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My fathers watch, now mine.
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Donn Chambers
·Question that I’m sure others will want to know before replying:
Do you intend to keep it, or sell it.
You can get market prices at:
https://speedmaster101.com/
Hard to tell from your pictures, but yours would likely be somewhere in the fair to good category
Do you intend to keep it, or sell it.
You can get market prices at:
https://speedmaster101.com/
Hard to tell from your pictures, but yours would likely be somewhere in the fair to good category
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Seaborg
·Value: lots of cash
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerVery valuable piece!
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DON
·Is your father still alive? Might not appreciate your selling it if that's your intent.
Of course if you don't need the money to foolishly spend on the fad of the month item
Would be an even more expensive watch when your close to retirement age
Of course if you don't need the money to foolishly spend on the fad of the month item
Would be an even more expensive watch when your close to retirement age
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buddman
·Cripes. Who sells their fathers watch.
A Rolex guy I guess.
A Rolex guy I guess.
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pdxleaf
··"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"I think your's is very good overall. It's a little difficult with these photos and not seeing it in person.
Assuming it has the original bracelet, that is also a big plus.
Add value for original family purchase.
You might get more responses if you edit the thread title and add "CK2915"
The inside bracelet clasp should have 7077 if it is original.
This might be unusual with the broad arrow hands and black painted bezel. The 2915-3 is supposed to be a transitional, sometimes having broad arrow hands and steel bezel like tge dash 2 and sometimes having sword hands and black bezel like the 2998-1 that came after it. Being a transitional, it certainly could have come from the factory like this, which makes it very interesting. Note, the bezel is heavily scratched, which is normally a bad thing. In your watch, it lends evidence that this bezel likely came with this watch, given the scratched up crystal. The crystal could be replaced on service. It would make it more useable. But hang onto the original parts.
It's a fabulous watch in any case. Still, higher resolution pictures of the dial, hands, lug edges are needed for a serious valuation. As a Rolex guy, you understand the importance of condition and originality. Stains or scratches on the dial diminish value. But as a watch gets older and more limited numbers, it gets more slack for condition, provided it still has original parts.
Assuming it has the original bracelet, that is also a big plus.
Add value for original family purchase.
You might get more responses if you edit the thread title and add "CK2915"
The inside bracelet clasp should have 7077 if it is original.
This might be unusual with the broad arrow hands and black painted bezel. The 2915-3 is supposed to be a transitional, sometimes having broad arrow hands and steel bezel like tge dash 2 and sometimes having sword hands and black bezel like the 2998-1 that came after it. Being a transitional, it certainly could have come from the factory like this, which makes it very interesting. Note, the bezel is heavily scratched, which is normally a bad thing. In your watch, it lends evidence that this bezel likely came with this watch, given the scratched up crystal. The crystal could be replaced on service. It would make it more useable. But hang onto the original parts.
It's a fabulous watch in any case. Still, higher resolution pictures of the dial, hands, lug edges are needed for a serious valuation. As a Rolex guy, you understand the importance of condition and originality. Stains or scratches on the dial diminish value. But as a watch gets older and more limited numbers, it gets more slack for condition, provided it still has original parts.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Give this guy some help he has been getting horrible advice in Facebook groups.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorGday from the NT Aus
It’s worth a lot in Australian $$
How about you tell us a bit more about your intentions…1st post what’s it worth are never taken as sympathetically as a can you help me restore it for wearing.
It needs a service if your going to keep it and the best in my opinion would be
https://www.lewiswatchco.com/
It’s worth a lot in Australian $$
How about you tell us a bit more about your intentions…1st post what’s it worth are never taken as sympathetically as a can you help me restore it for wearing.
It needs a service if your going to keep it and the best in my opinion would be
https://www.lewiswatchco.com/
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jantjewgm
·That is a beauty!
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerNot valuable but I offer USD 500 
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Syrte
·Maybe we should clarify for the OP many people come here for fly by estimates. Forum members are watch enthusiasts with a heavy bias towards preserving family keepsakes.
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southtexas
·Cripes. Who sells their fathers watch.
A Rolex guy I guess.
just wow
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