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Tried your gmail but it bounced. Can you point me to a post about the watches you are building? I saw a picture of a diver right? I would like to order…
This is what £120,000 looks like…£60k in cash and £60k worth of Rolex MilSub (Military issue Submariner)…
This was a sale that took place last year. The owner of the Sub thought the watch was worth around £1k, and listed it for sale on eBay. The watch came to the attention of a very serious vintage Rolex collector, Mike Woods.
Mike drove to see the watch in person to authenticate it and purchase it for himself initially, but upon meeting the seller changed his mind. Not about the watch, which was an absolutely genuine untouched military issued Rolex, but about purchasing it himself. Instead, he took pictures and said he would help the seller get the most money he could for it. The reason for this is that the watch being sold belonged to the gentleman’s father, who was very ill. It was hoped that the money from the sale of the watch would go towards his medical bills and upkeep.
Mike posted the pictures up on various Rolex collectors boards worldwide, and leant his reputation to the fact that it was a genuine MilSub.
The auction caught fire on eBay, and the watch sold for a price of £60,000.
The buyer flew in from overseas and met both Mike and the seller in person, paid in crispy 50 pound notes and flew back home. Mike was offered a commission for the sale, but politely turned it down.
Sometimes it’s nice to write about something genuinely good for a change…*checks bank balance and cries*
It’s one of those conference room days.
Lots of buzzwords and stale coffee. Some eager beaver will volunteer to take minutes and then send around an action item memo. The term “synergy” will be used without irony, and no fewer than three people will ask if I want Quiznos for lunch.
The good news is I’ve got a half bar of xanax coursing through my veins, and I’m not wearing any underwear.
Wheee!
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