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Originally Posted by bodybump
Wow thanks for sharing paul...i wonder how much those vintage pocket watches cost...
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Funny you should ask....b/c I asked the same question to Sir Alan. He mentioned the value of the collection was obviously in the "millions." I asked him what the most valuable piece in the collection was. He unhesitatingly replied the "Harrison H5 Chronometer." When I asked him what it might fetch if it were ever up for auction, he answered "I don't know as it's priceless!"
I mean, to get a teensy idea, here's a link talking about the 1933 Patek "Graves" supercomplication which I believe has fetched the highest auction price of any watch to date
($10 million dollars!!)
http://most-expensive.net/pocket-watch
They had 100s of watches....Including some of the most important ones in history! The only other place I saw Harrison timepieces was at the Royal Naval Observatory at Greenwich.
--Paul