Found this little beaut today...totally untouched...

Have a buyer willing to fly down to me tomorrow for cash sale..but wondering if i am moving to quick

 

Hello random person who's signed up and not bothered to introduce themselves.

Welcome!

What's the question?

 

Ye sorry about that..James 46 from Cape Town SA , my friend has this watch.. she knows nothing i know a little..she feels she is being pressurized to sell to a up country cash buyer tomorrow and is not sure whether she is selling too cheap..just wondered how much interest this piece would command on the Int market.

 

Never do a deal under pressure if you want to look back and feel good about it.

These paradoxically can be tough sellers, but have a hard following if they are the right price.

At the moment that is between $5000-8000 for something possibly not dissimilar to yours, but serviced and with the unique strap.

On your terrible pictures anyone here would probably give you 3500 even without seeing inside.

A dealer, bless him, will service it, gently improve the case possibly and fit a strap. He then might ask 10,000. I don't think he would sell it quickly, but sometimes dealers are a little over-enthusiastic trying to make the rent on a single watch.

So you can see there is a big spread with bullheads.

Others may have different ideas.

 

Thanks..good advice

 

Golden rule. She who has the gold, makes the rules. Slow it down. If I understand the situation correctly, the buyer would like to conclude the sale quickly because he is afraid of the seller doing exactly what you are doing. Gathering information on the watch's true value.

 

True kingsrider......sometimes you have to grab it while i'ts still hot?
Are we allowed to ask for estimates of value here? and can i say what i have been offered as i feel a good cash offer

 

Spacefruit gave you a learned opinion on value. Sure tell us the offer.

 

Every time I read threads like this my heart flutters and I get all excited thinking about how much is still out there waiting to be found.....

Having said that - Anyone rushing you to sell does not have your best interest in mind. As stated, expect a value of $3500+!

Wishing you well in your selling journey,

Thomas

 

No kidding. I wish I was the buyer trying to get this watch before it sees the light of day.
This Bullhead happens to be on my grail list.

 

8k US but lets see..this is based on whatsapp messages..talk is cheap ?

 

Does the watch have an interesting story behind it ? An famous ex. owner or something similar ?

 

A golfer..not sure how famous he is or was...

 

8k?! I'd bite their arm off (if they're serious).

 

I'd grab the USD$8k.

I'd also have the deal done in a bank or other secure facility with possibly one or two large men as your escorts.

 

No sure if you mentioned it already, but you mention you found this beauty today. Do you mind telling what you paid for the find?

 

8K - Take the money and run.

Why the "not sure if you mentioned it..." - he explains it in his second post?

 

Well not really. His second post states

"Ye sorry about that..James 46 from Cape Town SA , my friend has this watch.. she knows nothing i know a little..she feels she is being pressurized to sell to a up country cash buyer tomorrow and is not sure whether she is selling too cheap..just wondered how much interest this piece would command on the Int market."

Not sure how that indicates what he or his friend paid or whether it was an Uncle's watch. It is obviously his business and he may choose not to say but it is reasonable to ask I guess. If the owner were a famous SA sportsman it may explain the interest and strong offer but people can offer much and deliver little.

 

I don't think famous not sure at this stage,lets say a decent golfer.

Ok for interest sake the real story behind this.Nothing to do with another women.
I collect watches, occasionally ill get in my car and take a drive around to nearby towns and approach jewellery boutiques etc and ask if they have any old watches (as even though not being a watchmakers they do get approached daily to do battery changes etc) he is doing nothing with as id like to buy. I went into a small jewelers in a small shop around 15 miles from my place, the owner said "he hated working with watches" as he was basically a jeweler setting diamonds making rings etc, said he had a box full of crap broken watches if i was interested, got his assistant to get the box as he was busy in the back, she put the box on the counter and started going through it, i shouted to the chap id give him 30USD for the box he replied 'deal" obviously i didn't want the assistant going through the box and wanted to leave just in case something nice turned up lol..so said i was in a hurry and left...i am talking a decent size cardboard box full, i get home and it's like Christmas! anyway around 250 pieces of 99% junk quartz, lorus, tempo a few fake seikos all crap and lots of ladies watches too mostly quartz with a few vintage manual winds but nothing special ....oris etc
so i get near the bottom and the first find is a first edition 1985 citizen promaster aqualand in VGC the one with the depth meter sticking out the one side of the case but not working, i have some batteries lying around so i pop 3x in and the watch works 100%, i scratch some more and find a Technos sky diver divers watch from the 1960's orange dial big watch, i give a quick shake and it works and i am really chuffed with this one as i collect divers, then i find a mens titanium and sterling silver bracelet with 8 x small diamonds worth around 1000usd and right at the bottom of the box lies the bullhead at first i though old seiko bullhead i get my glasses and the rest is history..happy days these finds don't happen often and i have been doing this for 10 years...my last decent find was a rolex red datejust big bubbleback from 1953 around 3 years back i pad 300usd for and sold to a chap in hong kong for 4000usd...excuse the grammar !

 

Fair enough, congratulations on a good find. The earlier fiction about it belonging to a female friends relative now may get you placed into the 'bullshit artist' bucket in many people's estimation though, often it is best just to be up front. To be honest I smelled a bit of a rat hence my reference to 'Uncles watch'. Most of the one-post-then-vanish traders who ask for help on an unfamiliar find invent some nonsense about it being a family heirloom passed down to them via a deceased distant uncle. Rather like your story to be honest.

Anyhow, stick around but try to keep the bs down to a bearable level in future!