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If you’re in the market for a new watch, your first instinct may be to go to the shops and just buy one.

But the truth is that some of the most exciting watches are actually to be found in the second-hand market.

Buying second-hand gives you a chance to buy antique watches that have real character and are beautiful to look at.

The key is to go to a source with a lot of high quality antique watches to examine, such as an auctioneers.

Fellows & Sons in Birmingham puts on four watch sales a year. And you can see the range in its online catalogue: http://www.fellows.co.uk/ShowAuction.asp?sAuctionNumber=909.

In total there are 472 items for sale in the next auction on Monday 22nd October 2007: http://www.fellows.co.uk/

Luckily it doesn’t matter where in the world you live.

The 131 year old company makes a real time audio feed available for its antique watch sales, and encourages live internet bidding: http://www.fellows.co.uk/home/Internet-Buying.asp.

Some of the most exciting items in the next sale include:

A lady’s 18 carat gold manual wind wristwatch with an integral bracelet, diamond bezel and gold coloured batons and hands. The watch has a 17 jewel movement signed Beuche Girod. And it’s valued at £700 to £1,000.

A gentleman’s 9 carat gold two piece cushion cased manual wrist watch from 1947. It is hallmarked Birmingham and comes complete with the original box and invoice. The watch is expected to sell for £120 to £180.

A gentleman’s 1940s Longines 9 carat gold manual wind wrist watch. It has a 17 jewel movement and is fitted to a 9 carat gold link bracelet with locking clasp. Fellows’ experts have valued it at £150 to £200.



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What’s the most you’d pay for a watch? A few pounds… may be a few hundred? How about £15,000?

That’s the estimated price of a Rolex watch coming up for auction soon in Birmingham, UK.

Auctioneers Fellows & Sons is putting on a wrist and pocket watches sale on Monday 22nd October.

The highlight is a Rolex watch, you can see in the online catalogue: http://www.fellows.co.uk/ShowAuction.asp?sAuctionNumber=909

The watch has been valued at between £10,000 and £15,000.

It is a gentleman’s platinum Oyster Perpetual Day-Date automatic chronometer wrist watch, with a silver blue dial and raised Roman numerals.

It displays the day in the 12 o’clock position and the date in the 3 o’clock position.

The watch has a domed bezel and president bracelet. It comes with its presentation box, booklet and spare link.

It’s one of 472 wrist and pocket watches in the sale, which can be monitored online at http://www.fellows.co.uk.

The firm also encourages online bidding: http://www.fellows.co.uk/Departments/Watches.asp.



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