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Found a Rolex**Update, it's the real deal

drewwski

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*****Just got back from the jewelers and found out the Rolex is authentic*****bad news is that he thinks it is damaged beyond repair. I guess when I get back to the states I will take it into a Rolex dealer and see about getting it restored...anyone wanna buy a Rolex, the time is only correct twice a day thoigh...:)

So the weather here in Germany has been horrible the last few days, high winds, rain, sleet, and snow. Didn't stop me, a little case of hypothermia never killed anyone. Well maybe a few, but anyways I wouldn't of found my first Rolex had I stayed in this morning. In a Dutch farmers field, odd.

Bad news is I think it may be a knockoff. Everything matches up on from what I have found online other than the magnification on the date, there doesn't seem to be any at all. The only damage to the watch is the chronograph is missing on the front, it also has some moisture in it which leads me to believe it might be fake as well. Anyways I will take it by the jewelers just to get confirmation, it is a ladies Yachtmaster by the way.

Even if the watch is fake I found two silvers, a 1957 Dutch Gulden, and a 1869 Silber Groschen(my third of the year, I didn't drop and break this one).
Looks like maybe a 1600's Liard as well and some other assorted coins. The square coins are Dutch from the WWII years.
 

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Wow. Nice Rolex. I hope it turns out to be real. Nice coinage too. Congrats on the hunt.
 
congrats on the coins and on the watch, hope it is a real Rolex, you are having some fun times there.

ColoKid
 
All you have to do is push in the little pins and pop the band off, it's not too hard. Real Rolexes will have a case number behind one side of the band and on the opposite side will be a serial number. You can even look up the serials online to see if it's real but most knock offs wont have any serial numbers at all. ALL Rolexes will have numbers behind the band.
 
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It's cool that it's real, just can't figure out how it ended up in a farmers field. Maybe stolen and tossed? Someone would have to be pretty careless to drop a 9K watch.
 
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Lookin' at my Rollie it's about that time

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Did the jeweler actually sell Rolex? These days higher end fakes are very well done automatics and can actually fool people in the jewelry business unless they are very familiar with the brand.

If real, and has major damage it probably isn't worth fixing. A 9K watch that's a few years old gets to 6k pretty quick, and I can you that broken watches are much more expensive to fix than broken detectors. Just a routine service or very small problem cost in the hundreds, a little bigger probably can be over a grand... so an entire re-haul? That could be a scary one, but it's definitely worth following up to see what you can do.

As for losing an expensive watch I know I'd be quite devastated to lose mine, but there's many people out there that can easily afford a Rolex and to them it's just a watch the same way a $200 one is to a lot of us. (and I've lost two of those) You guys should have detected behind me when I was in my early 20s... in one way or another I was losing everything. :)
 
Glad to hear it is REAL! Since those are fairly high dollar watches, KT imagines it may be a costly fix! But still a really nice find!

:lol::lol: Early on during his hunting, KT found a nice girls watch, beautiful shape but the battery is run down...was going to replace the battery and the Queen said, why? Who's going to wear it! NOT ME! It has a pretty pink face dial...so, it just sits in KT's jewelry box! :shock::no:
 
Nice job on the watch and coins! You know, if that watch would have been a Timex, all would be ok. As I recall with a Timex..... "It takes a lickin and keeps on Tickin." :laughing:
 
KingTotsalot said:
Since those are fairly high dollar watches, KT imagines it may be a costly fix!
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Agree. It is going to be a costly fix...however, no watch repair places will touch it. It must be sent in to rolex themselves. I don't have a rolex (don't like them), but I do have a cartier, breitling, and a patek phillipe.....just to have them cleaned they have to get sent to the manufacturer. No one will touch them, only send them in for you. It looks like a stainless steel, fluted bezel 'datejust', which is Rolex's lower end watches. . . . they go for around $4,000-$4,600. Used in perfect shape MAYBE $2,000. Depending on how bad the kinetic movement is damaged, etc I think you're looking at about $1,000 - $1,500 in repairs. . . . . If its even repairable. . . .

