Drawer find Speedmaster 2998-2

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This is my grandfathers watch that has been sitting in an old jewelry chest collecting dust with a bunch of other old things. Showed it to my son who is kinda into watches and he thought it may be worth something. Some quick research says it may be worth a bit…..

Posted it on Reddit as we thought it may be fake, but now I don’t think it is.
We want to possibly sell it but have no idea of its actual worth, or where to sell. We live near Atlanta so there are some places we could go to have it appraised, but I thought I’d seek advice here…..
Anyone recommend steps forward to clean up and sell, just sell. Not really sure.


Thanks

 
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That's a fantastic find! And great that you found this place, the Speedmaster guru's will be along soon to advise you.
 
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Sell as is. Go to one of the major watch auction houses such as Phillips, Heritage and Christies.
 
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Sell as is. Go to one of the major watch auction houses such as Phillips, Heritage and Christies.
Amen to that, I hope to find something like this every time I open a drawer but a Cyma pocket watch was my best find so far in life
 
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Ignore ALL the private messages until 30 days of research and consultations occur.

Happy Trails
 
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Dont touch it, dont do anything .


My only concern i have seen these photos before somewhere but i dont do reddit. Where elae have you asked for advice
 
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Sell as is. Go to one of the major watch auction houses such as Phillips, Heritage and Christies.

Etc, etc...

OF (@dsio) should have a sticky thread for this type of request.
 
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Amen to that, I hope to find something like this every time I open a drawer but a Cyma pocket watch was my best find so far in life
I think I would be more excited to find this in a cupboard than the portal to Narnia, but no luck with either so far! Guess they don’t tend to locate themselves in Billy bookcases…
 
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Dont touch it, dont do anything .


My only concern i have seen these photos before somewhere but i dont do reddit. Where elae have you asked for advice
Only on Reddit yesterday.
 
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Only on Reddit yesterday.
If you do a search on the forum you will find another recent find. This will give you a good insite into what you have and approx value
 
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@dsio -

Your math is off on Example 2.

If the watch is worth $10,000 unrestored and you invest $2,000 in restoration costs, you’ve now risked $12,000.

If you sell for $3,000, you’ve lost $7,000 on the value of watch plus your $2,000 paid for service. That’s $9,000 total.

To the OP, please heed the advice of @MSNWatch and talk to a reputable auction house. Avoid anyone who appraises the watch and then wants to buy it. That’s considered unethical behavior.

Good luck with it.
gatorcpa
 
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What a find. If you have kids you should keep it for the next generations
 
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wow. you've got pretty good expert advices here already. that's a precious heirloom.
 
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The good thing about this find, and the advice being given here is that there’s no need to discuss the future valuation of gold 😀
 
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The good thing about this find, and the advice being given here is that there’s no need to discuss the future valuation of gold 😀
Ha, ha, you really Gerlached us there!
 
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@dsio -

Your math is off on Example 2.

If the watch is worth $10,000 unrestored and you invest $2,000 in restoration costs, you’ve now risked $12,000.

If you sell for $3,000, you’ve lost $7,000 on the value of watch plus your $2,000 paid for service. That’s $9,000 total.

To the OP, please heed the advice of @MSNWatch and talk to a reputable auction house. Avoid anyone who appraises the watch and then wants to buy it. That’s considered unethical behavior.

Good luck with it.
gatorcpa
You're right, I was probably rushing when I wrote that a few months ago, its always a heartbreaking outcome when people do that and send it off, spending thousands for no reason, even worse when its Rolex and they don't get the parts back