$350 Estate Sale Mystery Bag of Watches! what will we find?
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- čas přidán 5. 12. 2018
- Today I went to an estate sale and found a bag of old watches, follow along as we go through it and see if we find any treasures!
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I have my husbands omega he bought in the 1950s. I had it checked and the jeweler said it had one of the prettiest movements he had seen. It’s special to me. My son will have it.
Wow your son is very lucky to have it. I hope he appreciates it and it stays in the family for years to come :)
@@mr.anonymous7806 oh im sure he will. It was his dads. Its very special to him.
vera hinnant that’s very sweet
So it means he was at least 20 in the 1950s and so were you? So A) now you should be in your 90s and your son should be in his 60s-70s, so give him the watch untill he's still alive and B) you're gold digger who just gave herself in
MrL0MK3 maaan, you da shamrock homies!!1!11!1
If my kids just stuck all my watches in a bag and sold them, I’d haunt them.
Dr Gunsmith -Lol!!
Not the kids - the bloody valuer. All of these pieces could have been realised for much higher with a bit of due diligence and minimum work.
Wonder why the Gentleman who owned them didn't betroth them to his Family and friends separately 🤔 Either he didn't really have any as such, or his Family thought they were a load of old junk. More fool them!!! 😂
WTF
LOLLL
I'm a watchmaker and specialise in Seiko's. That 6139 Pogue's a really nice example. Australian market with the black rotating inner bezel. The USA and European markets had a yellow inner bezel not black. That model, especially the yellow dial versions have gone up in value a fair bit over the past two years. Being on the president bracelet too is another nice feature as that was a upgrade from the standard Seiko bracelet. Be lucky.
nice find ! 350$ for the 3 omega, 1 longine, 1 oris, 3 gruen and some funky seiko and junghans, that's a lot of watches for the money ! As a watch enthusiasts or collector, I'd be mad at my children if they sold that.
endautrestermes it wasn’t an actual Longines watch though, it is a Swiss copy of the brand. But still an amazing haul!
endautrestermes id sell some of the lesser known ones in order to get some liquid cash flow to run repairs on the Omegas
$350? Lol
Yeah I'm not a huge watch guy but a quick Google search and those omegas cleaned up are beautiful and very pricey
@@ws8061 Would you have an idea what one of those older ones would sell for all fixed up? The new ones i googled are pricey!!
EVeryone going nuts about the seiko and omegas, but that hamilton tank is gorgeous
It's pretty boring looking I'm afraid
@@360nastybusiness disagree
@Newromantic999 What
Hamilton has a cool history. I grew up in lancaster so i'm partial
@@360nastybusiness Each to their own eh?!! 😂
That Junghans you kind of skipped over has some provenance too. Not "High end" granted but it has some history.
Nice name asshole. =p.
The Junghans is the most valuable in the lot.
@@captainbackflash I hope it was realised and this hasn't gone to waste.
nathan fagan I bet, he wouldnt recognise it, if the clock is sitting naked in his face.
The Junghans is gold. Well worth investing in getting it working - it's a beautiful watch.
you need to invest in a tripod so you can use both hands. Or a chest mount go pro.
or a head mounted camera! also...you might want to suggest other uses for items...your watches might have gears n things for "steam punk" collectors. parts of old cameras...vintage clothing (i think i heard you say you had folk who "do" clothes). some clothes can be re-made into something else. old typewriter keys. rhinestones are pretty collectable, too. your videos are fun. thanks! comfort
Kosher Bacon also might want to check the mirror andsee if the dent from eearungyour baseball cap backwards has smoothed back out before you go on camera. Looks kinda doofy.
@@oiudatropen9548 Absolutely correct, tripod or table mound is a must.
more like a gyro gimbal like that youtuber guy Serpenza did
exactly
invest tripod
That's a great find ! Back in the day I would pick up old pocket watches and fix them myself and the one's I couldn't I'd part them out . But now my eyes aren't so good anymore but I still have 30 or so of my favorite ones hanging up on the bedroom wall and every once in awhile I'll wind them up just to hear them tick .
It’s a nice sound those ticking watches :)
That's beautiful
Great history man. I would love to sit and talk watches with a guy like you. cheers
That would be pretty cool!