I would clean it up the best you can, and proudly display your find . . . . it is definitely an AWESOME find!!!!! Congrats on it being real!!!!!
 
Chad said:
Agree. I do have a cartier, breitling, and a patek phillipe.
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You're the guy who we want to start losing watches. :yes:

What Breitling do you have? That's been the brand I've gravitated to and have owned three different watches, but I don't care for most of their new stuff and the in-house movements are putting the prices out of my reach, or at least how far I am willing to reach.
 
Just a couple of comments.

First, I believe that it was lost by a snowmobiler. Just my hunch.

Also, no watch is damaged "beyond repair". And there are plenty of watch repair specialists that will fix a Rolex without sending it out. The best watch service I've ever had came from a former Chinese refugee who set up shop in Boston. He doesn't have the "Certified Rolex" or "Certified Omega" etc. credentials, but he is much cheaper and does a phenomenal job. I've had him fix Rolex and Omega watches and have never had a problem.

If you want the provenance and plan on reselling, you'll have to take it to a certified shop who will ship it out. If you want it for yourself, find a talented watch maker who will get it working just fine. Jewelers are not the places to take watches.

Also, you can find all sorts of Rolex aftermarket parts on ebay, and many repair shops keep the remnants of old watches for situations just like this. Even entire movements can be purchased for older watches, usually for under 500 bucks.

It's salvageable. Anyone offering you less than a grand is trying to lowball you.
Excellent find.
 
Thanks

Thanks Gumbo, I will check that route out. The wife likes the watch and if I was able to get it ticking again for a thousand or under I think it would be worth it. Probably not a snowmobiler though, not much snow in this part of Europe. I will also have the serial number checked out and see if it was reported stolen, that is my guess.

gumbo said:
Just a couple of comments.

First, I believe that it was lost by a snowmobiler. Just my hunch.

Also, no watch is damaged "beyond repair". And there are plenty of watch repair specialists that will fix a Rolex without sending it out. The best watch service I've ever had came from a former Chinese refugee who set up shop in Boston. He doesn't have the "Certified Rolex" or "Certified Omega" etc. credentials, but he is much cheaper and does a phenomenal job. I've had him fix Rolex and Omega watches and have never had a problem.

If you want the provenance and plan on reselling, you'll have to take it to a certified shop who will ship it out. If you want it for yourself, find a talented watch maker who will get it working just fine. Jewelers are not the places to take watches.

Also, you can find all sorts of Rolex aftermarket parts on ebay, and many repair shops keep the remnants of old watches for situations just like this. Even entire movements can be purchased for older watches, usually for under 500 bucks.

It's salvageable. Anyone offering you less than a grand is trying to lowball you.
Excellent find.
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gumbo said:
Just a couple of comments.

First, I believe that it was lost by a snowmobiler. Just my hunch.

Also, no watch is damaged "beyond repair". And there are plenty of watch repair specialists that will fix a Rolex without sending it out. The best watch service I've ever had came from a former Chinese refugee who set up shop in Boston. He doesn't have the "Certified Rolex" or "Certified Omega" etc. credentials, but he is much cheaper and does a phenomenal job. I've had him fix Rolex and Omega watches and have never had a problem.

If you want the provenance and plan on reselling, you'll have to take it to a certified shop who will ship it out. If you want it for yourself, find a talented watch maker who will get it working just fine. Jewelers are not the places to take watches.

Also, you can find all sorts of Rolex aftermarket parts on ebay, and many repair shops keep the remnants of old watches for situations just like this. Even entire movements can be purchased for older watches, usually for under 500 bucks.

It's salvageable. Anyone offering you less than a grand is trying to lowball you.
Excellent find.
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I agree it doesn't have to be sent it to Rolex, but it's not just a basic eta movement he has to buy, and can you even purchase a Rolex movement?

If someone could fix it for a couple grand it no doubt would still be well worth it.
 
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