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The Rolex received a huge valuation of between £7,000 and £10,000
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Antiques Roadshow fans moaned about being bored as another Rolex was brought in on the show that aired on Sunday.
The Rolex model from 1954 - designed in line with the American Airline pan-am and their pilots - received a valuation of between £7,000 to £10,000. Antiques Roadshow's expert Alastair Chandler admitted it wasn't a "particularly popular model" when speaking to the owner about the genuine watch.
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Fans were all in agreement as they complained about being bored over another Rolex being brought to be valued because the watches are always shown on the show. "Is Antiques Roadshow sponsored by Rolex? Every chuffing week!" One person wrote among the social media comments. Another added: "The weekly Rolex section Yawn Antiques Roadshow."
"Antiques Roadshow Same boring Rolex stories every week," more wrote on social media. "Antiques Roadshow just breaking for its usual Rolex commercial break."
"19 minutes for the weekly Rolex Antiques Roadshow," others added. "Rolex always on Antiques Roadshow". "A Rolex on the Antiques Roadshow." "Yes, Rolex time. Antiques Roadshow."
Starting off the watch segment, Antiques Roadshow's expert Chandler was confident that it was a genuine Rolex as he said: "The watch certainly says Rolex on the dial. It says GMT master."
Speaking openly, the owner shared the emotional story behind the Rolex and revealed it was gifted to her late father as a thank you for helping a student settle into the area. She said: "It's a watch belonging to my father who passed away just before Christmas. My father was a welding lecturer from the 60s to the 80s and mid 70s, he had a student arrive from Oman, lovely boy, my dad helped him not just with his course but found him somewhere to live and found him a car to drive."
She added: "So when it was time for him to go home, he wanted my father to have this watch as a thank you. My father was not happy to accept it but the student insisted and said he had gold ones, so really, this meant nothing and he would like my father to have it to remember him by. But we didn't ever know whether this watch is a genuine Rolex watch."
Kind-hearted Chandler praised the owner's late father after the sweet story. He said: "There's so many different facets to that story which are a real tribute to your father and his generosity."
However, the expert explained why this model of Rolex was less popular. He said: "In about 1954, Rolex introduced one of their first lines of what they call sports watches now, which are hugely successful and have gone from the 50s all the way through to present day. They're a real collectible and iconic watch, but this particular model was designed in conjunction with the American Airline pan-am and their pilots. Their flights were going more intercontinental, so they asked Rolex to create a watch with a dual time zone."
While the expert said that Rolex watches are "one of the most faked watches around", he was confident this was genuine. "They are widely faked but I do not think this one is fake," he said. "In the 1970s, there were fake Rolex being made, but this wasn't a particularly popular model and I don't think there were many good fakes at this period. They're a lot better now. It's got all the correct numbering, it's got all the correct lettering, the hands are correct, the dials correct."
Despite a little bit of water damage on the hands, the Antiques Roadshow expert said the Rolex brought in by the guest was in "fantastic condition". He told the owner the good news: "I think if this was one was to come up for sale you'd be looking between in its condition £7,000-10,000 pounds."
The owner was delighted with the news and she said she was pleased her late father had loved the watch. She said: "Glad he enjoyed it during his lifetime and had pleasure out of wearing it." The expert was impressed that it was still keeping "pretty good time" all these years later.
