$350 Estate Sale Mystery Bag of Watches! what will we find?
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Today I went to an estate sale and found a bag of old watches, follow along as we go through it and see if we find any treasures!
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I have my husbands omega he bought in the 1950s. I had it checked and the jeweler said it had one of the prettiest movements he had seen. It’s special to me. My son will have it.
Wow your son is very lucky to have it. I hope he appreciates it and it stays in the family for years to come :)
@@mr.anonymous7806 oh im sure he will. It was his dads. Its very special to him.
vera hinnant that’s very sweet
So it means he was at least 20 in the 1950s and so were you? So A) now you should be in your 90s and your son should be in his 60s-70s, so give him the watch untill he's still alive and B) you're gold digger who just gave herself in
MrL0MK3 maaan, you da shamrock homies!!1!11!1
I'm a watchmaker and specialise in Seiko's. That 6139 Pogue's a really nice example. Australian market with the black rotating inner bezel. The USA and European markets had a yellow inner bezel not black. That model, especially the yellow dial versions have gone up in value a fair bit over the past two years. Being on the president bracelet too is another nice feature as that was a upgrade from the standard Seiko bracelet. Be lucky.
If my kids just stuck all my watches in a bag and sold them, I’d haunt them.
Dr Gunsmith -Lol!!
Not the kids - the bloody valuer. All of these pieces could have been realised for much higher with a bit of due diligence and minimum work.
Wonder why the Gentleman who owned them didn't betroth them to his Family and friends separately 🤔 Either he didn't really have any as such, or his Family thought they were a load of old junk. More fool them!!! 😂
WTF
LOLLL
nice find ! 350$ for the 3 omega, 1 longine, 1 oris, 3 gruen and some funky seiko and junghans, that's a lot of watches for the money ! As a watch enthusiasts or collector, I'd be mad at my children if they sold that.
endautrestermes it wasn’t an actual Longines watch though, it is a Swiss copy of the brand. But still an amazing haul!
endautrestermes id sell some of the lesser known ones in order to get some liquid cash flow to run repairs on the Omegas
$350? Lol
Yeah I'm not a huge watch guy but a quick Google search and those omegas cleaned up are beautiful and very pricey
@@ws8061 Would you have an idea what one of those older ones would sell for all fixed up? The new ones i googled are pricey!!
That Junghans you kind of skipped over has some provenance too. Not "High end" granted but it has some history.
Nice name asshole. =p.
The Junghans is the most valuable in the lot.
@@captainbackflash I hope it was realised and this hasn't gone to waste.
nathan fagan I bet, he wouldnt recognise it, if the clock is sitting naked in his face.
The Junghans is gold. Well worth investing in getting it working - it's a beautiful watch.
EVeryone going nuts about the seiko and omegas, but that hamilton tank is gorgeous
It's pretty boring looking I'm afraid
@@360nastybusiness disagree
@Newromantic999 What
Hamilton has a cool history. I grew up in lancaster so i'm partial
@@360nastybusiness Each to their own eh?!! 😂
That's a great find ! Back in the day I would pick up old pocket watches and fix them myself and the one's I couldn't I'd part them out . But now my eyes aren't so good anymore but I still have 30 or so of my favorite ones hanging up on the bedroom wall and every once in awhile I'll wind them up just to hear them tick .
It’s a nice sound those ticking watches :)
That's beautiful
Great history man. I would love to sit and talk watches with a guy like you. cheers
That would be pretty cool!
@@Ackow Me too! 😂
Amazing. I restore quite a few watches and service them. However it's a good idea not to wind them as the lubrication could be contaminated or dried. also it's a good idea not to bump them harshly before servicing because even with the shock jewels the hardened or contaminated lubricants can still damage the balance staff pivots. Winding watches with contaminated or hardened lubricants can catch from gear to hear in the geartrain causing shearing especially in the winding gear. Even if you plan to wear one,. It may work for a while, then bam! Suddenly it can quit on you( if it hasn't been serviced). Especially if they have chronograph modules. Because one doesn't know whether the former owner used the chronograph much or just used the time aspects of the watch. Chronograph watches are very pricy to fix. Shortcut jobs don't cut it. Many watch repair techs around the city just use solvent without taking the movement apart especially chronograph watches ( if there are plastic parts some Seikos, solvents will soften the plastic). A true watch repairman. Disassembles the complete movement and cleans the parts thoroughly in a watch parts washer except for dials, plastic parts and certain watch hands ( I use rodico 6033)
Thanks for that, great information.
Good info and analysis, thanks !
You know your stuff
Wow... did anybody read that!!!
