can anyone give me a ball park guess as to how much this thing is worth? My late grandfather passed it down to me. I think it's from the late 60's and 18k gold.
I'm not planning on selling it so not sure if I'll actually take it to be appraised by a jeweler or what not.
I have no clue if its worth 1,00 or 10,000 but am just curious.. any intel would be appreciated. Thanks

 

Unfortunately not a style prized by collectors, so its not worth much over melt value of the gold.

Jewelers appraisals are not worth the paper they're written on since very few have a clue about vintage watches, don't waste your time.

 

ok, good info thanks XJR. just to give a little more info on what I do know: the numbers on the back say 353.013 I've googled everything I can think of about this watch and I've yet to see one exactly like it out there on the web.. I wonder how much it's worth?

 

thanks MSNwatch.. no appraisal it is. Can anyone throw out a ballpark number? I find it odd that I can't find this watch for sale anywhere on the internet.. am I looking in the wrong places or is it really that rare?

 

gotcha, that makes sense.. i think it's 100+ grams of 18k gold so a little over $3,000. there's my answer. thanks people

 

the only other watch on the internet I can find that matches this is here: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...0000/lot-239ce0b1-ec89-4195-b149-a4350120416f

 

Dont forget to discount for the movement.
You dont have 100g of gold in there!
It is one of those classic examples of where a replacement would be almost impossible to find, (and therefore expensive if you comissioned someone to find it!) but by the same token, just as hard to sell - other than scrap value.

Scrap value will be about 10-20% less than the gold value - the smelters will need a margin.

 

thanks Spacefruit, yeah you're right about not accounting for the movement.

 

So how much is that in real money?

 

26,500 SK = $3,269.00

 

but it also says 80,000Sk retail.. which would be closer to $10,000 so who knows

 

Yeah, value in the future is hard to predict.

I remember a time that Beanie Babies were going to be the ticket to many well funded retirements. And probably 35 years ago Speedmasters were just a nice watch for a guy.