Air Force Vet and his Rolex on antique roadshow

clearconscience · Jan 29, 2020

'Antiques Roadshow' guest floored by worth of Rolex he paid $346 for in 1974

An “Antiques Roadshow” guest in West Fargo, N.D. literally fell backward when he learned the potential worth of the Rolex he paid $345.97 while in the Air Force in 1974 in an episode that aired last Sunday.

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This is awesome, and I love his reaction

Mikej · Jan 30, 2020

WE SAW THAT! I got choked up.

I usually don't care for Antiques Road Show. So much dopey stuff I couldn't care less about.

Bless him.

v0lcom13sn0w · Jan 30, 2020

GOG · Jan 30, 2020

It was freakin' excellent.

BPOR11 · Jan 30, 2020

Talk about a return on investment!

Jonnyuma · Jan 30, 2020

I saw a quick clip of this yesterday and it REALLY caught my eye because of the watch...

Dopey watch fanboy stuff:
The Paul Newman Watch, as it has come to be known, is part of a limited run of one-off Daytona Cosmographs produced in 1969... this fella had one of the other ones.

The PN watch has special value in that it was a gift to him in '69 and inscribed "Be Safe" in reference to his budding racing passion by wife (actress, and classy broad) Joanne Woodward... it sold at auction for an estimated $17-21 MILLION.

As a flat-walleted watch nerd I went looking for something similar in a mechanical. I'm no kind of star-f**ker (although if you had to come up with the coolest 3 cats in Hollywood, he'd be on the podium w Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood), I just thought the beige panda face w black subdials was super cool looking and wanted something similar... turned out to be harder than I expected, but I got close enough, IMO

Congratulations to the vet, he seemed like a real character. High falutin' watch collectors from around the world will be bidding on this long lost gem.