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18 May 2011, 03:28 AM | #1 |
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Rolex bubble back on Antiques Roadshop
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Did anyone else see the Antiques Roadshow on UK TV on Sunday? There was a storey about how prisoners of war could order Rolex watches via the Red Cross during the war. Apparently watches could be ordered and Rolex agreed that payment could be made after the war ended! The watches were delivered to the POWs actually in the camps. Someone brought one of these 'bubble backs' to the show along with the Rolex paperwork and the recipient's POW papers and it was valued at about £2 to £3000 without the storey but possible double that because of it's history. I'd never heard of this storey before, has anyone else? |
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18 May 2011, 03:35 AM | #3 |
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Ohhh!
Sorry, I hadn't seen that thread. |
18 May 2011, 09:14 PM | #4 |
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20 May 2011, 07:28 AM | #5 |
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Great story. Wilsdorf sent watches to the British POWs who had had their watches confiscated, and said pay for them after the war. Amazing the Germans allowed delivery of the watches. I thought they were chronos? that were sent to them...I know they were used for the "Great Escape" breakout.
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