Well said!!! 👏👏👏
Also winding with just the top of one's thumb 😳😱.
My pet hate is seeing someone winding a time-piece whilst still on their wrist!
Naughty naughty a complete no no... 🙄
Oh the the sacrilege!
you need to invest in a tripod so you can use both hands. Or a chest mount go pro.
or a head mounted camera! also...you might want to suggest other uses for items...your watches might have gears n things for "steam punk" collectors. parts of old cameras...vintage clothing (i think i heard you say you had folk who "do" clothes). some clothes can be re-made into something else. old typewriter keys. rhinestones are pretty collectable, too. your videos are fun. thanks! comfort
Kosher Bacon also might want to check the mirror andsee if the dent from eearungyour baseball cap backwards has smoothed back out before you go on camera. Looks kinda doofy.
@@oiudatropen9548 Absolutely correct, tripod or table mound is a must.
more like a gyro gimbal like that youtuber guy Serpenza did
exactly
invest tripod
I collect vintage watches, so while I enjoy all of your videos I obviously loved this one. I did cringe when I saw all those thrown in a bag clanking against each other, but I sure wish I could have found them. I hope you will try and save as many of those as you can. Congrats
Almost all are sold as of today, kept aside the Omega’s and seiko :)
A great find, gotta love that the Seiko and Omegas worked instantly. Says something about their longevity and their top reputation now.
Awesome!
I don't get why people are so annoyed by the fact he didn't know all the brands and conclude that he doesn't appreciate some of the watches enough. And some even saying it's a shame he was the one that found the watches?!
He's just going through them for the first time. People don't have to know everything in order to appreciate it. And it's still someone's find if the person doesn't have certain knowledge but knows it might be worth something. Surely he knows enough and appreciates them all and will do his research and let them be repaired and valued properly before selling.
I appreciate that, and yes I still learn everyday :)
If I may... as a Hobbyist Watchmaker I remain appalled at the little effort that is made to care for these pieces of our history. I have long since lost patience with collectors who reduce everything to dollars and cent. For instance that Miltary Navigation Hamilton in the box on a gimbel is from an era well before GPS and requiring accurate time to make sense of the information a sexton produced from the heavens. The Hamilton 992b, carried by bomber navigators are likewise of considerable historic value. Similarly the timers often used by gunnery observers to determine distance from observing the muzzle flash are collectable. OTOH this is not the first time that I have heard someone make much of a suspected gold case while entirely ignoring the movement. Any number of my Hamiltons, Illinois and Walthams are without cases often owing to the scrap value of the case. Just sayin.....
Personally, for me what makes these kind of videos worth watching is seeing a value put on each item/watch. Even a if only a range. Otherwise novices like myself are lost.
That Junghans is stunning! One of the brands I always look out for!
That Hamilton tank watch was really cool!!
That one looks like a radium dial, too.
Those 3 Omegas are worth $1000 easily, even as is. Properly serviced, with new crystals and crowns, and you could sell the white-faced ones for $4-500 each, and the black dial for even more. The Junghans military watch is also worth a few hundred. Nice grab!
Wow!!!
Would definitely restore that Omega and rock it
they are just really small (because the style back then was to have smaller watches). I've handled one from the same era as ones in the video and it looks like a childs watch on my smallish hands
really great and look cool in a collection though
@@Cosmystery I agree, they made small watches for that era. Lucky me in this case 😎 I have a small wrist. I can still wear a 34 mm such a date or an air king without it looking like a kids watch. Also love to restore vintage watches.
More power to you my man!
@@Cosmystery The smaller the watch, the more man you are!
"Hey Bro, what are these round things with numbers all around them?"....."I dunno, just throw them in a bag and we'll get rid of them like the rest of this crap Dad left us"
Around a $4000 + haul in today’s price market. That was exciting to watched. Enjoyed that 👍🏻
The black dial seamaster is the winner.
"The more jewels, the better the watch."
🤔
Um.....no.
Thinking the same thing.....lol
Hmmm. So my Vostok is better than my Breitling. Lol
@@patricksmatrick6193 The stock just went up on my Amphibia
Um most of the time yes. A higher end watch will use more. Lower end watches use less. You can check any of the vintage models from least to highest and look at how many jewels the movements have.
@@stektirade, beyond a certain point they are adding jewels to points where they are not needed just to run up the jewel count. A high number of jewels does not automatically mean high quality.
Yay!!! Here we go. I love everything about this show. You, family, friends, everything!
What a haul! Some pretty fabulous finds. A Pogue, 3 Omegas, Hamilton, Junghans, that lovely chronograph and all those other vintage pieces! Really curious what you value the entire lot at.
