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Slowly

Slowly

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And of course there are auctions - Bonham's have been selling "including the collection of a European Nobleman" over at least 3 auctions now! He must have been a magpie with considerable resources and, eventually hundreds of watches. Some are horrid.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23512/

I'm not interested in Rolexes but, I suppose like all collectables, there are rare and particularly sought after variants. Two rather battered Submariners (not, presumably from the Nobleman's collection) caught my eye. Lot 52 is from c 1973 so the Tritium will be pretty dead now but is of interest because it is an MOD Special Forces issue, being sold together with the owner's logbook (?is that a log of his work assignments - if so, presumably that could need to be redacted?). Estimate £40-60k. Lot 150 is even more battered but its rarity has made them give an estimate of £80-120k.

There are also lots of cheaper ones - various gold P Phillipe Calatravas for about £3-6k. Of course there is a buyer's premium of 25% with VAT on the premium, although if you buy lot 151 the premium would probably only be 20%.

P.S. If you are interested in a new and inexpensive quartz tritium tubed watch Nite have got some offers at the moment. I have one for taking on holiday in places like Brazil (we were mugged in Rio though they just wanted phones and money) or darkest (!) Peru.

https://www.nitewatches.com/store/gb/
 
Andyk

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Agree Andy..Looked at there web site a few times and though you may as well save a bit more and buy new.....Even ones that are discontinued you can seem to get a better price else where.
 
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Slowly said:
And of course there are auctions - Bonham's have been selling "including the collection of a European Nobleman" over at least 3 auctions now! He must have been a magpie with considerable resources and, eventually hundreds of watches. Some are horrid.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23512/

I'm not interested in Rolexes but, I suppose like all collectables, there are rare and particularly sought after variants. Two rather battered Submariners (not, presumably from the Nobleman's collection) caught my eye. Lot 52 is from c 1973 so the Tritium will be pretty dead now but is of interest because it is an MOD Special Forces issue, being sold together with the owner's logbook (?is that a log of his work assignments - if so, presumably that could need to be redacted?). Estimate £40-60k. Lot 150 is even more battered but its rarity has made them give an estimate of £80-120k.

There are also lots of cheaper ones - various gold P Phillipe Calatravas for about £3-6k. Of course there is a buyer's premium of 25% with VAT on the premium, although if you buy lot 151 the premium would probably only be 20%.

P.S. If you are interested in a new and inexpensive quartz tritium tubed watch Nite have got some offers at the moment. I have one for taking on holiday in places like Brazil (we were mugged in Rio though they just wanted phones and money) or darkest (!) Peru.

https://www.nitewatches.com/store/gb/
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Wow. Some seriously lovely watches there. Some quite dull ones as well. I managed to get a Luminox from our local cash converters. I'd use that for holidays except it has a lether strap which I don't like for swimming. Very much like the illumination, though.

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