RJ did you look at the pushers? That was no 145.012 (or 145.022 either). The AR ‘expert’ may not have been all that expert.
I think the whole thing was a put up job, the owner claims to have no knowledge of the significance of the Omega Speedmaster ? yeah rock on . Even a basic internet check would have highlighted its importance and value.
Paying £ 5 for it at a car boot sale - My backside - IMHO a total sham. Great TV but totally false.
Well, I do believe a lot is scripted on TV. But looking at the guy, he didn't appear to me as someone who googles his knowledge either.. ;-)
A lot of these older experts have much more knowledge on clocks and perhaps pocket watches. They’ve got into wrist watches as the see a more dynamic market with good possibilities for earning. So they don’t always know a lot on anything vaguely “modern”.
He looks just the type to have googled it, he certainly had the sense to pitch up at the AR and put it under the Experts nose !
TBH it looks like a put up job to me, I wager the owner had a pretty good idea he had something valuable in his mits.
I agree with your first part, although, I would say that a pre-moon Speedy is definitely a 'vintage' watch.
It is - Just bear in mind that the auction house clock experts are often specialists in Antiquarian Horology - and consider anything made in the last century as modern! 😁