That Seiko is a "Pogue", same model worn in '73 by Col. Pogue while the other crew members wore Omega Speedmasters. Have it serviced, get a nice NATO strap for it and keep it.
That hamilton, longines and Junghans is where its at. The omega has slight more value then those (not much more) but I think those 3 are more intriguing
I was thinking the same thing. He doesn't know the brands so he is passing them over. I wish a watch guy had found this instead of a general retailer. It would have made for a better video.
@@thomasflynn5366 I loved the junghans, they are a brand that are still going that I think deserve more appreciation. The Longines and Hamilton were also good watches that should have gone in the quality pile
@@JacK-yr8ri Junghans once was world's biggest clock manufacturer.
Pulls out the Hamilton "I don't know all these names...its not like finding a Rolex." WTF Over...
Jack Naylor
Its not Longines... ITS Longrene... look here...
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The Seiko is cerca 1970 I was given one for my 21st birthday it cost £50:00 around £800:00 in today's money. I now have many watches from Rolex to a Speedmaster Moon watch but I have never had a watch that drew so much comment as my Seiko Pepsi chronometer apart from its yellow face I set the day date to read in French which was considered really cool in the late sixties. I remember being called into the bosses office at work, I was told he wanted to see me I was wondering what I had done wrong but he wanted a closer look at the watch I was wearing the Seiko.and this was a guy who drove a Rolls Royce! Even when I started as a sales rep for Gillette in around 1974 it was still drawing interest and being commented upon. I still have it although it no longer works.
This is a very collectible Seiko .Search Spencer Klein vintage watch repair.He has a RUclips channel.He is the master of vintage Seikos
what a story, thanks for sharing. btw I'm sure you can get it fixed
Take it to a seiko certified jeweler and get it restored, it has a lot of value, both in money and especially in your life. Fix it back up and wear it again.
Just came across your channel randomly, very nice indeed 👌
Glad you’re with us!
Me too ... insta subscribed ...
I agree
RUclips, a magical place where people find treasure in plastic bags....and complain that there are no rolexes inside😂
I'm pleased you found the time(!!) to share your find with us!
Punny
I second that!
I’ll join the MOVEMENT!
@@michaelbarry6589 clock nerds😀
Thank you for the information on the Omega watches. I got one in a lot from a friend who was cleaning out her mother in law's house. She gave me a box of watches. Glad to hear the Omega is valuable. We enjoy your videos!
Pulls out a Junghangs: "There's a lot of generic brands..."
and a Longines !
@@andywillis9701 It wasn't Longine. I misread it too
Andy Willis Andy yes I saw the Longines and he kind of just passed it up.
The patina on some of those watches is just amazing
That Hamilton tank is up there with the best you have in your find!!
Wow not bad at all !! Ruff guess you could turn the $350 into $3,000 give or take! I would be happy with that batch for sure ! Few good pieces for a personal collection aswell. Thanks for sharing!
I've seen on a few Seiko Fanpages that that particular Seiko is highly prized by collectors.
I love getting notifications from Curiosity Inc!
I'm not a big fan of Seamasters, don't do much for me, but if I found 3 in a bag for $350..! One would DEFINITELY soon become one of my favorite watches in my collection!
Awesome find.
Love the Seamasters. They're more expensive for a reason. I owned a 1967 Seamaster and the original movement was just as accurate as my new $2,000 Swiss automatic watch.
TheFinalApproach and which one is your 2k swiss?
What a score! I would have loved to see you take them to an expert to get an appraisal of what they are worth as-is, as well as what the higher-end ones would be worth restored. Thanks for sharing!
We still have our grandfathers Hamilton clock that was mounted in his hellcat during ww2. It has been Mounted above the fireplace mantle since he got discharged, still keeps perfect time.
I love watches, and I am fascinated by wind up watches. Very cool!!!!
Incredible find for $350. And it was fun seeing some of the older Gruens while cheering the Omegas adding up.
Those omegas will go for 1200 easy restored! At least ones I’ve seen have. 450$ for ones of that series that are in poor condition.
Would you recommend buying one or two smaller watches? They are old mostly gold but one has cracked glass and I’m not sure if they work.
If the price is right sure why not! Keep in mind smaller watches can be a little tougher to sell
Ok, I was also wondering what you think about vintage keys? Skeleton keys and that sort of thing?
As a fan of vintage watches (among other interests) you have quite a few interesting time pieces in from that find.
I've never had an interest in watches but for some reason I'm in love with the stopwatch 😂
What a memory, I used to have a Seiko just like that one but it was stolen from my dive bag many years ago.
