming on so I thought it’d be worth a fair amount but that just amazed me.”
Antiques Roadshow continues on BBC One on Sunday at 7pm.
from:www.express.co.uk
published 2022-04-04 02:00:00
