Bezel is genuine,
"Owner wants an Appraisal"
If you mean a quick opinion, no harm in telling him it's a Fair condition -71 with an earlier, more valuable bezel.
It may squeak upwards a category when in hand, toward "Good".
Appraisal is a loaded term, which as someone who has given appraisals in another field for 45 years, and you need to be very careful what is being asked.
That being said, I love doing this sort of thing, and since I am not being paid I can't be sued, so I say:
To buy in: $2500
Fair collector to collector value: $3300
Insurance replacement : $6600
Famous London Watch dealer: £7,000
All subject to no nasty surprises in the back side, and the movement getting an extract
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