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Very cool finds! My best find was a Bulova Accutron 218, the ones with a tuning fork. I found it in the bottom of a cardboard box that was full of nuts & bolts. The box was in my late fathers’ shop, on the gravel floor. I had it serviced , a new battery installed, and it runs like a top. I rotate between the Accutron and a Mido multifort Powerwind that Dad gave me years ago.
The other old watches I’ve found in his collection are Bulova’s, a couple of Elgin’s, a few Seiko’s and several ladies Gruen’s.
Sounds like a good haul! I’ve always liked the space view accutron
Thats a Seiko "Pogue". Around 200-400 bucks depending the condition.
Takes me back, I used to own an antique store with my father. :)
Some nice watches there. Don’t discount that Seiko as it’s referred to as a Pogue . Chronograph. Worth quite a bit. Very easy to date a Seiko accurately too , if you don’t know how to do this then look at a site called watchsluth as it has a page where you input all the reference on the back and it spits out the date for you.
The omega on the bracelet is nice, those are sometimes called beads of rice bracelets that can be worth more than the watch !
A bag like that for me is the stuff of dreams for me as I would want to repair most of them.
Hamilton watch at 11:42. That was used in maritime navigation at one point. The watch stays flat no matter what angle the ship is at. That watch was reissued a few years ago by Hamilton. The new version can be placed in a frame with strap and worn on the wrist.
I love the history lessons! I'm always learning something new when I watch your videos!
I've been looking for a Seamaster for a while and for $350 you got 3!! What a baller!!! Nice vid!
I lucked out :)
Oh man. I love your videos. I found your channel just yesterday, and I have been binge watching since. Only antique I own, is wartime medals from Finnish-Russian war from my.great grandfather, and I think those are never leaving me.
damn, the omega with the beads of rice bracelet is stunning
I love here videos! It’s like being beside you when you open the bags,or boxes! Please keep these videos coming!
Pretty sweet. It looks like a 50s era Omega seamaster that needs work, just by itself was worth well over $350.
Great haul! And cleaned up, that Oris could be belle of the ball, being the company started in the 1700's.
That Hamilton tank looks so good. Put a nice strap on that. Good stuff
Junghans are really nice watches, I see you got a black dial one there.
That Seiko Pogue is awesome, that will probably sell for the most. It is a highly collected watch. You did amazing with that bag, three Omegas, a couple Hamiltons, and the Oris. How much did you spend on the bag?
I've spent quite a bit more than $350 and your collection surpasses my own.
Wow a bag of time ! Who could ask for anything more☺
Nice buy there. Just a few things. That Longines is equal to the Omegas in quality so don't discount it. Secondly, for vintage chronographs, don't ever try to start them if the watch isn't running or running properly. It can put a lot of stress on the gears or even break teeth. If you get those cleaned up, you'll make a really nice profit selling them.
I saw that Longines too. I was surprised he didn't mention it. He knows watches so I'm sure he k own that's a good watch.
Great find! Really nice when that many work!
About half or more worked :)
Gosh, an amazing find! I'm unbelievably jealous 🙄🙄
A thing about the number of jewels in watch calibers: while you’re not completely wrong, you’re also completely right. The number of jewels in a watch doesn’t actually tell you anything about the quality, just the number of jewels inside.
Like you said, the jewels are used as bearings for the pivots of the wheels inside the caliber (amongst other things). But watch manufacturers realized that “jewels” sounded fancy so they started to add useless jewels to the caliber just to crank up the number of jewels inside!
(The “jewels” aren’t actually jewels by the way. Watchmakers have been using “synthetic ruby’s” since their cheaper and more durable)
Very true!
I have a bag of old watches that belonged to my dad fron the 50 / 60 and 70, never even thought about them being of any money value so thank you Alex I will have to dig them out and have a good look at them. Thank you again for the Video.👍👍👍👍👍
That square case Hamilton is one of my favs
Any follow up, did you get any of these serviced and valued?
Your Omega is exactly like mine. I got that when I was in Istanbul, Turkey US Army. That was in 1962/63.
Yet another awesome video my friend!! One could say even inspiring
It's a Seiko Pouge you got there with the Pepsi dial. The first automatic chronograf in Space.
They are so beautiful! Wow! What a find!
Hi Alex. The time just flew by while i was watching that!
Funny!
Very informative view about the watches. I have so many I know nothing about.
Hey! Put that Hamilton in your good pile, ha ha.
I bid on 2 watches at an Auction for 15$ I was wondering how much a 1960's, Ladies, 10K gold, Bulova, fully working, and keeps time, would go for? I am not looking for a profit as it is part of my growing collection of Jewelry. I also got a Seiko 10K gold watch in perfect condition and working ladies circa 80's. How much do you think these would go for? I just love your channel and been watching your videos like crazy. LOL
Ladies watches arent very collectable and dont go for much but if they are gold they have some value.
