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Best Moment: Rolex Oyster Cosmograph & Documentation, ca. 1971 | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW | PBS - YouTube
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i brought in a rolex watch that
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i had purchased while i was in the
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military i was stationed in thailand
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from 1973 to 1975
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and while i was there i
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flew on
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air america airlines and
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continental airlines and i noticed that
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most of the pilots that were
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flying those aircraft wore rolex watches
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and i was intrigued by them i always
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wanted to purchase them but they were
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very expensive
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later when i was transferred to another
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base i
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did some scuba diving and i knew that
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the rolex watch was good for scuba
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diving i found
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this particular watch where i could
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afford it and i never used it i looked
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at it and i said you know this is really
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too nice to take down in a
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salty water i just kept it after i got
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out of the service
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i
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had other watches i wore and i just put
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this one into a safety deposit box it
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stayed there for
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30 or 40 years i only took it out like
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two or three times to look at it and
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that was about the extent of it before i
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brought it here what branch of service
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were you in i was in the united states
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air force i entered in
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1971 my draft number was seven
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it's pretty low number huh
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that's not really lucky in the in the
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draft right no when i found out about
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that i either had to join the air force
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or another branch or i was enlisted by
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the first of january and what did you do
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in the service i worked in munitions but
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there's like four different branches and
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i
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worked in explosive ordnance disposal to
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put it simply i helped clear roads of
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land mines municipal storage areas that
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had been blown up or sabotaged we
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cleaned those up there were
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multiple children and adults that were
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injured as a result of unexploded
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ordnance and it's the hazard still is
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there today you bought this where was it
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was it at a military store i ordered it
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in
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november of
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1974 through the base exchange i believe
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it came in in
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april
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1975. the amount that you paid you even
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got a 10 discount
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says 345.97
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was that a lot of money in 1975 to you
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it was a lot of money for myself what
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was salaries back then it ranged between
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three and four hundred dollars a month
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if i have it correct as you know it's a
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rolex this particular model
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is referred to as an oyster cosmograph
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they're also referred to as daytonas
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this is a reference 6263
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you saved everything which is really
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wonderful the warranty paper was never
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filled out and was never numbered so you
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have actually have a blank guarantee
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which is quite unusual
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and even over here this paper is blank a
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blank paper today is probably worth
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about two thousand dollars
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because it can be made to match any
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watch and add value to it so guys would
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pay money to buy a blank paper you have
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the original
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rolex brochure here for the cosmograph
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you have two receipts the order receipt
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and your payment receipt here you have
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the original box
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even the outer box here
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so these watches as we've talked on
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antiques roadshow have become very
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collectible and valuable it's got a
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couple very special features about it
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underneath the word rolex and above the
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word cosmograph it says oyster
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and that refers to these screw down
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buttons here
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they made this version with and without
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screw down buttons
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the ones without the screw down buttons
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are still water resistant but this was a
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much better water resistant case because
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you could lock down the chronograph
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buttons on it it still has the
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foil sticker on the back
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with the reference number of the watch
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6263
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had it be worn that would be the first
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thing it would wear off the watch
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the date mark on the bracelet
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shows that it was made in the first
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quarter of 1971. your watch
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was made approximately 1971 and you
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ordered it a couple years later
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collectors love this watch because
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paul newman award in a movie called
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winning wasn't this particular model it
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did not have the screw down buttons the
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one that paul newman wore currently at
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auction those watches are going
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for approximately 150 to 200 000
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your watch is more special
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it says
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it says oyster on it yes
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they did that for an extremely short
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period of time we refer to that as a
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mark ii dial and this particular model
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being marked oyster is extremely
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extremely rare a watch like this at
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auction
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is worth about four hundred thousand
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dollars
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you okay
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don't fall
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i'm not done yet i said a watch like
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yours because of the condition of it
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basically it's a new old stock watch
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nowhere on it the original foil sticker
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on the back of it
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and the fact that we have all this
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complete documentation here also maybe
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one of the very few in the whole world
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that still was never worn your watch
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at auction today
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500 to 700 thousand dollars
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now i'm
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very serious
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oh it's an absolute fabulous fine
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it's one of the rarest paul newman
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models
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and in this condition i don't think
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there's a better one in the world can't
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thank you enough for bringing me one of
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the greatest watches to ever see on
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antics roadshow
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and thank you very much for your service
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unbelievable you can't wear it though
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if you wear it it drops down to the 400
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000 value
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you
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