How well off would you have to be to pay £3,500 for a watch that doesn’t even tell time?
You can test your wealth at an auctioneers in Birmingham. They are selling a Cartier watch that has stopped telling time, but is valued at up to £3,500.
Fellows & Sons is putting on a wrist and pocket watches sale Monday 22nd October 2007: .co.uk”>http://www.fellows.co.uk
There is a second Cartier for sale. It’s a snip at up to £2,000… and it even works! See the full wrist and pocket watches range in the online catalogue here http://www.fellows.co.uk/ShowAuction.asp?sAuctionNumber=909.
If both Cartier watches sell for their top estimated value, they will got for a combined £5,500.
The first watch is valued at up to £3,500. It’s a gentleman’s 18 carat gold Roadster chronograph automatic wrist watch with black Roman numerals and hands with luminescent hour and minute hands. It has an 18 carat gold Cartier link bracelet with hidden butterfly clasp. There are many wear and tear marks, it has a build up of moisture in the case, and the watch isn’t currently running.
The second Cartier watch is in much better condition, and is valued at £1,500 to £2,000. It is a gentleman’s steel cased automatic Santos 100, and has a large square face with stylised Roman numerals. It is fitted to a Cartier black leather strap with a butterfly clasp, and comes with a box and papers.
There are a total of 472 items up for sale.
If you can’t make it to Birmingham to buy, you can monitor the wrist and pocket watches sale with a real time audio feed, and bid online here: http://www.fellows.co.uk/home/Internet-Buying.asp.
