Antiques Roadshow find stuns owner
A man from Oxfordshire, UK has broken down in tears after bringing his late father’s Rolex in to be evaluated on Antiques Roadshow.
The middle-aged man carried two extra straps and an invoice along with his late dad’s watch which was purchased for $240 in 1972.
“He bought it for himself in 1972, when I was seven and me, my mum, my dad and my brother went to Birmingham to buy it,” the man said.
When expert Richard Price said the watch was worth around $36,400, leaving the man speechless.
“It means absolutely everything to me, it’s part of my dad. Very, very special watch that is, and it will be forever,” the man said to his family.
Richard also said that the straps alone were worth a “chunk of money”.
His late dad passed on the Rolex to his son a few months before he passed away.
He said, “My dad, he loved this program and he would have loved to see his watch on here but he wouldn’t have cared what it was worth.”
Fans shared their emotional reactions on Twitter.
“The emotion of the guy knowing how much his late father’s Rolex is worth and his son’s face seeing his dad react like that is proper #antiquesroadshow,” one said.