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·Hey folks,
even though this is no Omega, I was hoping for some expertise on an old BWC.
Short background:
I’ve just returned from a friend who’s about to become a dad. Covid hasn’t exactly helped him and his wife financially and just before I left he gave me two watches he had bought about 25 years ago for 600DM, the equivalent of 300€. He hasn’t worn them in a long time, knew nothing about them and was hoping I could sell them for him so they had some money for something nice for the kid. “Maybe you‘ll find a buyer, if I could get half of what I paid for them I’d be happy.”
I suppressed my smile, as the first watch was a solid gold Seamaster DeVille in good condition, so his goal of 150€ will be surpassed by quite a margin from that one alone. The second watch is this:
I googled the ref on the case back and BWC Swiss 993000 seems to be correct. Movement should be a Valjoux 72, judging by the C24 ads I scrolled through, although many of them didn’t have the 17 jewels writing on the bridge.
Condition looks pretty good to me for a 60s watch, but I’m really more into Omega dress watches and way out of my depth here. There are scratches only on the plexi, dial looks lovely, though and the case sharp. Wear on the bezel is minimal on the outer edge, but it moves easily and the movement looks clean to me. Everything works, I’ll hand it to my watchmaker for a full service regardless, as the last one was at least 25 years ago.
So, what’s the question?
I’m mainly curious if this thing is original. I’m happy to sell it for the friend and I’m so looking forward to his face when I hand him a 4-figure sum he’s not expecting. But I’d love to know if hands, dial, bezel etc are correct for the watch. Thinking of the amount of fake SM120 bezels here, but from what I can find online everything looks good to me.
Also, I was a little suspicious that he got both watches for ~300€ back then, as I assume a solid gold DeVille alone wasn’t exactly worthless in the nineties, and the BWC 993000s are offered for 3000-4500€ on C24. Even discounting the usually high prices there, that’s still a pretty solid gain in value - or so I’d hope for him. 😀
Really curious if someone can shed some light on this. As usual, thanks in advance and every feedback is highly appreciated!
Oh, and just for good measure, here’s a snapshot of the DeVille:
even though this is no Omega, I was hoping for some expertise on an old BWC.
Short background:
I’ve just returned from a friend who’s about to become a dad. Covid hasn’t exactly helped him and his wife financially and just before I left he gave me two watches he had bought about 25 years ago for 600DM, the equivalent of 300€. He hasn’t worn them in a long time, knew nothing about them and was hoping I could sell them for him so they had some money for something nice for the kid. “Maybe you‘ll find a buyer, if I could get half of what I paid for them I’d be happy.”
I suppressed my smile, as the first watch was a solid gold Seamaster DeVille in good condition, so his goal of 150€ will be surpassed by quite a margin from that one alone. The second watch is this:
I googled the ref on the case back and BWC Swiss 993000 seems to be correct. Movement should be a Valjoux 72, judging by the C24 ads I scrolled through, although many of them didn’t have the 17 jewels writing on the bridge.
Condition looks pretty good to me for a 60s watch, but I’m really more into Omega dress watches and way out of my depth here. There are scratches only on the plexi, dial looks lovely, though and the case sharp. Wear on the bezel is minimal on the outer edge, but it moves easily and the movement looks clean to me. Everything works, I’ll hand it to my watchmaker for a full service regardless, as the last one was at least 25 years ago.
So, what’s the question?
I’m mainly curious if this thing is original. I’m happy to sell it for the friend and I’m so looking forward to his face when I hand him a 4-figure sum he’s not expecting. But I’d love to know if hands, dial, bezel etc are correct for the watch. Thinking of the amount of fake SM120 bezels here, but from what I can find online everything looks good to me.
Also, I was a little suspicious that he got both watches for ~300€ back then, as I assume a solid gold DeVille alone wasn’t exactly worthless in the nineties, and the BWC 993000s are offered for 3000-4500€ on C24. Even discounting the usually high prices there, that’s still a pretty solid gain in value - or so I’d hope for him. 😀
Really curious if someone can shed some light on this. As usual, thanks in advance and every feedback is highly appreciated!
Oh, and just for good measure, here’s a snapshot of the DeVille:
