My father has a totally original version of that watch (his is square and bracelet is the same width) from 1964 as an engagement present from my mother, complete with the incredible bracelet, box and paperwork.
Getting an insurance appraisal was interesting as that sort of figure was discussed as a replacement ie ‘solid gold omega watch’. In reality the watch is only worth the value of the gold.
Despite it being no reserve, I wonder if this statement in the description is an advanced warning that the seller will cancel the sale if it fails to reach their unrealistic price.
“**this item has been professionally valued at more than £16,000 and we will not be looking at offers less than this**”
no lowballs, I know what I have!
Your suspicion was confirmed as the seller cancelled the sale with about 1 minute left in the auction. The high bid was just above £1000.
Wow that escalated quickly towards the end, it was at £200 ish when I checked with about a day to go.
They can’t really believe it’s worth £16k otherwise they’d have tried to sell it to watch dealers not put it on a no reserve auction on eBay.
Anyway looking forward to seeing it relisted soon.
