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I understand why this watch is so rare and the auction price is high... BUT....
Would anyone else be worried about paying so much with the hands deteriorating like this. Isnt it just a matter of time until that lume flakes off and then what will the devaluation be? Also, I am no expert whatsoever about this reference but I can’t help but wonder about the originality of the insert and whether the numbers and the indices on the dial may have had some re-lume. Again, not accusing, just wondering.
This Rolex, bought for 90 dollars, sell for 250,000 dollars at auction
From VOGUE Gardiner Houlgate has just auctioned off an ultra rare watch that belonged to a British coal miner: the Rolex Submariner “Explorer Dial”. 56 years ago, for his fortieth birthday, a coal miner from Nottinghamshire, England bought a Rolex Submari...
I understand why this watch is so rare and the auction price is high... BUT....
Would anyone else be worried about paying so much with the hands deteriorating like this. Isnt it just a matter of time until that lume flakes off and then what will the devaluation be? Also, I am no expert whatsoever about this reference but I can’t help...