I love watch guys!
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you.
The Seiko 6139 is probably the best one of the lot. It's not a true Pogue as a true Pogue will have a gold rotating ring on the inside, the black rotating ring has often only been found in Australia. We have a ton of them pop up over here. The dial and hand set on that one look amazing though, so someone will definitely grab that for restoration. A true Pogue will not have "Chronograph" on the dial, and will have "Water70mResist" on the left hand side as well. Still though, great watch. Very collectable.
I was happy with it :)
I just started collecting watches, that Seiko is awesome! I want to say its a Pogue vintage version. I want one lol, nice video.
The Seiko Pogue was a solid find!!!
I love old mechanical watches awesome score on the Omegas!! I'd love to own one someday. I have my Grandfathers Citizen automatic from the early 70s and still keeps good time.
At one point, the high charge on watches over 17 jewels imported into the US resulted in watch makers reducing the jewel count on their movements destined for the US. Do not discount those movements as having no or lesser value out of hand without research.
Nice haul for such a low cost. I'd estimate that you have made several thousand in profit from that batch assuming no major repairs are necessary to the working pieces.
Great finds. How about the link to polishing tatty crystals? I’ve been following since about the time you publicized helping Adam. I’ve got lots of videos waiting to enjoy.
Great video! You really lucked out. Would love to see a follow-up video - what works, market prices, etc !
One of my best finds on RUclips.
Awesome picks and intriguing video. Thank you. I should mention how it would have been nicer to have read the names of all the watches (like the Jungians? you skipped over) and to know the ballpark of what you paid, confirming how great a score it was.
Great video, I love it when.you have a bag or box of goodies to go through it's so exciting to see what you find, Thanks for sharing.😁
Word of advice, be careful in opening up old watches that were produced below the 1970's as a lot of those watches use Radium for the lumes.
There is absolutely zero risk to using a radium dial the only risk was the people who made them. A microscopic amount of paint behind a crystal that's been aged for 50 years is not going to hurt you even if it was made of cyanide, but the people who applied those everyday multiple times a day or at risk that's why they producing the
@@timothyacowin9761 No harm being cautious bro. Though it makes feel a little better that it's not that dangerous since I also have watches with radium dials.
@@dredgewalker just don't swallow the radium part somehow lol
Hi i just came across your channel randomly and love it, wish i was there to get a up close view, i,am a watch fanatic.
That vintage Hamilton, Longines, and Omegas were remarkable
He didn’t even care about the Longines or Junghans, obviously not a watch enthusiast.
The Mrs. says: My last husband died 38 years ago and he worked in Construction so he always wore a Timex watch. He bought his last watch around the mid 70's and old wind up. These battery watches are such a pain, always dead, so I dug out his old Timex I saved all these years, wound it up and the darn thing keeps excellent time, I love it. I wonder if it would have any value, probably not, who cares it works and there are a lot of memories on that little time piece.!! I am guessing 44 years for the watch.!!
That omega by itself
Or even that Seiko Chronograph is worth 350 usd
Great find!
Thanks, I was happy with it :)
Harvard Ford Absolutely !
Bargain bag !
Nice haul. I love seiko. Recently lost a seiko chrono aviator solar. $500 down the drain. Just bought an Invicta pro diver and a Benyar chrono rectangular dial. Love them both.
I’d be diving down that drain to get it :)
@@CuriosityIncorporated i found a replacement for about $375. Now to pull the trigger again. Maybe in a couple months. My prob is deciding what watch I wanna wear. After i choose I feel like my other $ are going to waste cause they arent being worn. So I try to switch out daily. Lol
You already know this but all of what you consider higher end watches should go in for a good cleaning along with a service. Please don’t shake them to get them running. They could have dried lubes inside that will damage intricate parts. Nice find.
Some were automatics and was shaking them to get the rotor spinning :)
Yes I understand what you were doing. I was simply pointing out that shaking an Omega is a very good way to damage the gear train. Those are beautiful old watches. The Seiko can take the shaking all day long.
My grandfather is from Lancaster PA.. I love watches.. Nice find.. Are you going to tell us what you paid? :)
BKM I think he said $350
I like the look of the Voltaire one... don't know how good of a watch it is, but I would wear it!
In order of value: #1 Hamilton Ship Chonometer. #2 Seiko Chronograph (Pogue) #3 Omega Seamaster's. I think it's a good score. A lot of work to get them in the condition I would like to see them to wear or sell. Good luck! Fun Video!