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Originally Posted by Patekfinder

Hey guys, just want to share this with the group as I’ve kept it inside and feel like I need to share and get this off my chest with people who I believe will understand.

A few years ago I inherited a Rolex Oysterquartz from the 1980s from my grandfather who passed away. Unfortunately the oysterquartz was the only watch I inherited from him, and I wore it everyday over my other watches (like a 5711) but it was always grossly inaccurate, sometimes just stopping or other times running 6 hours fast per day. I could not rely on the watch and just wore it for sentimental purposes, but used my phone for timekeeping. It was literally unwearable and I sent it to RSC, after multiple attempts by Rolex to repair it, they couldn’t, said it required a new movement which was no longer available, so I basically had a paperweight. Rolliworks also couldn’t repair.

I wish it was a mechanical Rolex and not the Oysterquartz, which being quartz with unfixable issues really diminished the sentimental value for me. Seeing the watch almost made me mad that my grandfather bought a damn Oysterquartz and not any other mechanical watch that could have been an heirloom for generations! So after much consideration, I decided to sell the watch in its current non working condition and European Watch Company bought it for about $5,000 from me, which I feel was a good value, and it was important to me to take that money and use it for something important that my grandfather would have appreciated/shpported rather than just buy another watch, so I used the $5,000 to fund my IRA account for the year, which I know he would have liked.

Anyways, I’ve kept this inside and whenever I see someone post a watch on here that they inherited from their dad or grandpa, it makes me feel sad about my own situation inheriting a Rolex, but I do believe it was the right decision to sell and my grandfather would have supported the sale and the use of the $5k for an important thing like an IRA.

Just wanted to share this with everyone. Thanks for letting me share and reading this and get it off my chest.


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no doubt your gramps is smiling down on you for making such a wise decision. heck, he'd probably be annoyed if you just let it sit in your sock drawer, doing nothing for you.