£80k Omega spends 20 years in a drawer until this recent episode of Antiques Roadshow
As watch collectors we all wish to one day stumble on a “barnyard” find. An old watch that’s dug up and sold at an estate sale by an owner who has no idea what it is actually worth. We hear the stories, and they always seem too good to be true. But they definitely happen and, … Continued
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