@@Ackow Me too! 😂
I collect vintage watches, so while I enjoy all of your videos I obviously loved this one. I did cringe when I saw all those thrown in a bag clanking against each other, but I sure wish I could have found them. I hope you will try and save as many of those as you can. Congrats
Almost all are sold as of today, kept aside the Omega’s and seiko :)
Amazing. I restore quite a few watches and service them. However it's a good idea not to wind them as the lubrication could be contaminated or dried. also it's a good idea not to bump them harshly before servicing because even with the shock jewels the hardened or contaminated lubricants can still damage the balance staff pivots. Winding watches with contaminated or hardened lubricants can catch from gear to hear in the geartrain causing shearing especially in the winding gear. Even if you plan to wear one,. It may work for a while, then bam! Suddenly it can quit on you( if it hasn't been serviced). Especially if they have chronograph modules. Because one doesn't know whether the former owner used the chronograph much or just used the time aspects of the watch. Chronograph watches are very pricy to fix. Shortcut jobs don't cut it. Many watch repair techs around the city just use solvent without taking the movement apart especially chronograph watches ( if there are plastic parts some Seikos, solvents will soften the plastic). A true watch repairman. Disassembles the complete movement and cleans the parts thoroughly in a watch parts washer except for dials, plastic parts and certain watch hands ( I use rodico 6033)
Thanks for that, great information.
Good info and analysis, thanks !
You know your stuff
Wow... did anybody read that!!!
Well said!!! 👏👏👏
Also winding with just the top of one's thumb 😳😱.
My pet hate is seeing someone winding a time-piece whilst still on their wrist!
Naughty naughty a complete no no... 🙄
Oh the the sacrilege!
A great find, gotta love that the Seiko and Omegas worked instantly. Says something about their longevity and their top reputation now.
Thank you for the information on the Omega watches. I got one in a lot from a friend who was cleaning out her mother in law's house. She gave me a box of watches. Glad to hear the Omega is valuable. We enjoy your videos!
That Junghans is stunning! One of the brands I always look out for!
Those 3 Omegas are worth $1000 easily, even as is. Properly serviced, with new crystals and crowns, and you could sell the white-faced ones for $4-500 each, and the black dial for even more. The Junghans military watch is also worth a few hundred. Nice grab!
Wow!!!
Yay!!! Here we go. I love everything about this show. You, family, friends, everything!
That Hamilton tank watch was really cool!!
That one looks like a radium dial, too.
I love the history lessons! I'm always learning something new when I watch your videos!
"Hey Bro, what are these round things with numbers all around them?"....."I dunno, just throw them in a bag and we'll get rid of them like the rest of this crap Dad left us"
Thanks for sharing. Some good finds. Enjoy watching your videos.
Would definitely restore that Omega and rock it
they are just really small (because the style back then was to have smaller watches). I've handled one from the same era as ones in the video and it looks like a childs watch on my smallish hands
really great and look cool in a collection though
@@Cosmystery I agree, they made small watches for that era. Lucky me in this case 😎 I have a small wrist. I can still wear a 34 mm such a date or an air king without it looking like a kids watch. Also love to restore vintage watches.
More power to you my man!
@@Cosmystery The smaller the watch, the more man you are!
Around a $4000 + haul in today’s price market. That was exciting to watched. Enjoyed that 👍🏻
That Seiko is a "Pogue", same model worn in '73 by Col. Pogue while the other crew members wore Omega Speedmasters. Have it serviced, get a nice NATO strap for it and keep it.
Great find. Love it when a surprise is turns out to be amazing!
Great video, I love it when.you have a bag or box of goodies to go through it's so exciting to see what you find, Thanks for sharing.😁
Personally, for me what makes these kind of videos worth watching is seeing a value put on each item/watch. Even a if only a range. Otherwise novices like myself are lost.
Awesome!
I don't get why people are so annoyed by the fact he didn't know all the brands and conclude that he doesn't appreciate some of the watches enough. And some even saying it's a shame he was the one that found the watches?!
He's just going through them for the first time. People don't have to know everything in order to appreciate it. And it's still someone's find if the person doesn't have certain knowledge but knows it might be worth something. Surely he knows enough and appreciates them all and will do his research and let them be repaired and valued properly before selling.
I appreciate that, and yes I still learn everyday :)
If I may... as a Hobbyist Watchmaker I remain appalled at the little effort that is made to care for these pieces of our history. I have long since lost patience with collectors who reduce everything to dollars and cent. For instance that Miltary Navigation Hamilton in the box on a gimbel is from an era well before GPS and requiring accurate time to make sense of the information a sexton produced from the heavens. The Hamilton 992b, carried by bomber navigators are likewise of considerable historic value. Similarly the timers often used by gunnery observers to determine distance from observing the muzzle flash are collectable. OTOH this is not the first time that I have heard someone make much of a suspected gold case while entirely ignoring the movement. Any number of my Hamiltons, Illinois and Walthams are without cases often owing to the scrap value of the case. Just sayin.....
I love here videos! It’s like being beside you when you open the bags,or boxes! Please keep these videos coming!
Wow not bad at all !! Ruff guess you could turn the $350 into $3,000 give or take! I would be happy with that batch for sure ! Few good pieces for a personal collection aswell. Thanks for sharing!
What a haul! Some pretty fabulous finds. A Pogue, 3 Omegas, Hamilton, Junghans, that lovely chronograph and all those other vintage pieces! Really curious what you value the entire lot at.
