I have a wait list too, and can pick and choose what I want to service, but I don’t gouge people for servicing a ladies watch...most watchmaker’s don’t charge extra for smaller movements. Maybe it’s an eyesight issue if this is an older watchmaker?
Is the bracelet also or plated?
Usually for a name brand that can be resold. You could get 10-15% above scrap gold value. Watch nowadays is more of an evening out jewelry piece than watch
Not sure of the diamond size, but on majority of watches like these. Tend to be either diamond chips or 10-15 point sized diamonds of average quality for looks. They don't add much in the way of value
Keep it
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If you have a daughter or niece or such, this would be a great opportunity to ignite the spark for an interest in watches while preserving the continuity of an heirloom.
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I have a wait list too, and can pick and choose what I want to service, but I don’t gouge people for servicing a ladies watch...most watchmaker’s don’t charge extra for smaller movements. Maybe it’s an eyesight issue if this is an older watchmaker?
Yea he’s not actually joking, while they’re nice watches there are a lot of them that survived, and the style is no longer worn by women as the small bracelet like watch design is long since out of fashion so if you’re not going to wear it, the only real value it has is in the diamonds and gold as that value as scrap will be about the same or higher than its value as a watch.
It’s a sad thing to say as they’re nice Omegas of the era but ladies watches have changed so much with time that there is no real market for the old ones unless for sentimental reasons while men’s watches have stayed broadly similar, much in the same way that women’s clothes have changed with time while men’s suits have stayed the same.
I am rather fond of the Saphettes, but I prefer to watch them on ladies' wrists 😁
I bought my wife an 18k automatic and a SS manual saphette, my 25-year-old daughter a gold plated manual. They both absolutely love them.
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I am rather fond of the Saphettes, but I prefer to watch them on ladies' wrists 😁
I bought my wife an 18k automatic and a SS manual saphette, my 25-year-old daughter a gold plated manual. They both absolutely love them.
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Are you sure that it is even solid gold? Use a loupe or magnifying glass and see if it says 18k or 18kgf on both the case and the bracelet. It is a toss-up for the watch but these were separately from the bracelet, and the overwhelming majority of these were gold filled.
Are you sure that it is even solid gold? Use a loupe or magnifying glass and see if it says 18k or 18kgf on both the case and the bracelet. It is a toss-up for the watch but these were separately from the bracelet, and the overwhelming majority of these were gold filled.
Most of the european gold plated saphettes have stain steel backs, making them easy to spot.
That model was only produced in 18 karat gold, as far as I am aware. That fugly after market bracelet is plated.
Really? Surely it shouldn’t matter what size watch they’re working on because they can use a loupe of a higher strength for smaller movements. If their eyesight is deteriorated in other ways then it won’t make any difference what size it is. They will still struggle to see properly even if they’re working on a grandfather clock. I can imagine that fine motor skills go with age and tiny parts become more difficult to handle, but again, surely in the end the tiniest parts of a man’s watch are not more easy to manipulate than those of a woman’s watch?
