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Marc B
·Hello all, what a resource this forum is. I fell down the rabbit hole yesterday and went through several rounds.
I have a vintage Deville, no idea what period, it was my fathers so I guess late 60s early 70s. I'd like to get a bit more information, the background;
- It doesn't run (I tried)
-the lens is scratched to all heck (he worked on cars, and if I'm anything like him he probably never took it off before starting in).
-its d-i-r-t-eee, some patina in there too best I can tell.
So my questions are;
-what year, model-submodel is it?
-approximate value as is?
- what would it need in terms of service/restoration to bring it up to snuff
-what would that cost, ballpark?
-What would it be generally worth after all that? i.e. is it better to sell it as is.
I'm not partial to the watch, never remember him wearing it, I have a Rado that he did wear or I remember him wearing that means more to me. So I'm considering turning this into a Seamaster Diver 300M (preowned) or possibly Seiko SJE101 (new). And was really looking for good insight as to whether it was worth fixing/cleaning/servicing or should I jsut move it as is.
I have a vintage Deville, no idea what period, it was my fathers so I guess late 60s early 70s. I'd like to get a bit more information, the background;
- It doesn't run (I tried)
-the lens is scratched to all heck (he worked on cars, and if I'm anything like him he probably never took it off before starting in).
-its d-i-r-t-eee, some patina in there too best I can tell.
So my questions are;
-what year, model-submodel is it?
-approximate value as is?
- what would it need in terms of service/restoration to bring it up to snuff
-what would that cost, ballpark?
-What would it be generally worth after all that? i.e. is it better to sell it as is.
I'm not partial to the watch, never remember him wearing it, I have a Rado that he did wear or I remember him wearing that means more to me. So I'm considering turning this into a Seamaster Diver 300M (preowned) or possibly Seiko SJE101 (new). And was really looking for good insight as to whether it was worth fixing/cleaning/servicing or should I jsut move it as is.