The black dial seamaster is the winner.
Incredible find for $350. And it was fun seeing some of the older Gruens while cheering the Omegas adding up.
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you.
I'm pleased you found the time(!!) to share your find with us!
Punny
I second that!
I’ll join the MOVEMENT!
@@michaelbarry6589 clock nerds😀
Great video! You really lucked out. Would love to see a follow-up video - what works, market prices, etc !
Gosh, an amazing find! I'm unbelievably jealous 🙄🙄
I've seen on a few Seiko Fanpages that that particular Seiko is highly prized by collectors.
I love watches, and I am fascinated by wind up watches. Very cool!!!!
I love getting notifications from Curiosity Inc!
Great name and great content. Looking forward to checking out all of your videos!!!
"The more jewels, the better the watch."
🤔
Um.....no.
Thinking the same thing.....lol
Hmmm. So my Vostok is better than my Breitling. Lol
@@patricksmatrick6193 The stock just went up on my Amphibia
Um most of the time yes. A higher end watch will use more. Lower end watches use less. You can check any of the vintage models from least to highest and look at how many jewels the movements have.
@@stektirade, beyond a certain point they are adding jewels to points where they are not needed just to run up the jewel count. A high number of jewels does not automatically mean high quality.
That Hamilton tank is up there with the best you have in your find!!
What a score! I would have loved to see you take them to an expert to get an appraisal of what they are worth as-is, as well as what the higher-end ones would be worth restored. Thanks for sharing!
Oh man. I love your videos. I found your channel just yesterday, and I have been binge watching since. Only antique I own, is wartime medals from Finnish-Russian war from my.great grandfather, and I think those are never leaving me.
I love old mechanical watches awesome score on the Omegas!! I'd love to own one someday. I have my Grandfathers Citizen automatic from the early 70s and still keeps good time.
The patina on some of those watches is just amazing
Thats a Seiko "Pogue". Around 200-400 bucks depending the condition.
Very cool finds! My best find was a Bulova Accutron 218, the ones with a tuning fork. I found it in the bottom of a cardboard box that was full of nuts & bolts. The box was in my late fathers’ shop, on the gravel floor. I had it serviced , a new battery installed, and it runs like a top. I rotate between the Accutron and a Mido multifort Powerwind that Dad gave me years ago.
The other old watches I’ve found in his collection are Bulova’s, a couple of Elgin’s, a few Seiko’s and several ladies Gruen’s.
Sounds like a good haul! I’ve always liked the space view accutron
We still have our grandfathers Hamilton clock that was mounted in his hellcat during ww2. It has been Mounted above the fireplace mantle since he got discharged, still keeps perfect time.
As a fan of vintage watches (among other interests) you have quite a few interesting time pieces in from that find.
Three Omega's WoW! Great video!
Yet another awesome video my friend!! One could say even inspiring
I have a bag of old watches that belonged to my dad fron the 50 / 60 and 70, never even thought about them being of any money value so thank you Alex I will have to dig them out and have a good look at them. Thank you again for the Video.👍👍👍👍👍
That square case Hamilton is one of my favs
That hamilton, longines and Junghans is where its at. The omega has slight more value then those (not much more) but I think those 3 are more intriguing
I was thinking the same thing. He doesn't know the brands so he is passing them over. I wish a watch guy had found this instead of a general retailer. It would have made for a better video.
@@thomasflynn5366 I loved the junghans, they are a brand that are still going that I think deserve more appreciation. The Longines and Hamilton were also good watches that should have gone in the quality pile
@@JacK-yr8ri Junghans once was world's biggest clock manufacturer.
Pulls out the Hamilton "I don't know all these names...its not like finding a Rolex." WTF Over...
Jack Naylor
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Nice haul, three Omegas is very good. The Gruens are cool too. A different model of the Gruen presission was actually the first ever James Bond watch.
Great haul! And cleaned up, that Oris could be belle of the ball, being the company started in the 1700's.
Just came across your channel randomly, very nice indeed 👌
Glad you’re with us!
Me too ... insta subscribed ...
I agree
The Seiko is cerca 1970 I was given one for my 21st birthday it cost £50:00 around £800:00 in today's money. I now have many watches from Rolex to a Speedmaster Moon watch but I have never had a watch that drew so much comment as my Seiko Pepsi chronometer apart from its yellow face I set the day date to read in French which was considered really cool in the late sixties. I remember being called into the bosses office at work, I was told he wanted to see me I was wondering what I had done wrong but he wanted a closer look at the watch I was wearing the Seiko.and this was a guy who drove a Rolls Royce! Even when I started as a sales rep for Gillette in around 1974 it was still drawing interest and being commented upon. I still have it although it no longer works.
