BBC Antiques Roadshow guest opts not to sell gold watch after valuation warning
dailyrecord.co.ukAn Antiques Roadshow guest was left gobsmacked after receiving a hefty valuation for his gold watch.The episode, which was filmed at the Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, saw expert Richard Price and host Fiona Bruce examining the beautifully engraved timepiece.
Richard began by saying: "Well a very, very beautiful, engraved watch on both sides so it's what we call a hunting case watch.
If it's got a very beautiful dial as well, which it has, look at that lovely silver dial I can say pretty categorically that it is for the Spanish market."The guest explained that the watch had been gifted to him by a family friend from Spain who had no one else to leave it to.
Responding to this, Richard said: "Well, what a lucky couple you are. Absolutely typical for the Spanish market, beautiful dials, it's 18 karat gold, dating from the 1860s.
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