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25 June 2019, 04:01 PM | #1 |
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Biggest Rolex Bargain (In this forum)
Hi guys, I am curious. Once in a while I hear cool stories about rare watches turning up at garage sales or at a flea market.
So it got me thinking, what is the biggest known watch bargain you guys have heard of? |
25 June 2019, 04:22 PM | #2 |
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I remember a guy in Texas buying a early gmt for under $50, at a estate sale. My dad bought a 81 5513 for $1200, about 12 years ago, at a flea market.
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25 June 2019, 04:39 PM | #3 |
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I go pawn shop hunting all the time. I found this 16013 for $150.00 last Sunday.
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25 June 2019, 07:40 PM | #4 |
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we've all had good days. Never got to the same bargains as the fellas above but some reasonable deals.
Probably best i've done was a Rolex 16750 for under $2,500 about 5 years ago. |
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25 June 2019, 08:13 PM | #6 |
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Either way, that is a huge bargain, especially now |
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25 June 2019, 09:00 PM | #8 |
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The datejust above is great
I guess the Submariner the chap got from a charity shop a couple of months back for $12(?) was pretty good. Not strictly a member here but a member did buy it from him when he listed it on eBay. |
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https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comme...re_can_i_have/ A member here bought it and serviced it. There are pictures here somewhere. It was a steal for both parties but slightly more for Mr. $2.5 .
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25 June 2019, 09:43 PM | #10 |
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I bought a ruined 6694 for $50, a few parts and a service later I have maybe $600 in it and it's a wearable watch. Nothing like that great TT DJ for $150 though!
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25 June 2019, 09:58 PM | #11 |
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I remember someone bought a Bakelite GMT at a garage sale and discovered it’s value when they started a thread here.
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25 June 2019, 10:38 PM | #12 |
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I was thinking about this one today. This will be an interesting thread.
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25 June 2019, 11:21 PM | #14 |
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26 June 2019, 12:47 AM | #15 |
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^6542 wins the thread
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26 June 2019, 01:41 AM | #16 |
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There's the $6 Deep Sea Alarm that someone found at goodwill a few years back.
My mom found a GMT in a thrift store in March. $750 with tax. |
26 June 2019, 02:13 AM | #17 |
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I need to start hitting those pawn shops and thrift store. Great find guys
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26 June 2019, 03:15 AM | #18 |
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I remember this crazy story from years ago, a supposed DRSD Prototype bought at a police auction for $350.
I'm not sure about the final verdict on the authenticity; the thread ended up being closed. But it certainly caused a stir: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=160988 |
26 June 2019, 05:35 AM | #21 |
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Holy shit. Looks like that one ended up being sold for 210k to Morgan King I believe.
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So, I would think this $350 purchase would possible qualify as one of the biggest Rolex bargains ever. |
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26 June 2019, 09:45 AM | #24 |
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I had a feeling this thread would bring out some awesome stories. There are some of us who missed out on hearing about these bargains, so its good to read about them and see how they came about.
My story is I bought a 'fake' datejust a few years ago for around $90AUD. The watch was a beautiful 16013 and I can assure you, it was very real :) |
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26 June 2019, 10:23 AM | #26 |
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How on earth does that happen? So they assumed it was a fake at the thrift store and yet still placed a high price on it relatively speaking? Its amazing. There has to be a chain of events which allows these bargains to rise to the surface. Each story so far has the same theme, owner/possessor ignorance.
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Biggest Rolex Bargain (In this forum)
Not sure if it counts but some of mine are free
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