This is a very collectible Seiko .Search Spencer Klein vintage watch repair.He has a CZcams channel.He is the master of vintage Seikos
what a story, thanks for sharing. btw I'm sure you can get it fixed
Take it to a seiko certified jeweler and get it restored, it has a lot of value, both in money and especially in your life. Fix it back up and wear it again.
They are so beautiful! Wow! What a find!
Sweet / Candy shop for watch enthusiasts. Brilliant to see. Thank you. 👍
Great score!!! I love the Seamasters
Word of advice, be careful in opening up old watches that were produced below the 1970's as a lot of those watches use Radium for the lumes.
There is absolutely zero risk to using a radium dial the only risk was the people who made them. A microscopic amount of paint behind a crystal that's been aged for 50 years is not going to hurt you even if it was made of cyanide, but the people who applied those everyday multiple times a day or at risk that's why they producing the
@@timothyacowin9761 No harm being cautious bro. Though it makes feel a little better that it's not that dangerous since I also have watches with radium dials.
@@dredgewalker just don't swallow the radium part somehow lol
The Longreen watch is similar to one I had in the 90's.I believe it was from the late 50's and I was told by an old friend of mine who has since passed that it was a knockoff imitating Longine. He was in the buy sell business most of his life
I've never had an interest in watches but for some reason I'm in love with the stopwatch 😂
I'm not the biggest fan of the Pepsi style on some divers but they are growing on me, nice haul!
Pulls out a Junghangs: "There's a lot of generic brands..."
and a Longines !
@@andywillis9701 It wasn't Longine. I misread it too
Andy Willis Andy yes I saw the Longines and he kind of just passed it up.
Takes me back, I used to own an antique store with my father. :)
Good score Alex! Thanks for sharing this with us !!
Wow a bag of time ! Who could ask for anything more☺
The Seiko Pogue was a solid find!!!
Very exciting video - congrats on a good deal. It gets harder and harder to find these "lucky bags". Bought quite a few lots like this online years ago. Hard to find these days. Some very good steel pieces in there. You could easily make a good buck as they are, or restore them and the money will come back. Love the Omegas and Seiko of course, and the Oris is very nice too, never seen an Oris like that. The steel bracelet on the Omega could be original and valuable in itself. Many of the gold plated watches look like pin lever watches, which are interesting in their own way, but not worth much money.
Great Vid!!Love that Seiko and Hamilton
damn, the omega with the beads of rice bracelet is stunning
What a memory, I used to have a Seiko just like that one but it was stolen from my dive bag many years ago.
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Lovely pieces great finds
i love old watches cool bag god bless u and urs
Great find! Really nice when that many work!
About half or more worked :)
It's a Seiko Pouge you got there with the Pepsi dial. The first automatic chronograf in Space.
That Hamilton from Lancaster is a huge find. They're now Swiss owned now, but it has a great American history, and probably worth quite a bit because of its vintage.
I've spent quite a bit more than $350 and your collection surpasses my own.
Those omegas will go for 1200 easy restored! At least ones I’ve seen have. 450$ for ones of that series that are in poor condition.
Pretty sweet. It looks like a 50s era Omega seamaster that needs work, just by itself was worth well over $350.
Another great video. Thanks I learn something from every video
Fantastic video and great finds
That Hamilton tank looks so good. Put a nice strap on that. Good stuff
Your Omega is exactly like mine. I got that when I was in Istanbul, Turkey US Army. That was in 1962/63.
Thanks for another great video😎😎😎
Hi i just came across your channel randomly and love it, wish i was there to get a up close view, i,am a watch fanatic.
Love the Seamasters. They're more expensive for a reason. I owned a 1967 Seamaster and the original movement was just as accurate as my new $2,000 Swiss automatic watch.
TheFinalApproach and which one is your 2k swiss?
That vintage Hamilton, Longines, and Omegas were remarkable
He didn’t even care about the Longines or Junghans, obviously not a watch enthusiast.
Very informative view about the watches. I have so many I know nothing about.
Solid find and great deal
Hey! Put that Hamilton in your good pile, ha ha.
Hi Alex. The time just flew by while i was watching that!
Funny!
I love the Hamilton watch with square face at 3:55. My Grandpa had a watch very similar.
Wow. Some real gems in that bag.
Some nice watches there. Don’t discount that Seiko as it’s referred to as a Pogue . Chronograph. Worth quite a bit. Very easy to date a Seiko accurately too , if you don’t know how to do this then look at a site called watchsluth as it has a page where you input all the reference on the back and it spits out the date for you.
The omega on the bracelet is nice, those are sometimes called beads of rice bracelets that can be worth more than the watch !
A bag like that for me is the stuff of dreams for me as I would want to repair most of them.
I've been looking for a Seamaster for a while and for $350 you got 3!! What a baller!!! Nice vid!
I lucked out :)
Wow! Amazing scores.
amazing score! Im wanting to get into watches in the future