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No disrespect to the owner and thanks to the original owner for his service. But the fact that it was owned by a soldier in the Vietnam War adds approximately zero to the value for me personally. I have bought at least two Rolex watches worn by soldiers in Vietnam, and never thought anything special of it except that they were one-owner watches, which is always desirable. Every one-owner watch is interesting in that sense, but the military connection is not more special to me compared to a watch owned by a doctor or a diplomat or a professor. And the case-back engraving is ugly. I would probably have it laser welded and refinished.
Sometimes this provenance trendiness gets taken too far. It's just dealer/auctioneer marketing BS. In a recent auction, watches given as gifts by Saddam Hussein and Ferdinand Marcos were sold. I mean, really ... who cares. The Marcos watch was an interesting watch at least, a VC coin watch.
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