Advice on Selling Grandfather's DeVille

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Hello Watch Experts,

My Grandfather passed away and I would like to sell his Omega watch which I believe is a De Ville. The only paperwork we have is the warranty pictured below which we think corresponds to this watch - it was not filled out.

Will the serial number tell me what year and exact style? Do I need to have a jeweler open up the watch to find the serial number?

It is in good condition and works fine.

How much do you think I should ask for it? Where is the best place to sell it?

Thank you.

 
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It’s not really a collector watch, your best is going to be to list on ebay no reserve with a low starting bid. The watch is called an “Omega De Ville Symbol” in two-tone from the late 80s or early 90s.
 
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Quartz watches are not considered collectible. What should you ask for it? You’ll likely find yourself taking what you can get.
 
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My best advice is sell it to me for $5…….. No I’m joking
It’s all a bit of a crap shoot, I’ve seen some quartz De Ville Omegas go for Aus $1000+ and others go for bugger all!
It can largely depend on the style and condition….. and at auction it’s only worth what someone is prepared to pay on the day, and you need at least two keen bidders who want it bad enough to find out how much that is.

Could you please post a pic of the back of the watch to allow us to give you a better idea as to what you’ve got.

You probably won’t get all that much for it, probably better to keep it and wear it on his birthday as a something to remember him by as I do with my Dad’s old Seiko Sports 100 digital
 
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Take it to a quality jeweler in your area and ask if they can open it up to get the reference number off of the back of the case. The "reference number" is like the model number for that watch. Use that reference number to run a search on Ebay to get an idea of what they sell for, if you want to list it there.
Or....if you don't want to take it to a jeweler, you can just start searching Ebay using the key words that Dsio provided you in the 2nd post to this thread, until you find a listing that is an EXACT match for yours and then use that to research what the value range is on it.
Or.....and this is my advice......keep it as a nice momento of your grandfather. Without doing any research, I suspect the value on that watch is somewhere in the $100-$200 (USD) range. After shipping and Ebay's cut, it doesn't seem worth the hassle to give up something like that for that much money.
Good luck
 
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The reference number may be in that booklet. As noted above, it’s not a model that most of the collectors on this site will have paid attention to. Do some research on eBay sales (not asking prices) and if someone makes you a reasonable offer, let it go. As you can see, it’s very dated and not something most people will find attractive, TBH.